Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 10: Tuesday “All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 10: Monday “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic. His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 10: Sunday “For who regards you as superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? ” 1 Corinthians 4:7 In Sunday’s Bible reading of 1 Corinthians 3–4, Paul continues […]
Read MoreWeek 10 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 MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Saturday Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Friday “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.” Isaiah 45:22 In Friday’s Bible reading of Isaiah 45–50, this phrase and similar words are found repeatedly in chapters 45 and 46 as God speaks […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Thursday “My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart.” Job 17:11 In today’s Bible reading of Job 17–18, Job’s very first words in chapter 17 reflect a man who is listless and numb in his despondency—he realizes there is no […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Wednesday “Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way. ” Psalms 25:8 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 24–26. These psalms repeat some of David’s recurring themes in his relationship with God: praise, integrity, protection and deliverance, pardon, and trust in God’s compassion […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Tuesday “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Judges 21:35 This last sentence in Judges aptly summarizes the book. The events in Tuesday’s Bible reading of Judges 17–21, recount idolatry, wanton lasciviousness and homosexuality, gang rape, […]
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Kindling for Candles 