Upcoming Hymns & Readings
July Readings
July 5-6
Exodus 33:12-23 – The Lord gives Moses spiritual rest by promising his presence.
Romans 7:15-25a – Jesus gives spiritual rest to those who discover that they cannot carry out the good they want to do.
Matthew 11:25-30 – Jesus invites those who are weary and burdened to come to him for rest.
July 12-13
Daniel 1:3-21 – We learn from Daniel how to live in two kingdoms.
Romans 13:1-7 – God has established governmental authority.
Matthew 22:15-22 – Give to the government what is the government’s and give to God what is God’s.
July 19-20
Isaiah 55:6-11 – God’s Word produces the fruit that God desires.
1 Corinthians 3:5-11 – We sow the seed of God’s Word, but only he can make it grow.
Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 – Jesus pictures ministry as a planter scattering seed.
July 26-27
Isaiah 44:6-11 – Like wheat among weeds, Christians live surrounded by evil in this world.
Romans 1:18-25 – God is not ambivalent about evil in the world. But his wrath will be fully revealed only at judgment day.
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 – The Lord has a plan to separate wheat and weeds at the final harvest.