DAILY GUIDE

March 2021

“Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.” (Psalm 51:9)

1 Peter Summary

"Peter is writing to encourage his readers to endure suffering and persecution (1:6–7; 2:18–20; 3:9, 13–17; 4:1–4, 12–19; 5:9) by giving themselves entirely to God (4:19). They are to remain faithful in times of distress, knowing that God will vindicate them and that they will certainly enjoy the salvation that the Lord has promised. Christ’s death and resurrection are the model for believers. Just as Christ suffered and then entered into glory, so too his followers will suffer before being exalted."

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2 Peter Summary

"Peter writes his brief, final reminder to the churches so that his readers will, by God’s grace, live in a way that is pleasing to God. In doing so, Peter must also combat the false teachers who were apparently exerting pressure on the churches to depart from the true knowledge of Christ (see esp. ch. 2). The false teaching is not only a theological challenge but also a moral one, promoting some form of sexual permissiveness as a legitimate Christian lifestyle.

While the false teaching can be described based on what Peter writes, it is historically impossible to identify who the false teachers were. For example, there is no clear historical evidence that these teachers were Gnostics.

Second Peter deals with serious issues, but it is also filled with famous proverbs and wise sayings, as well as vivid poetry and imagery."

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Scripture Reading

  • March 1 - Psalm 41, Mark 16
  • March 2 - Proverbs 1, 1 Peter 1
  • March 3 - Proverbs 2, 1 Peter 2
  • March 4 - Proverbs 3, 1 Peter 3
  • March 5 - Proverbs 4, 1 Peter 4
  • March 6 - (No reading)
  • March 7 - (No reading)
  • March 8 - Proverbs 5, 1 Peter 5
  • March 9 - Proverbs 6, 2 Peter 1
  • March 10 - Proverbs 7, 2 Peter 2
  • March 11 - Proverbs 8, 2 Peter 3
  • March 12 - Proverbs 9, Jude
  • March 13 - (No reading)
  • March 14 - (No reading)
  • March 15 - Psalm 42, Genesis 1
  • March 16 - Psalm 43, Genesis 3
  • March 17 - Psalm 44, Genesis 12
  • March 18 - Psalm 45, Genesis 22
  • March 19 - Psalm 46, 2 Samuel 7
  • March 20 - (No reading)
  • March 21 - (No reading)
  • March 22 - Psalm 47, Jeremiah 31
  • March 23 - Psalm 48, Isaiah 9
  • March 24 - Psalm 49, Isaiah 11
  • March 25 - Psalm 50, Luke 9:51–62
  • March 26 - Psalm 51, Luke 19:29-44
  • March 27 - (No reading)
  • March 28 - (No reading)
  • March 29 - Psalm 52, Luke 19:45-48
  • March 30 - Psalm 53, Luke 20-21
  • March 31 - Psalm 54, Matt 26:1-16

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Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

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Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
Amen.

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Prayer

O Most mighty and merciful God, in this time of grievous sickness, we flee to you for comfort. Deliver us, we beseech you, from our peril; give strength and skill to all those who minister to the sick; prosper the means made use of for their cure; and grant that, perceiving how frail and uncertain our life is, we may apply our hearts unto that heavenly wisdom which leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Memory Verse

“Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.” (Psalm 51:9)

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