Spend some time this morning sitting quietly before the Lord preparing your heart for corporate worship. Listen to some music, pray, rest in the Father.
Journal about anything that comes to mind:
Spend some time this morning sitting quietly before the Lord preparing your heart for corporate worship. Listen to some music, pray, rest in the Father.
Journal about anything that comes to mind:
Humbly ask for the Spirit’s help to grow through the word.
We are heirs of the God of the universe. He calls us His children. We can call Him ‘dad’.
We all inherit things from our family of origin or the people who raised us. Habits. Traits. Behaviors. Ways of speaking. Sinful tendencies. Character.
Stop and pray for wisdom from the Spirit.
Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you today. How is the Son differentiated from the angels in these verses?
What are some of the ways that Jesus is described?
I love the picture of verse 9: Jesus, in His full humanity, rejecting the evil offered to Him and turning towards righteousness, and God the Father anointing Him with joy! I can only imagine the delight of the Father as Jesus walk and lived here. In what ways do you see yourself heading towards righteousness?
The following link is a Bible Project video discussing angels and cherubim—really interesting!
Ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you through these words.
The author spends a while discussing Jesus’ supremacy to that of the angels.
Reflect back on the time when you were “purified from your sins.” Spend some time being thankful for this purification. (If this is something you are confused about or unsure for yourself—please reach out to Keith, Andrew, or one of the elders—they would love to sit and talk!)
Ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you through His word.
As I was listening to Hebrews to prepare to write these, I was blown away by this these couple of sentences. God has spoken to us!
As we start this series, let’s take some time to just sit and “be” with the Father. Ask Him to speak to you personally as you sit quietly.
I’m excited to launch into this study of the Book of Hebrews. As has been our practice in the past, we will watch a Bible Project video for an overview!
As you are listening, jot some of the things that stand out to you on a separate piece of paper.
As we are spending this time in Hebrews, I wanted to include the link from the most recent sermon series through Hebrews. Check out some of these old sermons for more!