DAILY GUIDE

July 2024

Confession of Sin & Words of Assurance

Glorious God: I come to you now in need of grace. Throughout this week, a war has been raging in my heart. I find myself looking to people, situations, and experiences to give me security, identity, and hope. I have sought from others what can only be found in you. Forgive me, and awaken me to the only glory that really satisfies: the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ, my Savior and Redeemer. Amen.

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“Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.” (Micah 7:18-19)

Scripture Reading

  • July 1 - Psalm 121; Proverbs 27
  • July 2 - Psalm 122; Proverbs 28-29
  • July 3 - Psalm 123; Proverbs 30
  • July 4 - Psalm 124; Proverbs 31
  • July 5 - Psalm 125; Revelation 1
  • July 6 - (No reading)
  • July 7 - (No reading)
  • July 8 - Psalm 126; Revelation 2
  • July 9 - Psalm 127; Revelation 3
  • July 10 - Psalm 128; Revelation 4
  • July 11 - Psalm 129; Revelation 5-6
  • July 12 - Psalm 130; Revelation 7
  • July 13 - (No reading)
  • July 14 - (No reading)
  • July 15 - Psalm 131; Revelation 8
  • July 16 - Psalm 132; Revelation 9-10
  • July 17 - Psalm 133; Revelation 11
  • July 18 - Psalm 134; Revelation 12
  • July 19 - Psalm 135; Revelation 13
  • July 20 - (No reading)
  • July 21 - (No reading)
  • July 22 - Psalm 136; Revelation 14
  • July 23 - Psalm 137; Revelation 15-16
  • July 24 - Psalm 138; Revelation 17
  • July 25 - Psalm 139; Revelation 18
  • July 26 - Psalm 140; Revelation 19
  • July 27 - (No reading)
  • July 28 - (No reading)
  • July 29 - Psalm 141; Revelation 20
  • July 30 - Psalm 142; Revelation 21
  • July 31 - Psalm 143; Revelation 22

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Memory Verse

"Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things." (Re 1:19)

Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

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Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
Amen.

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Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the Cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.

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Resources

Revelation Introduction

Author and Date

Jesus Christ is the divine author of this “revelation” (1:1). He describes coming events to his servant John. John, son of Zebedee, was the “beloved disciple” who also wrote the Fourth Gospel and 1, 2 and 3 John. Most scholars believe John recorded these visions while imprisoned on the island of Patmos in the mid-90s A.D. Revelation is addressed specifically to seven first-century churches in the Roman province of Asia (now western Turkey), but the message is for all churches everywhere.

Theme

The word “Revelation” translates the Greek word apokalypsis, which means “disclosure” or “unveiling.” Revelation unveils the unseen spiritual war in which the church is engaged: the cosmic conflict between God and his Christ on the one hand, and Satan and his evil allies (both demonic and human) on the other. In this conflict, Jesus the Lamb has already won the decisive victory through his sacrificial death, but his church continues to be assaulted by the dragon, in its death-throes, through persecution (the beast), deceptive heresy (the false prophet), and the allure of material affluence and cultural approval (the prostitute). By revealing the spiritual realities behind the church’s trials and temptations, and by affirming the certainty of Christ’s triumph in the new heaven and earth, the visions of Revelation fortify believers to endure suffering. The reader of Revelation is encouraged to stay pure from the defiling enticements of the present world order.

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