Week Forty-four 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.
As the devil would only dwell in a house that was swept from godliness (Luke 11:25), so the graces of God will not come into the heart that is not cleansed from wickedness, for God will only pour new wine into new vessels (Matt. 9:17).
Henry Smith – A Biblical Guide to Hearing and Studying the Word of God
Bible Reading
2 Chronicles 21-29
Old Testament
(Two-year plan)
Hebrews 12 –
James 3
New Testament
(One-year plan)
Liturgy – New City Catechism
Question 44: What is baptism?
Baptism is the washing with water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; it signifies and seals our adoption into Christ, our cleansing from sin, and our commitment to belong to the Lord and to his church.
Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit..
Worship
“There Is A Fountain (Full Of Love)”
There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins
And sinner’s plunged be neath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains
Lose all their guilty stains
Lose all their guilty stains
And sinner’s plunged be neath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day
And there may I though vile as he
Wash all my sins away
Wash all my sins away
Wash all my sins away
And there may I though vile as he
Wash all my sins away
Hallelujah fountain full of love for us poured out on us
Hallelujah fountain full of love for us poured out on us
Hallelujah fountain full of love for us poured out on us
Hallelujah fountain full of love for us poured out on us
E’er since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply
Redeeming love has been my theme
And shall be til I die
And shall be til I die
And shall be til I die
Redeeming love has been my theme
And shall be til I die