Text: (Joshua 3:9-17 ESV) And Joshua said to the people of Israel,“Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.” AndJoshua said, “Here is how you shall know that the living God is among youand that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites,the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, andthe Jebusites. Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all theearth is passing over before you into the Jordan. Nowtherefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribea man. And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the arkof the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters ofthe Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from flowing, and thewaters coming down from above shall stand in one heap.” So when the peopleset out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priestsbearing the ark of the covenant before the people, and as soon asthose bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of thepriests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now theJordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest), the waterscoming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, thecity that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Seaof the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the peoplepassed over opposite Jericho. Now the priests bearing the arkof the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the midstof the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all thenation finished passing over the Jordan.

Text: (Revelation 5:1-14 NKJ) "And I saw in theright hand of Him who sat on the throne a scrollwritten inside and on the back, sealed withseven seals. 2Then I saw a strong angelproclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthyto open the scroll and to loose its seals?" 3Andno one in heaven or on the earth or under theearth was able to open the scroll, or to look atit. 4So I wept much, because no one was foundworthy to open and read the scroll, or to look atit. 5But one of the elders said to me, "Do notweep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, theRoot of David, has prevailed to open the scrolland to loose its seven seals." 6And I looked,and behold, in the midst of the throne and ofthe four living creatures, and in the midst of theelders, stood a Lamb as though it had beenslain, having seven horns and seven eyes, whichare the seven Spirits of God sent out into all theearth. 7Then He came and took the scroll out ofthe right hand of Him who sat on the throne. 8Now when He had taken the scroll, the fourliving creatures and the twenty-four elders felldown before the Lamb, each having a harp, andgolden bowls full of incense, which are theprayers of the saints. 9And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll,And to open its seals; For You were slain, And haveredeemed us to God by Your blood Out of everytribe and tongue and people and nation, 10 Andhave made us kings and priests to our God; And weshall reign on the earth." 11 Then I looked, and Iheard the voice of many angels around the throne,the living creatures, and the elders; and thenumber of them was ten thousand times tenthousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 sayingwith a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb who wasslain To receive power and riches and wisdom, Andstrength and honor and glory and blessing!" 13 Andevery creature which is in heaven and on the earthand under the earth and such as are in the sea, andall that are in them, I heard saying: "Blessing andhonor and glory and power Be to Him who sits onthe throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!" 14Then the four living creatures said, "Amen!" Andthe twenty-four elders fell down and worshipedHim who lives forever and ever."

(John 12:12-19 NKJ) "The next day a great multitude that hadcome to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees andwent out to meet Him, and cried out: "Hosanna!`Blessed is He whocomes in the name of the LORD1!' The King of Israel!" 14 Then Jesus, when He had found ayoung donkey, sat on it; as it is written: 15 "Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, your King iscoming, Sitting on a donkey's colt." 16 His disciples did not understand these things at first;but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things werewritten about Him and that they had done these things to Him. 17 Therefore the people, who werewith Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead,bore witness. 18 For thisreason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done thissign. 19 The Phariseestherefore said among themselves, "You see that you are accomplishingnothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!""

Text: John 8:42-59 (EHV)

Jesus replied, “If God were yourFather, you would love me, because I came from God and I am here. Indeed, Ihave not come on my own, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand mymessage? It is because you are not able to listen to my word. 44 You belong toyour father, the Devil, and you want to do your father’s desires. He was amurderer from the beginning and did not remain standing in the truth, becausethere is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks from what is his, becausehe is a liar and the father of lying. 45 But because I tell the truth, you donot believe me. 46 Who of you can convict me ofsin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Whoever belongs toGod listens to what God says. The reason you do not listen is that you do notbelong to God.” 48 The Jews responded, “Are we not right in saying that you area Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon. Onthe contrary, I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 I do not seek my ownglory. There is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Amen, Amen, I tellyou: If anyone holds on to my word, he will certainly never see death.” 52 Sothe Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and sodid the prophets. Yet you say, ‘If anyone holds on to my word, he willcertainly never taste death.’ 53 You are not greater than our father, Abraham,are you? He died. And the prophets died. Who do you think you are?” 54 Jesusanswered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father whoglorifies me, about whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ 55 Yet you do not reallyknow him, but I do know him. If I said, ‘I do not know him,’ I would be a liarlike you. But I do know him, and I hold on to his word. 56 Your father Abrahamwas glad that he would see my day. He saw it and rejoiced.”57 The Jews replied,“You aren’t even fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?”58 Jesus said tothem, “Amen, Amen, I tell you: Before Abraham was born, I am.” 59 Then theypicked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden and left the templearea.

Text: John 6:1-15 (EHV)

John 6:1-15 After this, Jesus crossed over tothe other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Sea of Tiberias). 2A largecrowd followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he was performing onthose who were sick. 3Jesus went up on the hillside and sat downthere with his disciples. 4The Jewish Passover festival was near. 5When Jesus looked upand saw a huge crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where can we buybread for these people to eat?” 6But Jesus was saying this to testhim, for he himself knew what he was going to do. 7Philip answeredhim, “Two hundred denarii worth of breadwould not be enough for each of them to have just a little.” 8One ofhis disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9“There’sa boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what is that for somany people?” 10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There wasplenty of grass in that place, so they sat down. There were about five thousandmen. 11ThenJesus took the loaves and, after giving thanks, he distributed pieces to thosewho were seated. He also did the same with the fish—as much asthey wanted. 12When the people were full,he told his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over so thatnothing is wasted.” 13So they gathered them and filled twelvebaskets with pieces from the five barley loaves left over by those who hadeaten.

14Whenthe people saw the miraculous sign Jesus did, they said, “This really is theProphet who is coming into the world.” 15WhenJesus realized that they intended to come and take him by force to make himking, he withdrew again to the mountain byhimself.

Text: Luke 11:14-26 (EHV)

Jesus drove out a demon, which was mute.After the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowdswere amazed. 15But some of them said, “He drives out demons byBeelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” 16Otherswere testing him by demanding of him a sign from heaven. 17But heknew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself isdestroyed. And a house divided against itself falls. 18If Satan isdivided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? You say that I drive outdemons by Beelzebul. 19But if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, bywhom do your sons drive them out? So theywill be your judges. 20Yet if I drive out demons by the finger ofGod, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

21“Whena strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 22Butwhen someone stronger attacks him and defeats him, he takes away that man’sfull armor, in which he had trusted, and divides up his plunder.

23“The one who is not with me is against me.The one who does not gather with me scatters. 24Whenan unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places,seeking rest, but does not find any. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house,the one I left.’ 25When it returns, it finds the house swept and putin order. 26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evilthan itself, and they go in and dwell there. The last condition of that manbecomes worse than the first.”

Text: Matthew 15:21-28 (EHV)

Jesus left that place and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22There a Canaanite woman from that territory came and kept cryingout, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! A demon is severely tormenting mydaughter! 23But he did notanswer her a word. His disciples came and pleaded, “Send her away, because shekeeps crying out after us.” 24He answered, “I was sent only to thelost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25Butshe came and knelt in front of him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26Heanswered her, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it totheir little dogs.” 27“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet theirlittle dogs also eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 28ThenJesus answered her, “Woman, your faith is great! Itwill be done for you, just as you desire.” And her daughter was healed at thatvery hour.

Text: Matthew 4:1-11 (EHV)Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil. 2After he hadfasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The Tempter came and said to him, “If you arethe Son of God, command these stones to become bread.” 4But Jesus answered, “It is written: Manshall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.” 5Then theDevil took him into the holy city. He placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6and he said to him,“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: He will command his angelsconcerning you. And they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot againsta stone.” 7Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written: You shall not test the Lord your God.” 8Again theDevil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and theirglory. 9He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will bow down and worship me.”10Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and servehim only.’” 11Then the Devil left him, and just then angels came and served him.