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Day 26 Renewal Readings

The Attributes of God

Nothing is too difficult for the Lord. (Genesis 18:14)

All things are possible with God. (Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27)

The Works of God

The Servant of God was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He has borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way, and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. By oppression and judgment He was taken away. And who can speak of His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of God’s people. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, yet with a rich man in His death, though He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth. Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer. When He makes His soul a guilt offering, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand. He will see the fruit of the travail of His soul and be satisfied; by His knowledge God’s righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. Therefore God will give Him a portion among the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He poured out His life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 53:3-12)

The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. (Matthew 20:28)

My Relationship to God

I know that my old self was crucified with Christ, so that the body of sin might be done away with, that I should no longer be a slave to sin; for the one who has died has been freed from sin. (Romans 6:6-7)

Through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:19-20)

The Character I Want to Cultivate

The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor. (Proverbs 15:33)

Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast of his strength, and let not the rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for in these I delight,” declares the Lord. (Jeremiah 9:23-24)

My Relationship to Others

Your commandments will be upon my heart, and I will teach them diligently to my children and talk about them when I sit in my house and when I walk along the way and when I lie down and when I rise up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)

A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. (Proverbs 13:1)