Preparing the Way of the Lord!

A Five-Week Bible Study Series
November 28, 2004 - January 1, 2005

According to legend, during the Babylonian Empire, when a king would travel to a less-inhabited region, a cadre of royal engineers would prepare the road for the king to pass. They would smooth out the road so that the king's chariot would not get stuck in a rut. They would level out hills and valleys so the journey would not be so treacherous and the king would have safe passage. The road had to be prepared for the king to come.  Perhaps that is a good metaphor for our hearts. God wants to be invited into the innermost recesses of our hearts, to travel where no one else would dare seek access. God could certainly intrude and travel on whatever path He wants to, but God wants us to transform our very hearts. Billy Graham says that there is but one disease running rampant in our world: "Our basic problem is not a race problem. Our basic problem is not a poverty problem. Our basic problem is not a war problem. Our basic problem is a heart problem. We need to get the heart changed, the heart transformed."   During the weeks leading to Christmas, be sure to take time to prepare the way … prepare your heart … for the King – Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Prepare a pathway for the Lord's coming! Make a smooth road for him!  Isaiah 40:3

 

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Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Nov. 28 Matthew 3:1-12	29 Matthew 3:1-12	30 Matthew 3:1-12	Dec. 1 Matthew 3:1-12	2 Matthew 3:1-12	3 Matthew 3:1-12	4 Matthew 3:1-12
5 Matthew 25:1-30	6 Matthew 25:1-30	7 Matthew 25:1-30	8 Matthew 25:1-30	9 Matthew 25:1-30	10 Matthew 25:1-30	11 Matthew 25:1-30
12 Isaiah 9:6-7	13 Isaiah 9:6-7	14 Isaiah 9:6-7	15 Psalm 149:1-4	16 Psalm 149:1-4	17 Revelation 4:9-11	18 Revelation 4:9-11
19 Matthew 11:1-6	20 Matthew 11:1-6	21 Matthew 11:1-6	22 Matthew 11:1-6	23 Matthew 11:1-6	24 Matthew 11:1-6	25 Matthew 11:1-6
26 1 Peter 3:13-16	27 1 Peter 3:13-16	28 1 Peter 3:13-16	29 1 Peter 3:13-16	30 1 Peter 3:13-16	31 1 Peter 3:13-16	Jan. 1 A new format...

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