THE WEEK OF OCULI – TUESDAY LESSON: TITUS 3:8-11 Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. Mark 1:25,26 No one should imagine that the evil spirits at times present an appearance of disunity and that...

LENT – WEEK 3 – MONDAY LESSON: COLOSSIANS 4:2-6 But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Be-elzebul, the prince of demons” […] But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and house falls upon house. And if Satan also is divided against himself, how...

LENT – WEEK 3 – SUNDAY LESSON: LUKE 11:14-28 He was casting out a demon that was dumb; when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke. Luke 11:14 This is a beautiful Gospel in which we learn a great deal about many different things, and in it there is portrayed almost all that...

LENT – WEEK 2 – SATURDAY LESSON: PSALM 33:13-22 Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you. Psalm 55:22 That God nourishes the whole world by means of bread, and not only through the Word without bread, has its special reason. God is concealing His work under this procedure in order to...

LENT – WEEK 2 – FRIDAY LESSON: PSALM 46 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without waver, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 What we are told about the Canaanite woman and her faith (Matthew 15:21-28) has been written for our comfort and instruction, that we may learn how deeply...

LENT – WEEK 2 – THURSDAY LESSON: ROMANS 9:14-24 She came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” Matthew 15:25 The Canaanite woman came to Jesus in a house, as Mark tells us, “and fell down at his feet,” Mark 7:25, and made her plea; “Lord, help me!” It was now that she received...

LENT – WEEK 2 – WEDNESDAY LESSON: LUKE 11:5-13 We share in Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end. Hebrews 3:14 When we hear how Christ answered the Canaanite woman in the Gospel (Matthew 15:21-26), we are in a way reminded of quite a number of remarkable statements that He...

LENT – WEEK 2 – TUESDAY LESSON: COLOSSIANS 1:21-23 His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 15:23,24 When the cries and faith of the Canaanite woman prove fruitless, the disciples...

LENT – WEEK 2 – MONDAY LESSON: 1 PETER 1:16-21 Behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” But he did not answer her a word. Matthew 15:22,23 Note how Christ hammers and drives faith...

LENT – WEEK 2 – SUNDAY LESSON: MATTHEW 15:21-28 Immediately a woman, whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. Mark 7:25 In this Canaanite woman, we see that true faith is confidence of the heart in the grace and goodness of God,...