All in the Family Today’s scripture selection: First Chronicles 1-5 Key verses: First Chronicles 1:34 Do you know very much about your heritage? Have you ever done much with genealogy? Who were the heroes and the “black sheep” in your family? Are you related to kings, horse thieves, or both? These are the… Continue reading Week 32 Tuesday
Month: March 2014
Week 32 Monday
Jubilee Today’s scripture selection: Leviticus 25-27 Key verses: Leviticus 25:11-12 It was called the year of Jubilee. A great festival, lasting the entire year, held every fifty years – it was a sort of Sabbath for the entire nation. According to Easton’s Bible Dictionary, during this year “The land was to be fallow, and the… Continue reading Week 32 Monday
Week 32 Sunday
Night Visitor Today’s scripture selection: John 3-4 Key Verses: John 3:1-3 Nicodemus, one of the renowned members of the Jewish high court – the Sanhedrin; and Jesus, the troublesome religious leader making them nervous; and the story of their meeting one night – it’s all very interesting. But what I have always found… Continue reading Week 32 Sunday
Week 31 Saturday
Therefore, Encourage One Another Today’s scripture reading: First Thessalonians 4-5 Key verse: First Thessalonians 5:11 Everyone needs encouragement. We need to be encouraged that we are appreciated; loved; worthwhile; and many other things. The apostle Paul certainly knew how to encourage others. But one thing that strikes me about his greatest and best encouragement is… Continue reading Week 31 Saturday
Week 31 Friday
Glory Today’s scripture selection: Ezekiel 43-48 Today’s key verse: Ezekiel 43:2 Not many of us have had visions of God. No wonder then when we are a little intimidated by language like this: “…and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing… Continue reading Week 31 Friday
Week 31 Thursday
Gullible Today’s scripture selection: Proverbs 14-15 Key verse: Proverbs 14:15 Time for a little practical advice. Remember that old saying about there being a “sucker” born every minute? Turns out Solomon offered that same advice a couple of thousand years before it was ever said. “The simple believe anything, but the prudent give… Continue reading Week 31 Thursday
Week 31 Wednesday
A Place to Dwell Today’s scripture selection: Psalms 90-92 Key verses: Psalm 90:1-2 One of my favorite Psalms is the one that begins this way: “Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” There’s… Continue reading Week 31 Wednesday
Week 31 Tuesday
Faithful Renewal Today’s scripture selection: Second Kings 21-25 Key verses: Second Kings 23:1-3 Josiah was a young – but faithful – king. During a period of reform he instituted a “book” was found. It was no ordinary book. It was a book of law and religious covenant. It clearly spelled out all the things that… Continue reading Week 31 Tuesday
Week 31 Monday
Busy, Busy, Busy Today’s scripture selection: Leviticus 22-24 Key verses: Leviticus 23:3 Everybody’s so busy. Or at least it seems that way. I serve a small congregation, out in the country. We’re near a city – but not a mammoth one. It’s not L.A. or New York. It’s Virginia – you know, the Blue Ridge… Continue reading Week 31 Monday
Week 31 Sunday
Light and Life Today’s scripture selection: John 1-2 Key Verses: John 1:4-5 I love the way the apostle John begins his gospel. While the other gospel writers start right in with the historic details of Jesus’ life – John takes another, much more dramatic, angle. “In the beginning was the Word, and… Continue reading Week 31 Sunday
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