Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 15: Monday But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go.” Exodus 5:2 Monday’s Bible reading of Exodus 5–8, finds Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh telling […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 15: Sunday “But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way.” 1 Corinthians 12:31 Sunday’s Bible reading of 1 Corinthians 13–14. continues Paul’s discussion on spiritual gifts. Now in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14 he concentrates solely on spiritual gifts and their […]
Week 15 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. As I read through the Bible this year, I’m writing down some of my thoughts to encourage you to read the Bible. In John 17:17, as Jesus was praying the night before He died, He asked God the Father to: “Sanctify them in the truth; […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 14: Saturday And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it. They were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.” […]
Today’s Bible reading is in Jeremiah. I love the book, and I’m still reading the chapters. I will be working on catching up. The wear and tear of the past few weeks have been almost more than I could bear. Some of the interactions I have been through have been so corrosive—they’ve been like having […]
Read the Bible in 2011–2021* ◊ Week 14: Thursday Then Job continued his discourse and said, “As God lives, who has taken away my right, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul, For as long as life is in me, And the breath of God is in my nostrils, My lips certainly will not […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 14: Wednesday Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.” Psalm 40:7–8 In Wednesday’s Bible reading of Psalms 39–41, there is a contrast between […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 14: Tuesday But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1 […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 14: Sunday “Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. ” Exodus 1:8 Monday’s Bible reading of Exodus 1–4, introduces Moses, one of the dominant and most dramatic figures of the Old Testament. Exodus 12:40–41 tells us that when the nation of Israel left […]