Loving Father, help me to serve You here until I abide with You in heaven. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

It's ✨ #MemoryVerseMonday! ✨ Now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ... (Ephesians 2:13–14) Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org! #memoryverse

Mighty Lord, in Your ascension, may we by faith behold our own. In Your name, Jesus. Amen.

Biblical Hebrew has several words for sex: shakav (to lie with), bo el (to go in to), yada (to know), and galah ervah (to uncover [someone’s] nakedness). What is unique about the last expression, galah ervah, is that it refers both to the actual exposure of another person’s

Christ has won the victory for us! Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org.. Read the text for Lutheran Service Book 478 at hymnary.org/hymn/LSB2006/4….

Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. esv.org/verses/Psalm+6…

“Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” (Rev. 5:2) John tells us this question echoes through heaven itself as a mighty angel issues the challenge. A hush falls over the celestial courts. No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth is able to step forward. No

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, fill my heart with eternal Easter joy! In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Christ Jesus is our Good Shepherd! Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org. Read the text for Lutheran Service Book 709 at hymnary.org/hymn/LSB2006/7….

Who are the 144,000 in Revelation 7? This is a symbolic number, as are the numbers throughout Revelation and, more broadly, in apocalyptic literature. The number itself is 12 × 12 × 1,000. The two twelves point to the 12 tribes of Israel and the 12 apostles, while 1,000 conveys

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” esv.org/verses/John+3.3

1 The King of Love my Shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am His And He is mine forever. Lutheran Service Book 709

It's ✨ #MemoryVerseMonday! ✨ ...‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. ... ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ... (from Mark 12:29–31) Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org! #memoryverse

Why does God answer our prayers? Because we say the right words? Because we are good, obedient, faithful, or sincere? Absolutely not. Then why? The answer is given to us in Daniel 9:19, one of the chapters we read today in Bible in One Year. In fact, we could attach this

4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill With Thee, dear Lord, beside me, Thy rod and staff my comfort still, Thy cross before to guide me. Lutheran Service Book 709

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy! esv.org/verses/Psalm+9…

. The Theology of the Cross; When Jesus died on the Cross..you died. You can do nothing. You can't improve where God is concerned. You don't need to. You need resurrection. God applies the Cross to you in real time, in a personal, tangible way, in your Baptism. And then raises

“Lord, take my hand and lead me upon life’s way” (LSB 722:1). In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. esv.org/verses/1+Corin…

One of my favorite prayers about studying the Scripture comes from Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556). In it, he asks that we would “read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest” the Word of God. That phrase "inwardly digest" is rich with biblical imagery. The prophet Ezekiel experienced it