Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 21: Sunday “Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! Concerning this I implored the Lord three times […]
Read MoreWeek 21 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. I put up a variation of this post every week for those who may not know what I’m doing when they find posts on different books of the Bible during the week. As I read through the Bible this year, I’m writing down some of […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 20: Saturday And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 20: Friday “Now when Jerusalem was captured in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babylon and all his army came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it; in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 20: Thursday “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south? Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high?” Job 39:26–27 Thursday’s Bible reading is Job 39–40. May God bless you as you read […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 20: Wednesday “Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge Until destruction passes by. I will cry to God Most High, To God who accomplishes all things for […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 20: Tuesday David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom. Go in haste, or he will overtake us quickly and bring down calamity on us and strike the city with […]
Read MoreWhile doing some reading on Job this weekend, I found this by Francis Andersen: “But God did not suspend each individual in isolation, to find fulfillment solely in communion with himself. God put each man with family and friends and things, with property and work. Only a false piety, a disdain for things as evil […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 20: Sunday “Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present. ” 2 Corinthians 10:11 Sunday’s Bible reading is 2 Corinthians 9–10. In chapter 9 Paul continues to encourage and exhort the […]
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Kindling for Candles 