First Cup
February 2023
1 – Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Genesis 38; Matthew 1:1-6
2 – Genesis 39: Proverbs 2
3 – Genesis 40; Psalm 105:16:22
4 – Genesis 41: Daniel 1:17-20; Acts 2:17-18; Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:12; Colossians 3:16
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; to His feet thy tribute bring; Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, Evermore His praises sing; Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise the everlasting King. Praise Him for His grace and favor to our fathers in distress; Praise Him still the same as ever, slow to chide, and swift to bless: Alleluia! Alleluia! Glorious in His faithfulness. Father-like He tends and spares us; well our feeble frame He knows; In His hands He gently bears us, Rescues us from all our foes. Alleluia! Alleluia! Widely yet His mercy flows. Angels, help us to adore Him; ye behold Him face to face; Sun and moon, bow down before Him, dwellers all in time and space. Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise with us the God of grace. (The Hymnbook, No. 31)
5 – Genesis 42-43; Matthew 6:12-15; 18:21-35; Psalm 25
6 – Genesis 44:1-46:7; Romans 8:28-39; Psalm 16
7 – Genesis 46:26-47:31; Psalm 65; Proverbs 3
8 – Genesis 48-49; Acts 7:2-26; Hebrews 11:21; Isaiah 46:3-4; Psalm 116:15
9 – Genesis 50: Hebrews 11:22; Deuteronomy 33:13-17; Proverbs 22:1; Psalm 116:15
10 – Exodus 1; Acts 7:17-19; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-3
11 – Exodus 2; Hebrews 11:24-26; Psalm 5
Now Israel may say, and that in truth, If that the Lord had not our right maintained, If that the Lord had not with us remained, When cruel men against us rose to strive, We surely had been swallowed up alive. Yea, when their wrath against us fiercely rose, The swelling tide had o’er us spread its wave, The raging stream had then become our grave, The surging flood, in proudly swelling roll, Most surely then had overwhelmed our soul. Blest be the Lord, who made us not their prey; As from the snare a bird escapeth free, Their net is rent and so escaped are we; Our only help is in God’s holy name, Who made the earth and all the heavenly frame. (The Hymnbook, No. 357).
12 – Exodus 3; Romans 8:31-39
13 – Exodus 4; Acts 7:20-22; Matthew 10:19-20; 1 Corinthians 2:4-5
14 – Exodus 5; Matthew 10:32-39; 1 Peter 2:19
15 – Exodus 6:1-7:7; Romans 9:14-18
16 – Exodus 7:8-24; Psalm 2
17 – Exodus 8; Psalm 142
18 – Exodus 9; Proverbs 16:4; Jeremiah 10:1-16
O for a closer walk with God, a calm and heavenly frame, A light to shine upon the road that leads me to the Lamb! Return, O holy Dove, return, sweet messenger of rest! I hate the sins that made Thee mourn and drove Thee from my breast. The dearest idol I have known, what-e’er that idol be, Help me to tear it from Thy throne, and worship only Thee. (The Hymnbook, No. 319)
19 – Exodus 10; Psalm 105
20 – Exodus 11-12; Deuteronomy 16:1-8; Psalm 103
21 – Psalm 139
22 – Exodus 13; Hebrews 11:24-29
23 – Exodus 14; Ephesians 6:10-18
24 – Exodus 15:1-21; Ephesians 5:19-20
25 – Exodus 15:22-16:35; Matthew 6:28-34; 1 Timothy 6:6-10
Most perfect is the law of God, restoring those that stray; His testimony is most sure, proclaiming wisdom’s way. The precepts of the Lord are right; with joy they fill the heart; The Lord’s commandments all are pure, and clearest light impart. The fear of God is undefiled and ever shall endure; The statutes of the Lord are truth and righteousness most pure. The words which from my mouth proceed, the thoughts within my heart, Accept, O Lord, for Thou my Rock and my Redeemer art. (The Hymnbook, No. 257)
26 – Exodus 17; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; 1 Timothy 2:8
27 – Exodus 18; Acts 6:1-4; 1 Timothy 3:1-12
28 – Exodus 19; Psalm 24
January 2023
Morning has broken like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word! Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from heaven, Like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, Sprung in completeness where His feet pass. Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning Born of the one light Eden saw play! Praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s recreation of the new day! (The Hymnbook, No. 464)
1 – Genesis 1-2; John 1:1-14; Colossians 1:15-20
2 – Genesis 3; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 5:12-21; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28
3 – Genesis 4; Hebrews 11:1-4; 1 John 3
4 – Genesis 5-6; Psalm 14; 53:1-3; Hebrews 11:7; Romans 3:9-31
5 – Genesis 7; Psalm 36; 1 Peter 3:8-22; 2 Peter 2
6 – Genesis 8; Jeremiah 5; Psalm 111
7 – Genesis 9; Isaiah 54; Luke 17:20-37
The God of Abraham praise, all praised be His name, Who was, and is, and is to be, for aye the same! The one eternal God, ere aught that now appears; The First, the Last: beyond all thought His timeless years! He hath eternal life implanted in the soul; His love shall be our strength and stay, while ages roll. Praise to the living God! All praised be His name Who was, and is, and is to be, for aye the same! (The Hymnbook, No. 89)
8 – Genesis 10-11; Jeremiah 17:9; Luke 1:51; James 3:1-12
9 – Genesis 12-13; Hebrews 11:8-10; Psalm 105
10 – Genesis 14; Hebrews 7-8:13
11 – Genesis 15-17; Hebrews 11:11-16; Romans 4
12 – Genesis 18:1-15; Jeremiah 32:17; Jeremiah 1
13 – Genesis 18:16-33; Lamentations 3:21-26
14 – Genesis 19:1-29; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 6
I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord; No other voice but Thine can peace afford. I need Thee every hour; stay Thou nearby; Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh. I need Thee every hour; teach me Thy will, And Thy rich promises in me fulfill. I need Thee every hour, Most Holy One; O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessed Son. I need Thee, O I need Thee, Every hour I need Thee! O bless me now, my Saviour—I come to Thee! (The Hymnbook, No. 324)
15 – Genesis 19:30-38; Leviticus 18:6-18; 20:11-12; Hebrews 13:4
16 – Genesis 20; Psalm 36
17 – Genesis 21-22; Hebrews 11:17-19; 6:13-20
18 – Genesis 23; Psalm 116:15
19 – Genesis 24; Isaiah 65:24; Psalm 61
20 – Genesis 25; Hebrews 11:8-19; Psalm 40
21 – Genesis 26; read again Genesis 17
Far off I see the goal—O Saviour, guide me; I feel my strength is small—be Thou beside me; With vision ever clear, with love that conquers fear, and grace to persevere, O Lord, provide me. When-e’er Thy way seems strange, go Thou before me; And, lest my heart should change, O Lord, watch o’er me; But, should my faith prove frail, and I through blindness fail, O let Thy grace prevail, and still restore me. Should earthly pleasures wane, and joy forsake me, And lonely hours of pain at length o’ertake me, My hand in Thine hold fast till sorrow be o’er past, And gentle death at last for heaven awake me. There, with the ransomed throng who praise forever The love that made them strong to serve forever, I too would seek Thy face, Thy finished work retrace, And magnify Thy grace, redeemed forever. (The Hymnbook, No. 337)
22 – Genesis 27-28:9; Hebrews 12:14-17
23 – Genesis 28:10-22; Deuteronomy 26
24 – Genesis 29:1-30:24; Psalm 127
25 – Genesis 30:25-43; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Ephesians 3:21
26 – Genesis 31; Psalm 25; 85
27 – Genesis 32-33; 1 Chronicles 16:7-18; Psalm 20
28 – Genesis 34; Leviticus 19:18; Romans 12:17-21
O Lord, my God, most earnestly my heart would seek Thy face, Within Thy holy house once more to see Thy glorious grace. Apart from Thee I long and thirst, and nought can satisfy; I wander in a desert land where all the streams are dry. The loving kindness of my God is more than life to me; So I will bless Thee while I live and lift my prayer to Thee. In Thee my soul is satisfied, my darkness turns to light, and joyful meditations fill the watches of the night. My Saviour, ‘neath Thy sheltering wings my soul delights to dwell; Still closer to Thy side I press, for near Thee all is well. (The Hymnbook, No. 327)
29 – Genesis 35; Ruth 4:11-17; Micah 5:1-9; Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 1:46-55
30 – Genesis 36:1-8; Isaiah 34; Jeremiah 49:7-22; Ezekiel 25:12-14; Malachi 1:4
31 – Genesis 37; 1 John 2:9-10; 4:19-21; John 8:44
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