<p>Jesus didn’t walk a straight line from the manger to his ministry. He went through testing and temptation, just the same as we do. Perhaps this was one of the points of God taking on flesh: not just to show us what God looks like, but to show us what we could look like. Under pressure, he kept focused on his mission.</p>

Jesus didn’t walk a straight line from the manger to his ministry. He went through testing and temptation, just the same as we do. Perhaps this was one of the points of God taking on flesh: not just to show us what God looks like, but to show us what we could look like. Under pressure, he kept focused on his mission.

November 19: Psalm 52, 53, and 54; Isaiah 32; Luke 4:1-30

A Psalm (or part of one), an Old Testament Reading, and a New Testament reading each day. Start with the Apostles' Creed, end with the Lord's Prayer. Current readings are from the New International Version. Through 2021, scriptures were read from the New Living Translation.

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November 19: Psalm 52, 53, and 54; Isaiah 32; Luke 4:1-30

November 19: Psalm 52, 53, and 54; Isaiah 32; Luke 4:1-30