April 22   Joshua 7-8 Psalm 49:16-20 Proverbs 11:27-29 Luke 14 Humility   “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”  Luke 14:11 LSB    Today’s passage, like the one we studied yesterday, is one that emphasizes that God’s economy is different from man’s.  According to modern teaching we need to demand our rights, get what we deserve, toot our own horn, and do whatever we have to do to get ahead.  We are encouraged to be prou

April 21   Joshua 4-6 Psalm 49:10-15 Proverbs 11:24-26 Luke 13:18-35 Generosity   “There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, and there is one who holds back what is rightly due and yet results only in want.  The soul that blesses will be enriched, and he who waters will himself be watered.  He who withholds grain, the people will curse him, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.”  Proverbs 11:24-26  LSB   The principle given in today’s passage

April 20   Joshua 1-3 Psalm 49:1-9 Proverbs 11:22-23 Luke 13:1-17 The Barren Fig Tree   “And He was telling this parable:  A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and did not find any.  And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree without finding any.  Cut it down!  Why does it even use up the ground?’  And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this y

April 19   Deuteronomy 33-34 Psalm 48:8-14 Proverbs 11:19-21 Luke 12:35-59 Our Part   “Now Moses was 120 years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated.  So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days.  Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.  Now Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as Yahweh had commanded M