Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 29: Saturday “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” Luke 22:31–32 Saturday’s Bible reading is Luke 21–22. In these chapters […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 29: Wednesday “For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.” Psalm 84:10 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 84–86. The variety of these three psalms […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 28: Thursday “When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.” Proverbs 10:25 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 10. The third section of Proverbs begins in this chapter. As you read this chapter notice the descriptions of the wicked and the […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 27: Saturday And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. “The Pharisee stood and was praying […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 26: Saturday Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” Luke 15:1 Saturday’s Bible reading is Luke 15–16. One thing that’s always […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 26: Friday Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, “Son of man, if a country sins against Me by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it, destroy its supply of bread, send famine against it and cut off from it both man […]
Read MoreFriday’s Bible reading is Lamentations. This short book of only five chapters is a poetic lament over the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and the consequences of God’s devastating judgment on Judah. The words are touchingly beautiful in their melancholy and grief as Judah’s sin and God’s judgment are described.
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 22: Saturday And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Luke 7:50 Saturday’s Bible reading of Luke 7–8, contains one of my favorite stories. In Luke 7:36–50, Jesus is eating at the home of Simon the Pharisee. Their meal is interrupted: “And […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 21: Wednesday O give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain. Through God we shall do valiantly, And it is He who will tread down our adversaries. Psalm 60:11–12 – All three psalms in Wednesday’s Bible reading of Psalms 60–62, are psalms of […]
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Kindling for Candles 