Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 12: Thursday Then Job replied, “Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning. Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments. I […]
Read MoreRead 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 MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 10: Saturday “And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching […]
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: 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: 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, […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Sunday “Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 8: Saturday “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your King is coming to you, Gentle and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’ ” Matthew 21:5 In today’s Bible reading of Matthew 20–22, Jesus foretells His crucifixion and resurrection […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 8: Thursday “My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God.” Job 16:20 Today’s Bible reading is Job 15–16. These chapters begin the second round of replies and rejoinders between Job and his three “comforters.” Eliphaz leads off in Job 15, with these words that set the […]
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Kindling for Candles 