Catechism

Since you have been saved by grace alone through Christ, without any merit of your own, why must you yet do good works?

I must do good works because Christ also renews me by his Holy Spirit to be his image, so that I might show thankfulness to God for his mercy.
(2 Cor 3:18; Rom 12:1–2; Eph 2:10)

 

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Memory Verse

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

 

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Sing-Along Song of the Week

Jesus Paid it All

VERSE 1

I hear the Savior say,

‘Thy strength indeed is small,

Child of weakness watch and pray,

Find in Me thine all in all.’

 

CHORUS

Jesus paid it all,

All to Him I owe;

Sin had left a crimson stain,

He washed it white as snow.

 

VERSE 2

Lord, now indeed I find

Thy pow’r and Thine alone,

Can change the leper’s spots

And melt the heart of stone.

 

VERSE 3

For nothing good have I

Whereby Thy grace to claim;

I’ll wash my garments white

In the blood of Calv’ry’s Lamb.

 

VERSE 4

And when, before the throne,

I stand in Him complete,

‘Jesus died my soul to save,’

My lips shall still repeat.

 

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Weekly Reading

The Birth of Jesus Christ

 

Day 176: Worship the Lord Who Reigns

Psalms 99–101

Questions for Reflection

• What does it mean that the Lord reigns?
• What should be our response to the faithful reign of God?
• What does it mean to “walk with integrity of heart” (Ps 101:2)?

 

Day 177: The Birth of John the Baptist

Luke 1

Questions for Reflection

• Why do you think God chose to deliver the news about John the Baptist to Zechariah in the temple?
• What does Mary’s Magnificat reveal about her?
• How do both Mary’s Magnificat and Zechariah’s Benedictus connect Old Testament prophesies to what was beginning to happen?

 

Day 178: The Birth of Jesus Christ

Luke 2:1–39; John 1:1–18

Questions for Reflection

• Why was it important that Jesus be of the tribe of Judah and born in Bethlehem?
• What does the angel’s song (Gloria) reveal about Christ’s coming?
• What does Simeon’s song (Nunc Dimittis) reveal about Christ’s coming?

 

Day 179: The Visit of the Magi

Matthew 2; Psalm 102

Questions for Reflection

• Why do you think God led the magi to Jesus?
• What did the gifts of the magi signify about who they thought Jesus was?
• In what ways do these events fulfill Old Testament prophecies?

 

Day 180: Jesus in the Temple

Luke 2:40–52; Psalm 103

Questions for Reflection

• Why did Jesus go to Jerusalem?
• Was Jesus being disobedient to his parents by remaining in Jerusalem? How do you know?
• What did Jesus’s response to Mary reveal about him?

 

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Memory Verse Help:

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

 

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