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09/09/2026

09/09/2026

📖 YOU’RE INVITED TO BIBLE STUDY!

We’d love for you to join The New Glorious Church tonight! Come learn, connect, and grow with us in God’s Word.

🕢 Adult Bible Study | 7:30 PM EST
📚 Next Gen Youth Bible Study | 7:45 PM EST
💻 Virtual via Zoom

WHAT TO EXPECT
Our Bible Study is a casual, interactive conversation led by our ministry leaders. This isn’t just a space to listen, you’re welcome to ask questions, join the conversation, and share whatever the Holy Spirit leads you to share.

No pressure. No need to have all the answers. Just bring your Bible and come ready to grow with us.

📲 Ready to join?
Text “Bible Study Link” to 301-799-2424 and we’ll send you the Zoom link.

We look forward to studying the Word with you tonight! 🙌🏾

09/09/2026

Day 3: Clothed in Righteousness You Did Not Earn
Reading: Romans 3:21-24

In these verses, Paul explains that a righteousness from God has been made available apart from the law, given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe, since all have fallen short of God's glory and are justified freely by his grace.

Devotional: None of us arrived at God's doorstep in clean clothes. We came in filthy rags, stained by sin, broken by our own choices, and unable to fix what we had ruined. Yet God, in his mercy, did not turn us away. He stripped away the rags and draped us in a robe of righteousness that we did not earn and could never deserve. This righteousness is not your achievement. It is Christ's achievement applied to your account. When God looks at you, he does not see your failures first. He sees the robe. Live today with the confidence of someone who has been dressed by the King.

Personal Reflection: Do you carry guilt and shame that the robe of righteousness has already covered? What would it look like to walk in the freedom of that truth today?

Practical Application: Identify one area where shame has kept you from fully engaging with God or his people. Bring that specific thing before God in prayer and declare aloud that his righteousness covers it completely.

09/08/2026

Day 2: The Joy That Cannot Be Manufactured
Reading: Nehemiah 8:10

In this passage, the people are reminded that the joy found in the Lord is itself a source of strength, not merely a feeling tied to favorable circumstances.

Devotional: Isaiah says he is overwhelmed, not just touched, not just moved, but overwhelmed with joy in the Lord his God. This is not the joy that comes from a promotion, a relationship, or a season of comfort. Those things produce happiness, which is temporary and circumstantial. The joy of the Lord runs deeper than your circumstances. It holds you together when your marriage is strained, when your finances are failing, and when your health is declining. This joy is not manufactured. It is received. It flows from the knowledge that God has already secured your eternity, and nothing happening around you can undo what he has done within you.

Personal Reflection: Are you currently experiencing the joy of the Lord, or have you allowed your circumstances to rob you of it?

Practical Application: Write down three things God has already done for you that no current difficulty can reverse. Return to that list whenever your circumstances begin to speak louder than your faith.

09/07/2026

Day 1: Dressed by the Father
Reading: Isaiah 61:10

Devotional: The prophet Isaiah declares that God himself does the dressing. Salvation is not a garment you stitch together through good behavior, church attendance, or religious effort. It is a gift placed on you by the hands of a loving Father. Just as a father prepares his daughter for her wedding day, God prepares you for an eternal union with Christ. You bring nothing to this transaction except your willingness to receive. Today, stop striving to earn what has already been freely given. Stand still and let God clothe you in what only he can provide.

Personal Reflection: In what areas of your life are you still trying to dress yourself rather than trusting God to cover you?

Practical Application: Spend five minutes in silence today, surrendering one specific area of your life to God and asking him to cover it with his grace.

09/04/2026

DAY 5 — Power to Witness

Scripture
Acts 1:8 "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere."

Reflection
Here's good news for anyone who feels unqualified: Jesus puts "power" before "witness." You're not expected to evangelize on willpower alone the Holy Spirit goes with you and works through you.

Notice too where Jesus sends His disciples first: not far away, but Jerusalem their own hometown, their own people. Evangelism usually starts closest to home, not on the other side of the world. The people right in front of you are often exactly where God wants you to begin.

Ask Yourself:
Who is your "Jerusalem" right now the closest, most obvious person God may be nudging you toward?

Today's Challenge
Send a text, make a call, or have a face-to-face conversation with that one person today even just to check in and let the Spirit lead from there.

Prayer
Father, I can't do this in my own strength, and I don't have to. Fill me with Your power today, and help me reach toward the person You've already put on my heart. In Jesus' name, Amen.

09/03/2026

DAY 4 — Let Your Light Shine

Scripture
Matthew 5:14–16 "You are the light of the world, like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden... let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father."

Reflection
Notice Jesus doesn't say "try to become" the light. He says you already are. If you follow Him, this is already true about you, the only real question is whether it's visible today.

Sometimes the most powerful evangelism isn't a conversation at all it's a genuinely kind action that makes someone stop and wonder why you're different. Good deeds don't earn anything; they simply reveal what's already true and point people back to God.

Ask Yourself:
What's one ordinary way you could let your light show today, kindness, patience, honesty without saying a single "churchy" word?

Today's Challenge
Do one deliberate act of kindness today for someone who wouldn't expect it and if they ask why, tell them the truth.

Prayer
Father, You already called me light help me actually live like it today. Let my actions point people toward You, even in small, ordinary moments. In Jesus' name, Amen.

09/02/2026

DAY 3 — Not Ashamed

Scripture
Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes."

Reflection
Paul wrote this to a church facing real pressure, people who could lose friendships, status, even safety for following Jesus. And he still said: not ashamed.

You might not face the same pressure Paul did, but you probably know the feeling of hesitating, not wanting to seem weird, pushy, or "too much." This verse doesn't pretend that feeling isn't real. It just decides not to let it win. The gospel carries real power, not just good advice, and that's worth being confident about.

Ask Yourself:
Where have you felt tempted to stay quiet about your faith this week school, work, online, with friends?

Today's Challenge
Find one small, low-pressure way to be visibly you today, mention church casually, pray before a meal in public, or simply don't hide what you believe if it comes up naturally.

Prayer
Father, I don't want to hide who I am or Whose I am. Give me quiet courage today not to force anything, but to stop shrinking back when it would be easier to stay silent. In Jesus' name Amen.

09/01/2026

DAY 2 — Your Story Matters

Scripture
1 Peter 3:15 "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this in a gentle and respectful way."

Reflection
Your testimony is simply the true story of what God has done in your life, what things looked like before, how you encountered Jesus, and what's different now. It doesn't need to be dramatic or polished to matter. It just needs to be honest.

Peter doesn't ask you to have a perfect theological answer ready. He asks you to be prepared gentle, respectful, and real. Sharing your story is one of the simplest, most natural ways to point someone toward Jesus, because no one can argue with what actually happened to you.

Ask Yourself:
If someone asked you today, "Why do you follow Jesus?" what's the one honest sentence you'd say?

Today's Challenge
Say your one-sentence testimony out loud to yourself once today in the shower, in the car, wherever. Practice makes it less scary when a real conversation comes up.

Prayer
Father, thank You for my story, even the messy parts. Help me be ready to share it gently and honestly when someone asks, without feeling like I need to have it all figured out. In Jesus Name, Amen.