Week Of May 4th, 2025

WEEKLY READINGS
SUNDAY > Num 15, Ps 51, Isa 5, Heb 12
MONDAY > Num 16, Ps 52–54, Isa 6, Heb 13
TUESDAY > Num 17–18, Ps 55, Isa 7, James 1
WEDNESDAY > Num 19, Ps 56–57, Isa 8:1–9:7, James 2
THURSDAY > Num 20, Ps 58-59, Isa 9:8-10, James 3
FRIDAY > Num 21, Ps 60‐61, Isa 10, James 4
SATURDAY > Num 22, Ps 62‐63, Isa 11‐12, James 5

MEMORY VERSE(S)
“Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old” (Proverbs 23:22, ESV).
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4, ESV).
“For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our lawgiver; the Lord is our king; he will save us” (Isaiah 33:22, ESV).

CATECHISM QUESTION(S)
Baptist Catechism #68-71:
Q.68. Which is the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment is, “Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
Q.69. What is required in the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment requires the preserving the honor, and performing the duties, belonging to everyone in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors, or equals.
Q.70. What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment forbids the neglecting of, or doing anything against the honor and duty which belongs to everyone in their several places and relations.
Q.71. What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?
A. The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve God’s glory and their own good), to all such as keep this commandment.

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Week Of April 27th, 2025

WEEKLY READINGS
SUNDAY > Num 7, Ps 42–43, Song 5, Heb 5
MONDAY > Num 8, Ps 44, Song 6, Heb 6
TUESDAY > Num 9, Ps 45, Song 7, Heb 7
WEDNESDAY > Num 10, Ps 46–47, Song 8, Heb 8
THURSDAY > Num 11, Ps 48, Isa 1, Heb 9
FRIDAY > Num 12–13, Ps 49, Isa 2, Heb 10
SATURDAY > Num 14, Ps 50, Isa 3–4, Heb 11

MEMORY VERSE(S)
“It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; 2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night” (Psalm 92:1–2, ESV).

CATECHISM QUESTION(S)
Baptist Catechism #66-67:
Q.66. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment forbids the omission or careless performance of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about worldly employments or recreations.
Q.67. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?
A. The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God’s allowing us six days of the week for our own employments, His challenging a special propriety in the seventh, His own example and His blessing the Sabbath day.

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Week Of April 20th, 2025

WEEKLY READINGS
SUNDAY > Lev 27, Ps 34, Eccles 10, Titus 2
MONDAY > Num 1, Ps 35, Eccles 11, Titus 3
TUESDAY > Num 2, Ps 36, Eccles 12, Philem
WEDNESDAY > Num 3, Ps 37, Song 1, Heb 1
THURSDAY > Num 4, Ps 38, Song 2, Heb 2
FRIDAY > Num 5, Ps 39, Song 3, Heb 3
SATURDAY > Num 6, Ps 40–41, Song 4, Heb 4

MEMORY VERSE(S)
“For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s” (Romans 14:7–8,ESV).

CATECHISM QUESTION(S)
Baptist Catechism #65:
Q.65. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?
A. The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days, and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God’s worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.

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Week Of April 13th, 2025

WEEKLY READINGS
SUNDAY > Lev 20, Ps 25, Eccles 3, 1 Tim 5
MONDAY > Lev 21, Ps 26–27, Eccles 4, 1 Tim 6
TUESDAY > Lev 22, Ps 28–29, Eccles 5, 2 Tim 1
WEDNESDAY > Lev 23, Ps 30, Eccles 6, 2 Tim 2
THURSDAY > Lev 24, Ps 31, Eccles 7, 2 Tim 3
FRIDAY > Lev 25, Ps 32, Eccles 8, 2 Tim 4
SATURDAY > Lev 26, Ps 33, Eccles 9, Titus 1

MEMORY VERSE(S)
“And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27–28,ESV).

CATECHISM QUESTION(S)
Baptist Catechism #62-64:
Q.62. Which is the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment is, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”
Q.63. What is required in the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment requires the keeping holy to God such set times as He has appointed in His Word, expressly one whole day in seven to be a holy Sabbath to Himself.
Q.64. Which day of the seven has God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?
A. From the creation of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath; and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath.

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Week Of April 6th, 2025

WEEKLY READINGS
SUNDAY > Lev 13, Ps 15–16, Prov 27, 2 Thess 1
MONDAY > Lev 14, Ps 17, Prov 28, 2 Thess 2
TUESDAY > Lev 15, Ps 18, Prov 29, 2 Thess 3
WEDNESDAY > Lev 16, Ps 19, Prov 30, 1 Tim 1
THURSDAY > Lev 17, Ps 20–21, Prov 31, 1 Tim 2
FRIDAY > Lev 18, Ps 22, Eccles 1, 1 Tim 3
SATURDAY > Lev 19, Ps 23–24, Eccles 2, 1 Tim 4

MEMORY VERSE(S)
“And if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory” (Jeremiah 4:2,ESV).

CATECHISM QUESTION(S)
Baptist Catechism #60-61:
Q.60. What is forbidden in the third commandment?
A. The third commandment forbids all profaning and abusing of anything whereby God makes Himself known.
Q.61. What is the reason annexed to the third commandment?
A. The reason annexed to the third commandment is, that howsoever the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape His righteous judgment.

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Week Of March 30th, 2025

WEEKLY READINGS
SUNDAY > Lev 5, Ps 3–4, Prov 20, Col 3
MONDAY > Lev 6, Ps 5–6, Prov 21, Col 4
TUESDAY > Lev 7, Ps 7–8, Prov 22, 1 Thess 1
WEDNESDAY > Lev 8, Ps 9, Prov 23, 1 Thess 2
THURSDAY > Lev 9, Ps 10, Prov 24, 1 Thess 3
FRIDAY > Lev 10, Ps 11–12, Prov 25, 1 Thess 4
SATURDAY > Lev 11–12, Ps 13–14, Prov 26, 1 Thess 5

MEMORY VERSE(S)
“Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock” (Isaiah 26:4, ESV).

CATECHISM QUESTION(S)
Baptist Catechism #58-59:
Q.58. Which is the third commandment?
A. The third commandment is, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.”
Q.59. What is required in the third commandment?
A. The third commandment requires the holy and reverent use of God’s names, titles, attributes, ordinances, words, and works.

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Week Of March 23rd, 2025

WEEKLY READINGS
SUNDAY > Exod 37, John 16, Prov 13, Eph 6
MONDAY > Exod 38, John 17, Prov 14, Phil 1
TUESDAY > Exod 39, John 18, Prov 15, Phil 2
WEDNESDAY > Exod 40, John 19, Prov 16, Phil 3
THURSDAY > Lev 1, John 20, Prov 17, Phil 4
FRIDAY > Lev 2–3, John 21, Prov 18, Col 1
SATURDAY > Lev 4, Ps 1–2, Prov 19, Col 2

MEMORY VERSE(S)
“Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make a carved image, the form of anything that the Lord your God has forbidden you” (Deuteronomy 4:23, ESV).

CATECHISM QUESTION(S)
Baptist Catechism #56-57:
Q.56. What is forbidden in the second commandment?
A. The second commandment forbids the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in His Word.
Q.57. What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment?
A. The reasons annexed to the second commandment, are, God’s sovereignty over us, His propriety in us, and the zeal He has for His own worship.

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Week Of March 16th, 2025

WEEKLY READINGS
SUNDAY > Exod 30, John 9, Prov 6, Gal 5
MONDAY > Exod 31, John 10, Prov 7, Gal 6
TUESDAY > Exod 32, John 11, Prov 8, Eph 1
WEDNESDAY > Exod 33, John 12, Prov 9, Eph 2
THURSDAY > Exod 34, John 13, Prov 10, Eph 3
FRIDAY > Exod 35, John 14, Prov 11, Eph 4
SATURDAY > Exod 36, John 15, Prov 12, Eph 5

MEMORY VERSE(S)
“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:24, ESV).

CATECHISM QUESTION(S)
Baptist Catechism #54-55:
Q.54. Which is the second commandment?
A. The second commandment is, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy. God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.”
Q.55. What is required in the second commandment?
A. The second commandment requires the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances, as God has appointed in His Word.

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