Wednesday, 5      ☽ First Quarter 08.03
(Nehemiah 8:1-3,9-18; Psalm 47; Acts 14:21-28)

The Suffering Servant said, ‘I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.’
Isaiah 50:6

Jesus said, ‘No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.’ 
John 15:13