April 2   Deuteronomy 2-3 Psalm 39:7-13 Proverbs 10:3-5 Luke 5 Example   “But He Himself would often slip away to the desolate regions and pray.”  Luke 5:16 LSB   Throughout the gospels, there are numerous mentions of Jesus slipping away to be alone and pray.  Jesus was God, so why did He need to pray?  I think there are several reasons for this.  In His earthly state, He willingly took on the characteristics of humanity.  When He had a long day, He got tired. When He was hun

April 1   Deuteronomy 1 Psalm 39:1-6 Proverbs 10:1-2 Luke 4:22-44 Authority   “And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath; and they were amazed at His teaching, for His message was with authority…..And amazement came upon them all, and they were talking with one another saying, ‘What is this message?  For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out.’”  Luke 4:31, 36 LSB   During Jesus’ earthly minis

March 31   Numbers 35-36 Psalm 38:16-22 Proverbs 9:16-18 Luke 4:1-21 Prophecy Fulfilled   “And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read.  And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him.  And He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written, ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.  He has sent Me to proclaim rel

March 30   Numbers 33-34 Psalm 38:9-15 Proverbs 9:13-15 Luke 3:21-38 A Clean Slate   “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places; and you shall take possession of the land and inhabit it, for I have given the land to you to possess it….But if you do not dispossess the inhabit