Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 12: Wednesday “I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make its boast in the LORD; The humble will hear it and rejoice. O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. I […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 12: Tuesday “Now Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. He used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places. Then his return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and there he judged […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 12: Monday “Now, therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers. For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me—for fear that I see the […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 12: Sunday “Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies.” 1 Corinthians 8:1b Sunday’s Bible reading is 1 Corinthians 7–8. Paul’s teaching on immorality at the end of chapter 6 transitions into a discussion of marriage in chapter 7. Chapter 8 is about how to act towards a fellow Christian […]
Week 12 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. As I read through the Bible this year, I’m writing down some of my thoughts, not to give you comprehensive commentary, but to encourage you to read the Bible. In John 17:17, as Jesus was praying the night before He died, He asked God the […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 11: Saturday “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” Mark 1:1 In Saturday’s Bible reading of Mark 1–2, Mark quotes a short prophecy from Isaiah as an introduction to John the Baptist, and after a few verses on John’s baptizing and preaching as […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 11: Friday “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; To proclaim the favorable year of […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 11: Thursday “Then Job answered, Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation. Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock.” Job 21:1–3 Thursday’s Bible reading is Job 21–22. Job has endured hearing Bildad (chapter 18) […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 11: Wednesday “Blessed be the LORD, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.” Psalm 31:21 Wednesday’s Bible reading of Psalms 30–32, speaks of God as our shelter and safety and of the blessings of being forgiven by Him and of His lovingkindness. […]