Author Archives: Jamie Hicks

Ezra 10:18-44; 1 Corinthians 6:9-20; Psalms 31:21-22; Proverbs 11:20-21 NT: “Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or males who have sex with males [both actively and passively], no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’sContinue reading “03/20/S – Washed, Sanctified, Justified”

Ezra 10:1-17; 1 Corinthians 6:1-8; Psalms 31:19-20; Proverbs 11:18-19 NT: “If any of you has a dispute against another, how dare you take it to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are youContinue reading “03/19/F – Legal Matters in the Church”

Ezra 9:1-15; 1 Corinthians 5:9-13; Psalms 31:9-18; Proverbs 11:16-17 OT: “After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices are like those of the Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, andContinue reading “03/18/Th – Immorality in the Church”

Ezra 8:21-36; 1 Corinthians 5:1-8; Psalms 31:3-8; Proverbs 11:15 OT: “I proclaimed a fast by the Ahava River, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us, our dependents, and all our possessions. I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantryContinue reading “03/17/W – The Hand of Protection”

Ezra 7:27-8:20; 1 Corinthians 4:10-21; Psalms 31:1-2; Proverbs 11:14 NT: “We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored! Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless; we labor,Continue reading “03/16/T – Not Talk but Power”

Ezra 7:1-26; 1 Corinthians 4:1-9; Psalms 30:4-12; Proverbs 11:12-13 OT: “After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra — came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested because theContinue reading “03/15/M – Faithful Servants and Stewards”

Ezra 6:2-22; 1 Corinthians 3:16-23; Psalms 30:1-3; Proverbs 11:9-11 NT: “Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are. Let no one deceive himself. If anyoneContinue reading “03/14/Su – God’s Temple”

Ezra 5:1-6:1; 1 Corinthians 3:5-15; Psalms 29:3-11; Proverbs 11:8 NT: “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So, then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive hisContinue reading “03/13/S – God’s Field, God’s Building”

Ezra 4:1-24; 1 Corinthians 3:1-4; Psalms 29:1-2; Proverbs 11:7 NT: “For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. InContinue reading “03/12/F – Spiritual Immaturity”

Ezra 3:1-13; 1 Corinthians 2:6-16; Psalms 28:6-9; Proverbs 11:5-6 NT: “We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before theContinue reading “03/11/Th – Spiritual Wisdom”