August 7 Nehemiah 12-13 Psalm 89:19-26 Proverbs 19:28-29 1 Corinthians 15:1-19 First Importance “Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed as good news to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I proclaimed to you as good news, unless you believed for nothing. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the

August 6 Nehemiah 10-11 Psalm 89:8-18 Proverbs 19:26-27 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 Discipline “Cease listening, my son, to discipline, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.” Proverbs 19:27 LSB None of us are beyond the need for discipline. As children we can’t wait till we are adults so that we can do what we want and our parents can’t punish us. But when we are adults we realize that isn’t really how it works. The discipline we experienced as a child was noth

August 5 Nehemiah 8-9 Psalm 89:1-7 Proverbs 19:24-25 1 Corinthians 14:1-25 The Lord’s Great Love “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make Your faithfulness known through all generations. I will declare that Your love stands firm forever, that You have established Your faithfulness in Heaven itself…The heavens praise Your wonders, Lord, Your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. For who in the skies above can compare with the

August 4 Nehemiah 6-7 Psalm 88:13-18 Proverbs 19:21-23 1 Corinthians 13 The Greatest Of These Is Love “But now abide faith, hope and love—these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 LSB Paul followed his discussion about the Body of Christ in chapter 12 with a description in chapter 13 of love. Paul understood that functioning within a group of people can be difficult. Because God created each of us with different interests, likes, dislikes,