[Faith Presses On]

Heavenly Father, thank You for the hope and refuge that we have in Your Son and for giving Him to us as our high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec. Thank You too for revealing Yourself to us through Your Word. Help us in our study of it, and also strengthen Your Church, including all of Your missionaries, pastors and church leaders, and all those being persecuted for Your Son's name, including in North Korea, China, Africa and Muslim lands, and keep Chinese leaders from corrupting Your Word in Chinese-language Bibles and help believers in North Korea and China, including children, to know You and meet in the truth of Your Word. Help us also as we face living in this time and place which is more and more rejecting Your Son and in which coldness is growing in many churches and Satan's temporary grip on this world is increasing, and help us to follow Your direction on how we are to live, and help our leaders in the world, including the Trumps and Pences, and help our nation also so that many hearts here turn back to You and many more souls are saved. Help and protect, too, children who are being abused and children in the womb and those fighting to protect them. In Jesus' name, Amen.

[aimhigh]

Verses 1 and 2 lay out the Bible’s clear teaching for new Christians. Good luck finding a book that teaches these.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Amen. And thanks for posting that Chapter. I had to go to the study Bible to grasp a lot of it, but it is worth the time and work, of course.