Week Twenty of Cultivate Delight, where we are actively planning our spiritual endeavors this coming week with the goal of a consistent time spent engaging our hearts with Christ in his word, in prayer, in reflection, and in music. Below are some starting points for reflection, and I hope you find them helpful. The goal is to not just rush through these and then get on with your day. Take your time and reflect throughout the week on these items.
“Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.”
― Tim Keller
Bible Reading
Deuteronomy 19-27
Old Testament
(Two-year plan)
Acts 7-11
New Testament
(One-year plan)
Liturgy – New City Catechism
Question 20: Who is the Redeemer?
The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and bore the penalty for sin himself.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Prayer
Lord, Jesus, open my eyes and let me see the truth of your incarnation each and every day. Let me grow in my understanding of what it means that you walked upon this earth as a true man. Living a holy and perfect life. Taking upon yourself the full penalty of sin. Each and every sin of my life was nailed to the cross as you hung there. You bore my penalty. You redeemed me. You rescued me. You truly are my great Redeemer.
Worship
Redeemer
Who taught the sun?
Where to stand in the morning
And who taught the ocean
You can only come this far
And who showed the moon
Where to hide till evening
Whose words alone can
Catch a falling star
Well I know my Redeemer lives
I know my redeemer lives
All of creation testifies
This life within me cries
I know my redeemer lives
Yeah
The very same God
That spins things in orbit
Runs to the weary
The worn and the weak
And the same gentle hands
That hold me when I’m broken
They conquer death to bring me victory
Now I know my redeemer lives
I know my redeemer lives
Let all creation testify
Let this life within me cry
I know my redeemer
He lives to take away my shame
And he lives forever I’ll proclaim
That the payment for my sin
Was the precious life He gave
But now he’s alive and there’s an empty grave
And I know my redeemer, he lives
I know my redeemer lives
Let all creation testify
Let this life within me cry
I know my redeemer
I know my redeemer lives (I know my redeemer lives)
I know (I know my redeemer lives)
I know that, I know that, I know that, I know that, I know
I know my redeemer lives
(Because he lives I can face tomorrow)
He lives, I know, I know, I know
He lives, he lives, he lives
(I spoke with him this morning)
He lives, he lives, he lives
(The tomb is empty)
He lives, he lives, he lives
(I’m gotta tell everybody)