Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 47: Wednesday “Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. Give thanks to the God of gods, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. To Him who alone does great wonders, For […]
Thursday is the American holiday of Thanksgiving, and for some of you giving thanks to God will be easy because of the abundance of His blessings you’ve known this past year. For others gratitude that is not just lip service, but a real expression of your heart, is difficult because of grievous calamities or grinding […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 45: Wednesday “Out of the depths I have cried to You, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, That You may […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 43: Wednesday “Be gracious to us, O LORD, be gracious to us, For we are greatly filled with contempt. Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.” Psalm 123:3–4 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 122–124. […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 42: Thursday Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. Proverbs 31:8–9 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 31. Derek Kidner divides this last chapter of Proverbs into two sections: […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 42: Wednesday “I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1–2 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 120–121. These two psalms are in Book V of the Psalms, and are […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 40: Wednesday “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone. This is the LORD’S doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.” Psalm 118:22–23 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 117–118. These two psalms are in Book V of the Psalms and are the last two […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 39: Wednesday Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth. Why should the nations say, “Where, now, is their God?” But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. Their idols […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 38: Wednesday “Who is like the LORD our God, Who is enthroned on high, Who humbles Himself to behold The things that are in heaven and in the earth? “He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the needy from the ash heap, To make them sit […]