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Dear Friends,

As we move into another new ear, Im reminded that or calling as Christians is to rn withperseverance the race marked ot or s (Hebrews 12:1, NIV). Were not in a 50-ard dash to thenish line, bt a long, sometimes greling marathon. Bt its worth it becase the prize is aneternit with God!

With that in mind, or theme or this isse oCnncnh aan is Press On! In thepages that ollow, we examine what that means, wh its important, the barriers we mstovercome, and the rewards that God has in store or s.

In addition, there are thoghts rom Anne Graham Lotz, the daghter o Bill Graham, Lena andmsel, and the earl chrch ather St. John Chrsostom. And were inclding a great conversationwith Alistair Begg on preaching the Word.

So lace p or rnning shoes, grab that water bottle, and rn along with s as we examine whatit takes to Press On!

In His strong love,

Skip

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OUR MISSION:We pursue the God who is passionately

pursuing a lost world; we do this with each

other, through worship, by the Word, to

the world.

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Anne Graham Lotz

Lenya Heitzig

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he Amazing Raceis a primetimereality show where teams otwo people who are in a per-

sonal relationship (married couples,best riends, or relatives) race aroundthe world, competing against otherteams. The teams gather clues andperorm tasks or challenges wherethey gain time and advantage overthe competition. They arrive atcheckpoints or Pit Stops along theway. Whoever arrives at the Pit Stoplast is eliminated rom The AmazingRace. Usually, the prize or coming inrst is one million dollars. When I rstsaw this TV show I thought, Theyreprobably playing on the hymnAmaz-ing Grace. Ater all, theres no more

Amazing Race than the Christian lie.

One o the apostle Pauls avoriteanalogies or living the Christian liewas running a race.

Paul oten used this metaphor orword picture in his New Testamentletters. He wrote to the Corinthianchurch, Don't you realize that in arace everyone runs, but only one

person gets the prize? So run to win!(1 Corinthians 9:24, NLT). We onlyhave a limited amount o time to runthe raceits a marathon more than ahundred-yard dash.

DETERMINATION TO PRESS ON

One essential to winning the raceo aith is a determination to presson. Two times in these verses Paultold the Philippians to press on or

press toward. He said, Not that Ihave already attained, or am alreadyperected; but I press on (Philippi-ans 3:12). Soon aterward he wrote,I press toward the goal or the prizeo the upward call o God in ChristJesus (v. 14).

The word press means to exertenergy; to sweat it out; to put every

possible ber o your being into atask. The Greek word or press, dioko,carries the idea o speeding on ear-nestly. Think about this as a principleor your lie. What i you put as muchdetermination into pursuing Christ as

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you do your avorite hobby, like golor shopping? This is the type o ded-ication and determination that Paul istalking about.

In the movie Chariots o Fire, one o

the characters, Harold Abrahams,was running a preliminary race orthe Olympics when he suered hisrst deeat. He went to the bleach-ers, sat down, and began to pout. Hisgirlriend came to console him andhe said angrily (listen or a Scottishbrogue in your mind), I I cant win, Iwont r-r-r-run. She said somethingso logical we need to take it to heart:

But i you dont run, you cant win. Inreal lie, Harold Abrahams went on towin the gold medal or the 100-metersprint. The same is true with your raceo aith: I you dont run, you cantwin. Be determined. Run. Press on.Keep going. Dont stop!

RECOGNITION OF PRIZES

The second essential in running therace o aith is recognition o theprizes youre seeking. Do you knowthe prize or winning the Olympics2,000 years ago? The winning ath-letes would stand on a pedestal to becrowned with a laurel wreath. It mighthave gotten a little better than that:The citizens would laud them, erecta statue in their hometown, and they

would be exempt rom paying taxes.Not bad prizespublic recognitionand tax-ree living.

In the book o Philippians, Paul spokeabout two prizes: one temporal,one eternal. In a temporal sense, hespoke o knowing his purpose in lie:I press on, that I may lay hold othat or which Christ Jesus has also

laid hold o me (Philippians 3:12).The prize is to come to the point inlie where I discover the reason Godchose meto lay hold o the reasonthat He laid hold o me. One o the

worst ways to live the Christian lieis to meander aimlessly, not knowingwhy God picked you as His or whatyour purpose is in lie. Theres a prizein knowing the reason or which youlive.

Were also promised an eternal prize:I press toward the goal or the prizeo the upward call o God in ChristJesus (v. 14). The call rom above isthe call rom heaven. This is the timewhen the believer is called to glory.The believer crosses the nish line. Atthe end o this earthly lie, God says,Come home, and youre in heaven.

When Paul knew he was at the end ohis lie, he wrote to Timothy, I haveought the good ght, I have nishedthe race, I have kept the aith. Finally,there is laid up or me the crown orighteousness, which the Lord, therighteous Judge, will give to me onthat Day (2 Timothy 4:7-8). As abeliever, you can recognize the prizeo knowing Gods purpose or you on

earthwhat a wonderul temporalprize to keep you running the raceo aith. The other prize is the eter-nal prize: When we get to glory, wellreceive our reward. Isnt that enoughto keep you running?

PARTICIPATION WITHTHE PACK

The third essential in running the raceo aith is participation with the pack.Let us, as many as are mature, havethis mind; and i in anything you thinkotherwise, God will reveal even thisto you. Nevertheless, to the degreethat wehave already attained, let uswalk by the same rule, let usbe othe same mind (Philippians 3:15-16,

emphasis added).

Notice the requent use o words likewe and us. Not I, my, and me,but we and us. Runners run betterin packs. Its like iron sharpening iron.


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They encourage one another. Whenone is discouraged, the others cansay, Come on, you can do it! Itsimportant to have others around

you. To sum it up: Think progress, notperection. Think together, not alone.Beriend other runners and nish therace.

It was the 1968 Olympics in MexicoCity. By 7 pm at the 42-kilometermarathon, all o the runners hadnished the raceexcept one. Thestadium doors were let open. Sirens

sounded in the distance as the lonerunner appeared on the track in thestadium. He had allen at the 19-kilo-meter point, dislocating his knee andhitting his shoulder hard on the pave-ment. Barely hobbling, bandaged,and wearing the colors o his coun-try, Tanzania, John Stephen Akhwaridragged himsel into the dark stadi-um where a crowd o 1,000 people

remained. A camera crew rom themedal ceremony was sent to inter-view him. Why didnt you quit? theyasked. You werent going to win.Akhwari replied in broken English,My country did not send me 5,000

miles to start the race; they sent me5,000 miles to nish the race.

So here we are on earth, on the way

to heaven. God has given us this timeto pace ourselves, to run well, andto nish well. We cant do it lookingbackwardswell get rustrated. Wecant do it looking around at otherChristianswell get prideul or dis-couraged.

Lets run with determination to presson, no matter what comes our way.

Run recognizing the temporal andeternal prizes God has set beore us.Run with other believers, so we dontlose heart. But most o all, rememberthat we cannot nish the amazingrace without Gods amazing grace.

Skip Heitzig is the author o numerousbooks, and is the senior pastor o CalvaryAlbuquerque. You can access his teach-ings at skipheitzig.com and you canollow him on Twitter and Instagram@skipheitzig

// Skip Heitzig

SO HERE WE ARE ON EARTH, ON THEWAy TO HEAVEN. GOD HAS GIVEN uS

THIS TIME TO PACE OuRSELVES, TO RuN

WELL, AND TO FINISH WELL.
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IN 1942, WITH THECOuNTRy AT WAR INEuROPE, AN ICON OFRESOLuTE POWER AND

COMMITMENT ARRIVEDON THE AMERICANSCENE: ROSIE THERIVETER.

With the great majority o the male

population called into military ser-vice, actory positions vital to the wareort had been vacated. The postero Rosie the Riveter, a pretty, youngwoman, hair held in a no-nonsensebandana and sleeve pulled back toreveal a strong arm, challenged: WeCan Do It. The appeal was aimed atthe American housewives to rise upand answer the call o their country.

And rise up they did. In one year,the population o working womenincreased rom 12 million to 18 million.Women lled riveting lines on B-29and B-24 bombers and countlessother needed jobs.

We are still at war. Literally, we arein an ongoing war on terror, and weare at war in Aghanistan. Spiritually,

we are on a battleeld o war withSatan. This war is personal. Maybeyour battleeld has you crouched onthe ront lines o ear. I so, press on.Perhaps you are burdened, worried,depressed, or dealing with disease.Press on. Your battle may be aconict in the amily, a struggle withnances, or a relentless tug-o-warwith sin. Dont give uppress on.

The rst step toward victory isthe recognition that we are at war.Like Rosie the Riveters creed, ourstrength comes in knowing that nomatter the oe, no matter the ailure,no matter the ear, with our God, WeCan Do It.


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For believers, pressing on is muchmore than a creed, its a high callingthat reaches an apex at Jesus Christ.

Not that I have already attained,

or am already perected; but I

press on, that I may lay hold othat or which Christ Jesus has

also laid hold o me. Brethren,

I do not count mysel to have

apprehended; but one thing I do,

orgetting those things which are

behind and reaching orward to

those things which are ahead, I

press toward the goal or the prize

o the upward call o God in Christ

Jesus. (Philippians 3:12-14)

The apostle Paul realized the mar-athon mentality o living throughboth the small victories and the deepvalleys o lie with the goal o oneday receiving the glorious prize thatwaits. He took a studied approach towinning the prize and answering thecall o Jesus.

DIVINE DISSATISFACTION

Pauls rst step in his pursuit opressing on was to evaluate his cur-rent spiritual condition with uninch-ing honesty. He readily admittedthat he had not attained perectionnor grasped the ullness o Godspurpose or his lie. Yet, this was

Paul the apostle, who wrote mosto the epistles in the Bible! Initially,God grabbed Pauls attention with apersonal invitation that knocked himright o his Damascus-bound horse.He would endure shipwreck and per-secution, yet he steadily pressed onto bring the gospel, always in pur-suit o greater understanding o andcloseness with Christ.

We might ask ourselves i we aresatised with our Christian walk. Isit all you dreamed it would be? Paulalways wanted more and wanted

other believers to want more as well.Note that he was not dissatisedwith Christ but with his own personalChristian lie. Warren Wiersbe said, Asanctied dissatisaction is the rstessential to progress in the Chris-

tian race. I you want to press on, Irecommend that you get dissatised.This divine dissatisaction is amil-iar among many saints in the Bible.Ater the miracles o the Red Seaand the plagues, Moses cried out toGod, Please, show me Your glory(Exodus 33:18). In Psalm 42, Daviddescribed his deep longing or Godas that o the ongoing thirst o a deer

panting or water. In Matthew 5:6,Jesus said, Blessed are those whohunger and thirst or righteousness.He is pleased with our hunger andour seeking.

SINGLE-MINDED FOCuS

In our culture, we are usually doingmore than one thing at a time. Were

on the phone, cooking dinner, helpingthe kids with their homework, andwatching the news. CNN recentlycited a scientic study o the resultso multitasking on our eectiveness.It indicated that carrying on severalduties at once might actually reduceproductivity rather than increase it.

Paul had a singular ocus on his

pursuit o the Lord: But onethingI do, orgetting those things whichare behind and reaching orward tothose things which are ahead, I presstoward the goal (Philippians 3:13-14,emphasis added). This might be lik-ened to a case o spiritual OCDbe-ing on the obsessive-compulsive sideo pursuing the Lord.

Single-minded saints are oundthroughout Scripture. David said,Onething I have desired o the Lord,that will I seek: that I may dwell in thehouse o the Lord all the days o my


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lie (Psalm 27:4, emphasis added).When speaking to the rich youngruler, Jesus said, You still lack onething. Sell all that you have and dis-tribute to the poor, and you will havetreasure in heaven; and come, ollowMe (Luke 18:22, emphasis added). ToMartha, the sister o Mary, Jesus said,But onething is needed, and Maryhas chosen that good part, which willnot be taken away rom her (Luke10:42, emphasis added).

Is it possible we need to start prac-ticing radical elimination in our livesso we can do one thing better?Weve heard it said that a good thingbecomes a bad thing i it keeps yourom the best thing. In this text, wend Paul in a singular pursuit that hemight gain Christ.

Doing this one thing necessitatesorgetting about the hindrances romyesterday. Forgetting those thingswhich are behind. Paul was not try-ing to minimize his past or his sins; hewas orgetting his spiritual pedigreethat he previously relied on to elevatehimsel above others and validate hisworth: Circumcised the eighth day,o the stock o Israel, o the tribe o

Benjamin, a Hebrew o the Hebrews(Philippians 3:5). He went on to saythat he counted it all as dung that Imay gain Christ (v. 8). Every day wemust renew our objective to knowChrist, and to press on with a clearpriority.

FORWARD AND uPWARD!

Paul said, Reaching orward tothose things which are ahead, I presstoward the goal or the prize o theupward call o God in Christ Jesus(Philippians 3:13-14). Reaching andstraining orward are terms that reerto athletics. Like the Olympian whopresses orward to gain a raction oan inch or a raction o a second inorder to win the gold medal, we toomust keep the prize held ast in ourminds eye.

Regardless o the earthly hurdlesstanding between ourselves and theprize, we must reach orward. Maybeyou need to keep reaching orward inyour marriage, or ocusing upward inprayers or your prodigal. Maybe youmust exercise restraint to live withina budget, or press on every day in achallenging job. The great missionary


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David Livingstone was asked, Whereare you going to go now? He an-swered, Im going to go anywhere aslong as its orward.

Even when he endured the conne-ment o prison, Paul strained orwardto an upward call and a prize. He toldTimothy, I have ought the goodght, I have nished the race, I havekept the aith (2 Timothy 4:7).

Ancient victorious Olympians re-ceived a crown o a laurel wreath,and today they receive a gold medal.For believers, there are many pos-sible crowns waiting or those whostay in the race. For example, i youare longing or His appearing, youwill receive the crown o righteous-ness (see 2 Timothy 4:8); i you standrm through your testing and main-tain your love or Him, there is thecrown o lie (James 1: 12), and, i youhave led others to Christ, the crowno rejoicing has your name on it (1Thessalonians 2:19-20).

All Christians will one day reachheaven, but not all Christians will re-ceive crowns. But those who receivecrowns will not prideully wear them

to gain admiration rom others. In-stead they will cast them beore thethrone o the Lamb o God and say,You are worthy, O Lord, to receiveglory and honor and power (Revela-tion 4:11).

I dont know about you, but I dontwant to arrive in heaven empty head-ed (well, you know what I mean).While we wait or that day, rememberthat we are pressing orward not oran earthly crown that tarnishes andades or or a medal that one dayis ound in a pawn shop, but or thesound o our Lords voice saying,Well done, good and aithul ser-vant Enter into the joy o your lord(Matthew 25:23). Worth pressing onor, isnt it?

Lenya Heitzig is an award-winning authorand sought-ater speaker at conerencesand retreats worldwide. Visit Lenyas blog

at sheabq.org and ollow her on Twitterand Instagram @lenyaheitzig

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Iloved the Olympics, but Im sobusy that I had to watch a lotonline, ater the act. But I caught

something on video that was amaz-ing, and I think it went viral. It wasjust one point in the womens volley-ball game between South Korea andBrazil. One o the Brazilian womenmade a move that nobody could re-member seeing beore in volleyball.

It was a soccer move and it was aspectacular save. She slid on theoor, kick-saved the ball, and sentit back over the net. You could seeher intensity and the eort she putinto it, as her eye never let the ball.And they won the point, but they lostthe match. She probably had a skinburn and maybe a bruise where she

banged her head, so you wonder ishe thought, Was it worth it? Puttingthat kind o eort and making thatkind o a savewas it worth it, whenwe ended up losing anyway?

Today, as you press on in the Chris-tian lie, I wonder i youre asking, Isit really worth it? Especially whenlie throws you a curveyou go to

the doctor and you get a bad diag-nosis, or your child rebels and yound him on drugs, or your spousewalks out, or you lose your job. Doyou ask, Is it really worth it?

WHEN WE PRESS ON,WE WIN. WE'RE NOTGOING TO LOSE THEMATCH.


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Is it worth it to get up 30 minutesearly to spend time with the Lord inprayer and Bible reading? Is it worthit to share the gospel with yourriends and lose their riendship? Is it

worth it to live your lie with integri-ty and purity, and lose a promotionor maybe even get red because oit? Is it worth it to deny yoursel andyour plans and ambitions, and takeup the cross o Gods will and ollowHim in this lie o aith?

Is it worth it to press on to Jesus?You can make up your own mind, but

my answer is Yes! Its worth it! Itsworth it because Jesus is worth it!

When we press on, we win. Were notgoing to lose the match. We have thevictory because Jesus has alreadywon it. Sometimes it helps to knowwhat were aiming or, where weregoing, and why were doing whatwere doing. It motivates us to press

on. So lets look at Revelation 5 orthree reasons that we press on toJesus.

We press on because He is

unequaled in His position. In verse 1,God the Father is seated on thethrone, and in His hand is a scroll,which I believe symbolizes that theperson who holds the scroll has the

ability and the power to ulll Godspurpose or the human race. Hes thevictor, the winner; its like the goldmedal, in a sense. And when no onein heaven or on earth can open thescroll or even look inside it, one othe elders tells John, The Lion o thetribe o Judah, the Root o David, hastriumphed. He is able to open thescroll (v. 5, NIV).

The One who is able to rule theuniverse is the same One who is ableto rule the details o your lie, andHis name is Jesus. Take your lie and

everything thats in it, and lay it downbeore Him. Let Him rule it rightly. Heknows what Hes doing. Hes un-equaled in His position; He is Lord.

We press on because He is undis-

puted in His power. John says, ThenI saw a Lamb looking as i it hadbeen slain (v. 6). In the Old Testa-ment, when somebody sinned, alamb would die in the sinners place.And when Jesus, the Lamb o Godwho takes away the sin o the world(John 1:29), poured out His blood atthe cross to make atonement or sin,we were orgiven!

Hes perect in His power becauseHes the Almighty. In verse 7, Jesusjust walks over and takes the scrollthat nobody else had been able to

I'VE DECIDED I WANTTO LIVE My LIFE ON MyKNEES, My TONGuECONFESSING, "JESuS,yOu ARE LORD. yOu

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grasp, or even look inside, right outo the hands o God the Father. Hecreated everything in the beginning.He bought it at Calvary. And He hasthe right to rule it.

He made us at creation, and Hebought us at Calvary, so He has theright to rule our lives. He is undis-puted in His power. So why would wedispute His power or resist His will?

And we press on because He is

unrivaled in His praise. Verse 9 says,And they sang a new song. It wasnew because it was about the end

o the story, when Jesus wins andasserts His right to rule. You areworthy to take the scroll and open itsseals because you were slain. Withyour blood you purchased men orGod rom every tribe and languageand people and nation.

Verse 12 says, In a loud voice theysang: Worthy is the Lamb, who was

slain, to receive power and wealthand wisdom and strength and honorand glory and praise! He alone isworthy o all praise because He isLord.

Notice that the our living creaturesand the 24 elders each have a harp(v. 8). A harp represents your song,your joy. Have you lost your joy

because youre separated rom God,or youre angry or oended withHim because o what Hes allowed inyour lie? Do you want your joy back?Surrender your lie to the lordship oJesus. Stop complaining, stop resist-ing. Just give Him everything, andthen Hes in charge, Hes responsible.Just rest in His will, and the joy willcome back.

Ive decided I want to live my lie onmy knees, my tongue conessing,Jesus, You are Lord. You are King.Jesus is the answer; Hes the One

who wins. He is the King o kingsand the Lord o lords. So i He is yourLord, are you saying so? Are youconessing it with your mouth, to theglory o God?

I challenge you to press on to Jesus.Let me tell you, sometimes theresno other reason I press on. I donteel like it, I dont want to, its hard,I hurt, and the pain in my lie goesdeep. But I press on because I knowwhat the goal is. Press on to Jesus!And one day you and I will standbeore him, take those crowns thatHe has given us, and lay them at His

nail-pierced eet. On that day weregoing to know by experience that itsworth it! Whatever the pain, whatev-er the sacrice, whatever you thinkyou have to give up, lay down, leavebehind, let go, its worth it a thou-sand times overbecause Jesus isworth it!

We know were on the winning side.

So lets choose to rest in Him, sur-rendering everything, asking or thepower o the Holy Spirit to enableus to take the next step and live thenext day, to continue this journeycalled the Christian lie, to press onuntil we meet Him ace to ace.

Its not a sprint, its a marathon, sopace yoursel as you aim or the n-

ish line. Keep pressing on to Jesus!

Anne Graham Lotz has been named oneo the ve most inuential evangelists oher generation by The New York Times.Her ather, Billy Graham, calls her the bestpreacher in the amily. Her Just Give Me

Jesus revivals have been held around theglobe. Her most recent books are Expect-ing to See Jesusand her rst children's

book, Heaven: Gods Promise or Me.

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yor lie is short, or dties man, orassistance great, and or reward sre;thereore aint not, hold on and hold p,

in was o well-doing, and heaven shallmake amends or all. Thomas Brooks

Press orward. Do not stop, do not lingerin or jorne, bt strive or the mark setbeore o. George Whiteeld

A constant attention to thework which God entrsts swith is a mark o solid piet.John Wesle

Beginning well is amomentar thing; nishingwell is a lielong thing.Ravi Zacharias

When we are oiled, let s believewe shall overcome; when wehave allen, let s believe weshall rise again So let s nevergive p, bt, in or thoghts knitthe beginning, progress, and endtogether, and then we shall seeorselves in heaven ot o thereach o all enemies. Richard Sibbes

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Pastor Skip,

I recently started listening to your broadcast on 106.9, The Light. Yourcurrent series on the end times is an answer to my prayer o indingsomeone who will teach the unadulterated, pure Word o God. Ater beingdisillusioned by many alse teachings o the past regarding the end times, I

had resorted to just reading the Bible on my own. I asked the Lord to openup my understanding o His Word on this matter. He began to deal withmy heart by drawing me back to the book o Revelation. He led me justrecently to your broadcasts which are very clear and easy to understand.The Bible should be read cover to cover and not just the irst 5 books orjust the NT only. I have some serious studying to do! I believe the Word oGod does not have to be so complex as many teachers have made it... Theministry I am currently a part o also encourages its attendees to bring apen and a notebook to Bible study and service just as you do. I have seenvery ew congregations do this. I do believe it is important because thisway a person will have something to go back to and relect on what wastaught. Thank you or allowing God to use you in this way.

Sincerely, Martha

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othing so renders our realexcellences vain and pus

them away, as to be remem-bering the good deeds we havedone; or this produces two evils, itboth renders us remiss, and raises usto haughtiness. Whereore see howPaul, since he knew our nature to beeasily inclined to remissness, thoughhe had given great praise to the Phi-lippians, now subdues their mind bymany other things above, but chiey

by his present words. And what arethey?

Brethren, I count not mysel to haveapprehended [Philippians 3:13, KJV].

But i Paul had not as yet apprehend-ed, and is not condent about the

Resurrection and things to come,hardly should they be so, who havenot attained the smallest proportiono his excellence. That is, I considerthat I have not as yet apprehendedall virtue, as i one were speaking oa runner. Not as yet, saith he, haveI completed all. And i in anotherplace he saith, I have ought thegood ght (2 Timothy 4:7), but here,

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But one thing, says he, orgettingthe things which are behind, andstretching orward to the thingswhich are beore, I press on towardthe goal unto the prize o the highcalling o God in Christ Jesus.[Philp-

pians 3:13-14]. For what made himreach orward unto the things whichare beore, was his orgetting thethings that are behind. He then, whothinks that all is accomplished, andthat nothing is wanting to him orthe perecting o virtue, may ceaserunning, as having apprehendedall. But he who thinks that he is stilldistant rom the goal, will never

cease running. This then we shouldalways consider, even though wehave wrought ten thousand gooddeeds; or i Paul, ater ten thou-sand deaths, ater so many dangers,considered this, how much moreshould we? ... Thus too we should act,we should orget our successes, andthrow them behind us. For the runnerreckons not up how many circuits he

hath nished, but how many are let.We too should reckon up, not howar we are advanced in virtue, buthow much remains or us. For whatdoth that which is nished prot us,when that which is decient is notadded? Moreover he did not say, Ido not reckon up, but I do not evenremember...

Stretching orward, saith he; beorewe arrive, we strive to obtain. For hethat stretches orward is one who,though his eet are running, endeav-ors to outstrip them with the rest ohis body, stretching himsel towardsthe ront, and reaching out his hands,that he may accomplish somewhatmore o the course. And this comesrom great eagerness, rom much

warmth; thus the runner should runwith great earnestness, with so greateagerness, without relaxation

See how great a distance this is that

must be run over! See how great anascent! Thither we must y up withthe wings o the Spirit, otherwise it isimpossible to surmount this height.Thither must we go with the body,or it is allowed. For our citizenshipis in heaven (Philippians 3:20), thereis the prize; seest thou the runners,how they live by rule, how they touchnothing that relaxes their strength,how they exercise themselves ev-ery day in the palstra [wrestlingschool], under a master, and by rule?Imitate them, or rather exhibit evengreater eagerness... Teach thy eet tobe sure, or there are many slipperyplaces, and i thou allest, straightwaythou losest much. But yet i thou all,rise up again. Even thus mayst thouobtain the victory Look upward,where the prize is; the sight o theprize increaseth the determination oour will. The hope o taking it su-ereth not to perceive the toils, it ma-keth the distance appear short. Andwhat is this prize? No palm branch;but what? The kingdom o heaven,everlasting rest, glory together withChrist, the inheritance, brotherhood,ten thousand good things, which it isimpossible to name.

Saint John Chrysostom (347-407), arch-bishop o Constantinople, was a preacher,

theologian, and early church ather, calledthe golden mouth or his eloquence.He was noted or his asceticism, and orhis denunciation o abuse o authorityboth within the church and in the Roman

Empire.

HE WHO THINKS THATHE IS STILL DISTANTFROM THE GOAL, WILL

NEVER CEASE RuNNING

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First o all, pressing on meanswe have to be ocused on theuture, on moving orward.

Thats the march o the Christianlieorward. I you want to live amiserable lie, always look back over

your shoulder and live in regretwhat it could have been, what itshould have been, what you neededbut didnt get, etc. In Philippians 3,Paul is saying, All o my previouslie, good or bad, is over. We haveto be like that, orgetting thosethings which are behind and reachingorward to those things which areahead (v. 13). Reaching orward is

an athletic term or sprinting or thenish line. At the end o the race, youwill always see the runners stretchingorward, putting all their eort intoreaching that goal.

Secondly, I think it also means thatwe should be dissatised, and I hopeyou are. But perhaps I should explainthat statement.

Whatever level o relationship withthe Lord that you have right now,its my prayer that youll never say,Thats enough. I dont need to getany more spiritual, any holier than Iam. What I have is sufcient. I praythat youll crave more, that youll al-ways want to learn more about Him,and to get closer to Him. I pray that

youll have a holy, sanctied kind odiscontentment.

There is a classic little book by A.W.Tozer called The Pursuit o God,and I recommend it to you. Its onethat truly changed my lie. I recentlythumbed through it, and was struckby the rst couple o paragraphs.Tozer describes the kind o people

who have that pursuit o God. Hesays, These are lives that are markedby a growing hunger ater God Him-sel. They will not be satised until

they have drunk deep o the ountaino living waters.

Thats the kind o dissatisaction Imean, where we have tasted theliving water and said, Its good, its

wonderul, but I want more. I wantto go urther. I want to go deeper.Paul the apostle had that very samedesire. Even ater 30 years o walk-ing with Christ, Paul said he was stillpressing on, still running with every-thing that was in him, still stretchingtoward that nish line. He was goingorward, with that healthy, holydissatisaction that I pray we will all

have.

Thomas Edison once said, Show me

a thoroughly satised man, and Illshow you a ailure. So its true thatthe more we learn about GodHismajesty, His attributes, His gran-deurand the more we taste o therelationship with Him, the more wesay, I want to know Him more, tolearn more and experience more oHim.

The goal will not be reached until wesee Him ace to ace, and only thenwill we be thoroughly satised!

I PRAy THAT yOu'LLCRAVE MORE, THATyOu'LL ALWAyS WANT

TO LEARN MORE ABOuTHIM.


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cct wt Gd.

Commitment: Christians oten lack a ll determination tolive like Christ and or Him. 78% said spiritalit is ver important to them.

52% believe there is mch more to the Christian lie thanthe have experienced.

Onl 18% are totall committed to investing in their ownspirital development.

Onl 22% sa the are completel dependent pon God.

RepentanCe: Few Christians are serios abot abandoning the lreo sin and handing total control o their lie to God.

Onl 12% said the had recognized the signicance o their sinson a deep, emotional level.

Onl 3% have srrendered control to God and sbmitted to Hiswill or their lie.

aCtivity: Christians conse religios activit with spiritalsignicance and depth. On a weekl basis:

39% participate in normal Christian activities (attending chrch,praing, reading the Bible).

Less than 10% talk abot their aith with non-Christians, ast orreligios prposes, and spend time in spirital refection.

SpiRitual Community: There is not mch vlnerabilit andaccontabilit among believers. Onl 21% believe spirital matrit reqires a connection to a chrch. Onl 35% have conessed their sins to another believer in the past

qarter.

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Connection host Peter Bensonasked Pastor Alistair Beggabout his method or sys-

tematically, consecutively teachingthrough the Bible.

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w, r ssg ssg, r d

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?

Well, every week is dierent, but theone thing that isnt dierent is thatSunday comes around and that theinuences and the responsibilities o

a week somehow or another get old-ed into the preparation. You know,its hard to be involved in the loss olie o someone, or to be engaged inthe pastoral concerns o somebodywhos been diagnosed with a termi-nal illness, or a child whos been lostin a car accident without that actu-ally becoming part o the rameworkout o which we turn to the Scrip-

tures. But when I come to the Bible, Icome to it really the same way, that Istart and try and think mysel empty.In other words, just come to the textand read it, and think what there isthat strikes me. And then I try andread mysel ull, and then I try andwrite mysel clear, and then I try andpray mysel hot, and then I try andpreach and be mysel and orget

mysel.

ths gr rcss. Wh s xdg

h wrd s r?

Thats a good question, isnt it? Be-cause in the minds o some people,it isnt relevant. And really or as longas Ive lived my lie there have beenprophets o doom who have been

mentioning the act that preachingis in the shadows and its pretty wellover. And yet here we are in thesecond decade o the twenty-rstcentury and the churches that are e-

ective in terms o biblical emphasesare largely those where the Scrip-tures have a central place in all thattheyre doing. And one o the chal-lenges that is represented or olksis the idea o, how do we make the

Bible relevant? And you know, evento ask that question is so wrong be-cause what we discover is the Bible isrelevant. Its only our responsibility toshow how relevant it is. And when wehave a conviction regarding that, thatwe believe the Bible is authoritative,we believe that it is sufcient, thenit gives us courage and condencein opening up the Scriptures and

allowing them to do what God hasintended or them to do.

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cd wrg dw h Wrd.

W h sr-rd, r hs

rs. Wh r s r ggs

ccrs h xdg Gds wrd,

h chgs, r wh s r -

wshs h r s Wrd-crc r

xdg-crc?

Well, theres a couple o things.Obviously, theres a huge dierencebetween a model that is kind o anentertainment model and one that isa proclamation model. That seems tome to be airly obvious. And I thinkthe chickens are coming home toroost on that kind o thing already.

People who bought into that ideaand have thought that it was reallygoing to be wonderully satisying,many o them who are genuinely in-terested in coming to an understand-ing o the Scriptures have gone o insearch o Bible-teaching ministries.So thats airly straightorward. Oneo the other things, though, that Ihave detected is that there are some

congregations where the idea opreaching is sort o pass and thatwhat they really believe is the keyto it all is in small-group study. Andwe gather together in small groups


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and all share our various ideas. Now,obviously we wouldnt want to standagainst the notion o small groupsand the importance o studying theBible in that way. But when that be-comes a substitute or or an alterna-

tive or the actual gathered congre-gation sitting together under theinstruction o the Bible, then I think itbecomes a dangerous thing and alsoa potentially harmul thing. Becausewhat were called to do is to sit, iyou like, underneath the Word. Inthe old days, in the Scottish pulpits,they were built in such a way that itwas very obvious to the congrega-

tion that the Bible was central in allthat was taking place. And theres ahuge dierence between that senseo the minister himsel being underthe authority o Scripture and thentogether the congregation learningthe same text o Scripture and sittingunder its instruction together, romsitting around in a circle and every-body giving their view on what they

think the passage means or mightmean.

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srs c d rch h Wrd?

Yes, we are. I mean, were doing itby design, but were also doing it,i you like, by deault, in that as aresult o just doing what we do along

with others who do the same, wediscover that young men in particu-lar are seeking us out, that they aredownloading materials, that theyare inquiring as to how we do whatwe do and why we do it. And on mypastoral team, which is an increasing-ly young team, we also have a clustero interns on an annual basis whothemselves have identied the act

that they would like to come hereand learn what they can about thewhole approach to teaching the Biblein a way that is clear and is obviouslyrelevant.

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asr?

You mean in terms o peoplespersonal gitedness? Yes, I think so.I think it was Samuel Bolton whosaid that i we preach the Bible, wepreach Christ. And i we preachChrist, then every sermon will at leastby implication be evangelistic. Sothat when we turn to the Scripturesand we realize that the story o theBible is the story o what God has

done or sinners in and through theperson and work o Jesus Christ,then that saves us rom turningthe stories o the Bible into sort omoral precepts. And it also helps usto understand that rom Genesis allthe way to Revelation, the story isthe same, and that is that God savespeople, and that He puts peopleinto His amily, and aith comes by

hearing, and hearing by the Wordo God. And so while some contextsmake it more advantageous to go atthings rom an evangelistic perspec-tive, I nd that people are coming toChristnot in as large numbers as Iwould long or, but nevertheless arecoming to Christjust as a result othe aithul, consistent teaching othe Bible.

Alistair Begg is senior pastor at Parkside Churchnear Cleveland, Ohio. A native o Scotland, hehas been in the ministry since 1975, and is heardthroughout the U.S. on his radio program,Truth For Lie. He can be heard in Albuquerqueon KNKT 107.1 FM.

// ALiStAir Begg


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PRESS ON,PRESS ON,YE WORKERSB: Fann Crosb and John R. Swene

Press on, press on, e workers

Be loal, brave and treGreat things the Lord is doing

And greater things will doHis arm, still increasingWith each revolving earShall send a sond o raptre orthThat all the world shall hear

Rejoice, rejoice, e workers all, rejoice!O clap or hands and sing!

O clap or hands and sing!Gods hol Chrch shall trimph et

And He shall reign or King

The walls o leaged oppressionTo dst shall all awaThe sword o trth eternalNo powr on earth can staTho all the hosts o darknessWere marshaled on the eld

The Chrch o God wold stand nmovedWith Christ her strength and shield

Behold her marching onwardIn majest sblime

Along the rolling prairiesThat bond or western clime

And soon rom ever hamletOn all or vast rontierGlad songs shall rise to Jess

While skeptics trn to hear


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The apostle Peter said, Addto your aith virtue, to virtueknowledge, to knowledge

sel-control, to sel-control persever-ance, to perseverance godliness, togodliness brotherly kindness, and to

brotherly kindness love. For i thesethings are yours and abound, you willbe neither barren nor unruitul in theknowledge o our Lord Jesus Christ(2 Peter 1:5-8). What these traits addup to is a portrait o a mature Chris-tian, and to be that you must alwaysbe in the process o growing, adding,and climbingpressing on, or as thispassage says, persevering.

Mature Christians persevere in trou-bles. They wont pick up their ootballand go home, no matter what hap-pens to them. They are committedto the will o God, whatever it is, andhowever it comes.

In Chapter 5 o James, he addressespersecuted, suering believers, those

who are being oppressed: Thereorebe patient, brethren, until the comingo the Lord. See how the armer waitsor the precious ruit o the earth,waiting patiently or it until it receivesthe early and latter rain (v. 7).

Farmers have to persevere. Onesimple reason, o course, is thatthey cannot control the weather.

Whatever comes, comes, and theyhave to take what they get and workaround it. Their attitude must be,Growing something takes time, soI am in this or the long haul, comewhat may, good years and bad years.I intend to be diligent.

Verses 10-11 give a couple o urtherexamples: My brethren, take the

prophets, who spoke in the name othe Lord, as an example o sueringand patience. Indeed we count themblessed who endure. You have heardo the perseverance o Job and seenthe end intended by the Lordthat

the Lord is very compassionate andmerciul.

Job is a classic example o some-body who persevered, because hedidnt understand what he was goingthrough. Job didnt have the advan-tage o going behind the curtain andlistening to the conversation thatSatan and God had together abouthim. He lived in real-time, not know-ing what was really going on behindthe scenes. What happened to him

was horrible, but he persevered.In act, when he lost his children,his home, and his health, the Biblesays he ell down on his ace and heworshiped. He said, The Lord gave,and the Lord has taken away; Blessedbe the name o the Lord (Job 1:21).Thats perseverance!

So this aithul man was the prime

example or the apostle James o themature Christian that we should allstrive to emulate. Mature Christiansare shaped by the trials and tempta-tions they ace. They remain humble,they are patient, and they persevere.Thats a mature believer.

Spiritual growth is a process, its notinstantaneousand its not an ab-

solute. You can be a spiritual person(and a lot o people these days saythey are) without being a spirituallymature person. You need patienceand perseverance to come tomaturity.

yOu MuST ALWAyS BEIN THE PROCESS OFGROWING, ADDING, AND

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January 1

reaD: Genesis 1-2reFLeCt:Then God saw

everything that He had

made, and indeed it was

very good(Genesis 1:31).

return: Genesis 3

January 2

reaD: Genesis 4-5

reFLeCt: I you do well,

will you not be accepted?

And i you do not do well,

sin lies at the door. And its

desire is or you, but you

should rule over it

(Genesis 4:7).

return: Genesis 6

January 3

reaD: Genesis 7-8

reFLeCt: For ater seven

more days I will cause it torain on the earth orty days

and orty nights, and I will

destroy rom the ace o the

earth all living things that I

have made(Genesis 7:4).

return: Genesis 9

January 4

reaD: Genesis 10-11

reFLeCt:Thereore its

name is called Babel,

because there the LORD

conused the language o

all the earth; and rom there

the LORDscattered them

abroad over the ace o all

the earth (Genesis 11:9).

return: Genesis 12

January 5

reaD:Genesis 13-14reFLeCt: For all the land

which you see I give to

you and your descendants

orever(Genesis 13:15).

return: Genesis 15

January 6

reaD: Genesis 16-17

reFLeCt:When Abram

was ninety-nine years old,

the LORDappeared to

Abram and said to him, I

am Almighty God; walk be-ore Me and be blameless

(Genesis 17:1).

return: Genesis 18

January 7

reaD: Genesis 19-21

reFLeCt:She also said,

Who would have said to

Abraham that Sarah would

nurse children? For I have

borne him a son in his old

age(Genesis 21:7).

return: Genesis 22-23

January 8

reaD: Genesis 24-25

reFLeCt:And the LORD

said to her: Two nations

are in your womb, two

peoples shall be separated

rom your body; one peopleshall be stronger than the

other, and the older shall

serve the younger

(Genesis 25:23),

return: Genesis 26

January 9

reaD: Genesis 27-28

reFLeCt:Then Jacob

awoke rom his sleep and

said, Surely the LORDis

in this place, and I did not

know it(Genesis 28:16).

return: Genesis 29

January 10

reaD: Genesis 30-31

reFLeCt:And she con-

ceived and bore a son, and

said, God has taken away

my reproach(Genesis 30:23).

return: Genesis 32

January

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January 11

reaD: Genesis 33-34

reFLeCt:But Esau ran to

meet him, and embraced

him, and ell on his neck

and kissed him, and they

wept(Genesis 33:4).

return: Genesis 35

January 12

reaD: Genesis 36-37

reFLeCt:Now Israel loved

Joseph more than all his

children, because he was

the son o his old age. Also

he made him a tunic o

many colors(Genesis 37:3).

return: Genesis 38

January 13

reaD: Genesis 39-40

reFLeCt:But the LORD

was with Joseph and

showed him mercy, and He

gave him avor in the sight

o the keeper o the prison

(Genesis 39:21).

return: Genesis 41

January 14

reaD: Genesis 42-44

reFLeCt:Then Judah said

to Israel his ather, Send

the lad with me, and we will

arise and go, that we may

live and not die, both we

and you and also our little

ones(Genesis 43:8).

return: Genesis 45-46

January 15

reaD: Genesis 47-48

reFLeCt:Now there was

no bread in all the land; or

the amine was very severe,

so that the land o Egypt

and the land o Canaan

languished because o the

amine(Genesis 47:13).

return: Genesis 49

January 16

reaD: Genesis 50, Exodus 1

reFLeCt:So Pharaoh

commanded all his people,

saying, Every son who is

born you shall cast into the

river, and every daughter

you shall save alive

(Exodus 1:22).

return: Exodus 2

January 17

reaD: Exodus 3-4


said: I have surely seen the

oppression o My people

who are in Egypt, and have

heard their cry becauseo their taskmasters, or I

know their sorrows

(Exodus 3:7).

return: Exodus 5

January 18

reaD: Exodus 6-7


spoke to Moses, saying,

Go in, tell Pharaoh king o

Egypt to let the children

o Israel go out o his land

(Exodus 6:10-11).

return: Exodus 8

January 19

reaD: Exodus 9-10

reFLeCt:But the LORD

hardened the heart o Pha-

raoh; and he did not heed

them, just as the LORDhadspoken to Moses

(Exodus 9:12).

return: Exodus 11

January 20

reaD: Exodus 12-13

reFLeCt:And thus you

shall eat it: with a belt on

your waist, your sandals on

your eet, and your sta in

your hand. So you shall eat

it in haste. It is the LORDs

Passover(Exodus 12:11).

return: Exodus 14

January 21

reaD: Exodus 15-17

reFLeCt:Your right hand,

O LORD, has become glo-

rious in power; Your right

hand, O LORD, has dashed

the enemy in pieces.

(Exodus 15:6).

return: Exodus 18-19

January 22

reaD: Exodus 20-21

reFLeCt: I am the LORD

your God, who brought you

out o the land o Egypt,

out o the house o bond-

age. You shall have no other

gods beore Me(Exodus 20:2-3).

return: Exodus 22

January 23

reaD: Exodus 23-24

reFLeCt:Keep yoursel ar

rom a alse matter; do not

kill the innocent and righ-

teous. For I will not justiy

the wicked(Exodus 23:7).

return: Exodus 25

January 24

reaD: Exodus 26-27

reFLeCt:And you shall

raise up the tabernacle ac-

cording to its pattern which

you were shown on the

mountain (Exodus 26:30).

return: Exodus 28

January 25

reaD: Exodus 29-30

reFLeCt:And Aaron and

his sons you shall bring to

the door o the tabernacle

o meeting, and you shall

wash them with water

(Exodus 29:4).

return: Exodus 31

January 26

reaD: Exodus 32-33

reFLeCt:And he received

the gold rom their hand

and made a molded cal.


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Then they said, This is your

god, O Israel, that brought

you out o the land o

Egypt!(Exodus 32:4).

return: Exodus 34

January 27

reaD: Exodus 35-36

reFLeCt:Work shall be

done or six days, but the

seventh day shall be a holy

day or you, a Sabbath o

rest to the LORD

(Exodus 35:2).

return: Exodus 37

January 28

reaD: Exodus 38-40reFLeCt:Then the cloud

covered the tabernacle o

meeting, and the glory o

the LORDlled the taberna-

cle(Exodus 40:34).

return: Leviticus 1-2

January 29

reaD: Leviticus 3-4

reFLeCt:And Aarons

sons shall burn it on the al-

tar upon the burnt sacrice,

which is on the wood that

is on the re, as an oering

made by re, a sweet aro-

ma to the LORD

(Leviticus 3:5).

return: Leviticus 5

January 30

reaD: Leviticus 6-7reFLeCt: Then the LORD

spoke to Moses, saying,

Command Aaron and his

sons, saying, This is the

law o the burnt oering

(Leviticus 6:8-9).

return: Leviticus 8

January 31

reaD: Leviticus 9-10

reFLeCt:Then Moses said,

This is the thing which

the Lord commanded you

to do, and the glory o the

LORDwill appear to you

(Leviticus 9:6).

return: Leviticus 11

February 1


reFLeCt:And on the

eighth day the esh o his

oreskin shall be circum-

cised(Leviticus 12:3).


February 2


reFLeCt:So he shall make

atonement or the Holy

Place, because o the un-

cleanness o the children o

Israel, and because o their

transgressions, or all their

sins(Leviticus 16:16).


February 3


reFLeCt:You shall ob-

serve My judgments and

keep My ordinances, to

walk in them: I am the

LORDyour God

(Leviticus 18:4).


February 4


reFLeCt:Whatever has a

deect, you shall not oer,

or it shall not be accept-

able on your behal

(Leviticus 22:20).

return: Leviticus 24-25

February 5


reFLeCt:I will walk among

you and be your God, and

you shall be My people

(Leviticus 26:12).

return: Numbers 1

February 6

reaD: Numbers 2-3

reFLeCt:Now these are

the records o Aaron and

Moses when the LORD

spoke with Moses on Mount

Sinai(Numbers 3:1).

return: Numbers 4

February 7

reaD: Numbers 5-6

reFLeCt:The LORDbless

you and keep you; the LORD

make His ace shine upon

you, and be gracious to

you; the LORDlit up His

countenance upon you, and

give you peace(Numbers 6:24-26).

return: Numbers 7

February 8

reaD: Numbers 8-9

reFLeCt:And they

kept the Passover on the

ourteenth day o the

rst month, at twilight, in

the Wilderness o Sinai;

according to all that the

LORDcommanded Moses,

so the children o Israel did

(Numbers 9:5).

return: Numbers 10

February 9

reaD: Numbers 11-12

reFLeCt:Where am I to

get meat to give to all these

people? For they weep allover me, saying, Give us

meat, that we may eat

(Numbers 11:13).

return: Numbers 13

February 10

reaD: Numbers 14-15

reFLeCt:Then the LORD

said to Moses: How long

will these people reject

Me? And how long will

they not believe Me, with

all the signs which I have

perormed among them?

(Numbers 14:11).

return: Numbers 16

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February 11

reaD: Numbers 17-19

reFLeCt:Behold, I Mysel

have taken your brethren

the Levites rom among

the children o Israel; they

are a git to you, given bythe LORD, to do the work o

the tabernacle o meeting

(Numbers 18:6).

return: Numbers 20-21

February 12

reaD: Numbers 22-23

reFLeCt:And God said

to Balaam, You shall not

go with them; you shall not

curse the people, or they

are blessed.

(Numbers 22:12).

return: Numbers 24

February 13

reaD: Numbers 25-26

reFLeCt:Take a census

o all the congregation o

the children o Israel rom

twenty years old and above,by their athers houses, all

who are able to go to war

in Israel(Numbers 26:2).

return: Numbers 27

February 14

reaD: Numbers 28-29

reFLeCt: Command the

children o Israel, and say to

them, My oering, My ood

or My oerings made by

re as a sweet aroma to Me,

you shall be careul to oer

to Me at their appointed

time(Numbers 28:2).

return: Numbers 30

February 15

reaD: Numbers 31-32

reFLeCt:Thereore they

said, I we have oundavor in your sight, let this

land be given to your

servants as a possession.

Do not take us over the

Jordan(Numbers 32:5).

return: Numbers 33

February 16

reaD: Numbers 34-35

reFLeCt:Command thechildren o Israel, and say

to them: When you come

into the land o Canaan,

this is the land that shall all

to you as an inheritance

the land o Canaan to its

boundaries

(Numbers 34:2).

return: Numbers 36

February 17

reaD: Deuteronomy 1-2

reFLeCt:See, I have set

the land beore you; go in

and possess the land which

the LORDswore to your

athersto Abraham, Isaac,

and Jacobto give to them

and their descendants ater

them (Deuteronomy 1:8).

return:

Deuteronomy 3

February 18


reFLeCt: You shall not

add to the word which I

command you, nor take

rom it, that you may keep

the commandments o the

LORDyour God which I

command you

(Deuteronomy 4:2).return: Deuteronomy 7-8

February 19


reFLeCt:Remember! Do

not orget how you pro-

voked the LORDyour God

to wrath in the wilderness.

From the day that you

departed rom the land oEgypt until you came to

this place, you have been

rebellious against the LORD

(Deuteronomy 9:7).

return: Deuteronomy 11

February 20


reFLeCt: These are the

statutes and judgments

which you shall be care-

ul to observe in the land

which the LORDGod oyour athers is giving you

to possess, all the days that

you live on the earth

(Deuteronomy 12:1).


February 21


reFLeCt:For the poor

will never cease rom the

land; thereore I command

you, saying, You shall open

your hand wide to your

brother, to your poor and

your needy, in your land

(Deuteronomy 15:11).


February 22


reFLeCt:You shall beblameless beore the

LORDyour God



February 23


reFLeCt:Provide atone-

ment, O LORD, or Your

people Israel, whom You

have redeemed, and do not

lay innocent blood to the

charge o Your people Israel

(Deuteronomy 21:8).


February 24


reFLeCt:When a man has

taken a new wie, he shall

not go out to war or becharged with any business;

he shall be ree at home

one year, and bring happi-

ness to his wie whom

he has taken


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(Deuteronomy 24:5).


February 25


reFLeCt: You shall build

with whole stones the altaro the LORDyour God, and

oer burnt oerings on it to

the LORDyour God

(Deuteronomy 27:6).

return: Deuteronomy

30-31

February 26


reFLeCt:For the LORDwill

judge His people and have

compassion on His servants



February 27

reaD: Joshua 1-2

reFLeCt:Have I not com-

manded you? Be strong

and o good courage; do

not be araid, nor be dis-mayed, or the LORDyour

God is with you wherever

you go(Joshua 1:9).

return: Joshua 3

February 28

reaD: Joshua 4-5

reFLeCt:Now the people

came up rom the Jordan

on the tenth day o the rst

month, and they camped in

Gilgal on the east border o

Jericho(Joshua 4:19).

return: Joshua 6

MarCH 1

reaD: Joshua 7-8

reFLeCt:Israel has sinned,

and they have also trans-

gressed My covenant which

I commanded them

(Joshua 7:11).

return: Joshua 9

MarCH 2

reaD: Joshua 10-11reFLeCt:So the sun stood

still in the midst o heaven,

and did not hasten to go

down or about a whole

day(Joshua 10:13).

return: Joshua 12

MarCH 3

reaD: Joshua 13-14


said to him: You are old,

advanced in years, and

there remains very much

land yet to be possessed

(Joshua 13:1).

return: Joshua 15

MarCH 4

reaD: Joshua 16-18

reFLeCt:And they came

near beore Eleazar thepriest, beore Joshua the

son o Nun, and beore the

rulers, saying, The LORD

commanded Moses to give

us an inheritance among

our brothers

(Joshua 17:4).

return: Joshua 19-20

MarCH 5

reaD: Joshua 21-22

reFLeCt:So the LORD

gave to Israel all the land o

which He had sworn to give

to their athers, and they

took possession o it and

dwelt in it(Joshua 21:43).

return: Joshua 23

MarCH 6

reaD: Joshua 24, Judges 1reFLeCt:And it came

to pass, when Israel was

strong, that they put the

Canaanites under tribute,

but did not completely

drive them out

(Judges 1:28).

return: Judges 2

MarCH 7

reaD: Judges 3-4

reFLeCt:So the childreno Israel did evil in the sight

o the LORDThey orgot the

LORDtheir God, and served

the Baals and Asherahs

(Judges 3:7).

return: Judges 5

MarCH 8

reaD: Judges 6-7

reFLeCt:And the Angel o

the LORDappeared to him,

and said to him, The LORD

is with you, you mighty man

o valor!(Judges 6:12).

return: Judges 8

MarCH 9

reaD: Judges 9-10

reFLeCt:So the LORDsaid

to the children o Israel,

Did I not deliver you romthe Egyptians and rom the

Amorites and rom the peo-

ple o Ammon and rom the

Philistines?(Judges 10:11).

return: Judges 11

MarCH 10

reaD: Judges 12-13

reFLeCt:Again the chil-

dren o Israel did evil in the

sight o the LORD, and the

LORDdelivered them into

the hand o the Philistines

or orty years(Judges 13:1).

return: Judges 14

MarCH 11

reaD: Judges 15-17

reFLeCt:But he did not

know that the LORDhad

departed rom him(Judges 16:20).

return: Judges 18-19

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MarCH 12

reaD: Judges 20-21

reFLeCt:So the children

o Israel inquired o the

LORD(the ark o the cov-

enant o God was there in

those days)(Judges 20:27).

return: Ruth 1

MarCH 13

reaD: Ruth 2-3

reFLeCt:The LORDrepay

your work, and a ull reward

be given you by the LORD

God o Israel, under whose

wings you have come or

reuge(Ruth 2:12).

return: Ruth 4

MarCH 14

reaD: 1 Samuel 1-2

reFLeCt: For this child I

prayed, and the LORDhas

granted me my petition

which I asked o Him

(1 Samuel 1:27).

return: 1 Samuel 3

MarCH 15

reaD: 1 Samuel 4-5

reFLeCt:So the Philistines

were araid, or they said,

God has come into the

camp!(1 Samuel 4:7).

return: 1 Samuel 6

MarCH 16

reaD: 1 Samuel 7-8


said to Samuel, Heed the

voice o the people in all

that they say to you; or

they have not rejected you,

but they have rejected Me,

that I should not reign over

them(1 Samuel 8:7).

return: 1 Samuel 9

MarCH 17

reaD: 1 Samuel 10-11

reFLeCt:But Saul said,

Not a man shall be put to

death this day, or today

the LORDhas accomplished

salvation in Israel

(1 Samuel 11:13).

return: 1 Samuel 12

MarCH 18


reFLeCt:The LORDhas

sought or Himsel a man

ater His own heart, and the

LORDhas commanded him

to be commander over His

people, because you have

not kept what the LORD

commanded you

(1 Samuel 13:14).

return: 1 Samuel 16-17

MarCH 19


reFLeCt:And David be-

haved wisely in all his ways,

and the LORDwas with him

(1 Samuel 18:14).

return: 1 Samuel 20

MarCH 20


reFLeCt:So the priest

gave him holy bread; orthere was no bread there

but the showbread which

had been taken rom beore

the LORD(1 Samuel 21:6).

return: 1 Samuel 23

MarCH 21


reFLeCt:Let the LORD

judge between you and me,and let the LORDavenge me

on you. But my hand shall

not be against you

(1 Samuel 24:12).

return: 1 Samuel 26

MarCH 22


reFLeCt:And when Saul

inquired o the LORD, the

LORDdid not answer him,

either by dreams or by Urim

or by the prophets

(1 Samuel 28:6).

return: 1 Samuel 29

MarCH 23


reFLeCt:Now David was

greatly distressed, or the

people spoke o stoning

him, because the soul o

all the people was grieved,

every man or his sons and

his daughters. But David

strengthened himsel in the

LORDhis God

(1 Samuel 30:6).

return: 2 Samuel 1

MarCH 24

reaD: 2 Samuel 2-3

reFLeCt:And now may

the LORDshow kindnessand truth to you. I also will

repay you this kindness,

because you have done this

thing (2 Samuel 2:6).

return: 2 Samuel 4

MarCH 25

reaD: 2 Samuel 5-7

reFLeCt:So David went

on and became great, and

the LORDGod o hosts was

with him (2 Samuel 5:10).

return: 2 Samuel 8-9

MarCH 26


reFLeCt: Then it hap-

pened one evening that

David arose rom his bed

and walked on the roo o

the kings house. And romthe roo he saw a woman

bathing, and the woman

was very beautiul to be-

hold(2 Samuel 11:2).

return: 2 Samuel 12

MarCH 27


reFLeCt:And Absalom

spoke to his brother Amnon

neither good nor bad. For

Absalom hated Amnon,

because he had orced his

sister Tamar

(2 Samuel 13:22).

return: 2 Samuel 15


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MarCH 28


reFLeCt:It may be that

the LORDwill look on my

afiction, and that the LORD

will repay me with good or

his cursing this day

(2 Samuel 16:12).

return: 2 Samuel 18

MarCH 29


reFLeCt:But the king

covered his ace, and the

king cried out with a loud

voice, O my son Absalom!

O Absalom, my son, my

son!(2 Samuel 19:4).return: 2 Samuel 21

MarCH 30


reFLeCt: I will call upon

the LORDwho is worthy

to be praised; so shall I be

saved rom my enemies

(2 Samuel 22:4).

return: 2 Samuel 24

MarCH 31

reaD: 1 Kings 1-2

reFLeCt: There let Zadok

the priest and Nathan the

prophet anoint him king

over Israel; and blow the

horn, and say, Long live

King Solomon!

(1 Kings 1:34).

return: 1 Kings 3

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