Text: Hebrews 13:22-25 Theme: People and believers in particular matter most and were the reason Hebrews was written. Key verses: “I urge you, dear brothers and sisters, to pay attention to what I have written in this brief exhortation. I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released from jail. If he ...
Text: Hebrews 13:20-21 Theme: God is the One who equips us and empowers us to please him. Key verses: “Now may the God of peace–who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus…and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood–may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in ...
Text: Hebrews 13:17-18 Theme: Our spiritual leaders should have our support through obedience and prayer. Key verses: “Obey your spiritual leaders, and do what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls, and they are accountable to God. Give them reason to do this with joy and not with sorrow…Pray for us, for ...
Text: Hebrews 13:8-16 Theme: True worship that involves our whole lives as a sacrifice can be dangerous and disgraceful. Key verses: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. So do not be attracted by strange new ideas…We have an altar from which the priests in the Tabernacle have no right to eat. Under ...
Text: Hebrews 13:7 Theme: Remember those who taught us and showed us how to live for Christ. Key verses: “Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith” (v. 7). What God said to me: Time ...
Text: Hebrews 13:1-6 Theme: We should choose to love others with empathy and satisfaction. Key verses: “Keep on loving others as brothers and sisters. Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also ...
Text: Hebrews 12:18-28 Theme: When the heavens and earth are shaken, only God’s Kingdom and His true worshipers will be remain unshaken. Key verses: “You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai” (v. 18). “No, you have come ...
Text: Hebrews 12:12-17 Theme: Holiness takes deliberate work and care. Key verses: “So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong. Work at living in peace with everyone, ...
Text: Hebrews 12:5-11 Theme: God disciplines us to make us more like him. Key verses: “And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said, ‘My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects you. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, ...
Text: Hebrews 12:1-4 Theme: We each have a race to endure. Key verses: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance ...