Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search= Zephaniah +3&version=ESV     Advent Week 2: Preparing the Way Dec 5   Zephaniah 3 (ESV) Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,     the oppressing city! 2 She listens to no voice;     she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord; […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+40&version=ESV   Dec 2   Isaiah 40:1-11 (ESV) Comfort for God’s People 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,     and cry to her that her warfare is ended,     that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand     double for all her sins. 3 A voice cries: […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+9&version=ESV   Dec 1   Isaiah 9:1-7 (ESV) For to Us a Child Is Born 1  But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+31&version=ESV   Nov 30   Jeremiah 31:27-40 (ESV) 27 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass that as I have watched […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+130&version=ESV   Advent Week 1: Prophecy & Longing – the Old Testament Story Nov 29   Psalm 130 (ESV) My Soul Waits for the Lord A Song of Ascents. 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2     O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive     to the voice of my […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7&version=ESV   Nov 28 Sermon of the Mount – Christian Dedication Matt 7：21-29 （ESV） I Never Knew You 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6&version=ESV   Nov 25 Sermon on the Mount – Christian Aspiration Matt 6：19-34 （ESV） Lay Up Treasures in Heaven 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6&version=ESV   Nov 24 Sermon on the Mount – Christian Prayer Matt 6：7-15 （ESV） 7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5&version=ESV   Nov 23 Sermon on the Mount – Love Our Enemies Matt 5：38-48 （ESV） Retaliation 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5&version=ESV     Introduction   Sermon on the Mount seems to be the most popular among the teaching of Jesus but it is also the least understood, not to mention about doing it. Sermon on the Mount was Jesus’ instruction to His followers, teaching them what type of people they […]