adding week 1 of 2025 winter

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+title: "Because They Feared God"
+date: 2025-01-05
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+### Questions
+1. Do you find the story of the Hebrew midwives (Ex 1:15-21) inspiring? If so, why?
+2. Martin Luther and other reformers contrasted “servile fear” with “filial fear.” What do you remember about this distinction from the message? Why does this matter?
+3. Read together Luke 22:39-46. Then read again verse 42. How are Christ’s words in this verse a pattern for believers?
+4. Read together Psalm 130. Then read again verses three and four. How does God’s forgiveness enable Christians to have the right kind of fear of Him?
+
+### Prayer Focus
+* Pray for babies at risk of dying by abortion, that God would spare them.
+* Pray for mothers and fathers considering abortion, that they would turn away from it.
+* Pray that God would show us how we can help those in need.
+* Pray that the Spirit would enable us to live in the fear of the Lord.