Week 29: Not Far Enough Today’s Text: Second Kings 11-15 Key Text: Second Kings 12:1-3 “In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada… Continue reading Not Far Enough
Month: July 2015
Week 29: Why There is No More Need for a Scapegoat
Today’s Text: Leviticus 16-18 Key Text: Leviticus 16:7-10 “And he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. And Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat. Then Aaron shall offer the… Continue reading Week 29: Why There is No More Need for a Scapegoat
Week 29: How to Become Someone New
Today’s Text: Colossians 3-4 Key Text: Colossians 3:12-14 “And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should… Continue reading Week 29: How to Become Someone New
Week 28: Use It or Lose It
Today’s Text: Luke 19-20 Key Text: Luke 19:26 “I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.” It’s one of Jesus’ more difficult stories to hear. It’s about receiving talents – and using – or losing… Continue reading Week 28: Use It or Lose It
Week 28: True Security
Today’s Text: Ezekiel 25-30 Key Text: Ezekiel 28:25-26 The judgment goes on and on, against nation after nation. The prophet speaks with bold authority: against Ammon, Moab and Seir, Edom, Philistia, Tyre, and Egypt. History can attest to how these nations came under divine condemnation. Then, nestled there in the midst of judgment and wrath,… Continue reading Week 28: True Security
Week 28: Righteous Words
Week 28: Righteous Words Today’s Text: Proverbs 10 Key Text: Proverbs 10:32 “The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.” Sometimes we forget what powerful things words are. It is so easy – too easy – to Make that thoughtless, flippant remark to get a… Continue reading Week 28: Righteous Words
Week 28: Crystal Clear
Today’s Text: Psalms 81-83 Key Text: Psalm 82:1-3 God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the “gods”: “How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?” Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and… Continue reading Week 28: Crystal Clear
Small Miracles
Week 28: Small Miracles Today’s Text: Second Kings 6-10 Key Text: Second Kings 6:1-7 It’s a strange little story. A man loses a borrowed tool – an iron axhead – in the waters of the Jordon, and a prophet of God – Elisha – performs a miracle that allows him to fish it from the… Continue reading Small Miracles
Sacrifice
Week 28: Sacrifice Today’s Text: Leviticus 13-15 Key Text: Leviticus 14:21 “But if he is poor, and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering…” The words come from a long list of ritual requirements – they are how the priest and the people are to atone… Continue reading Sacrifice
Week 28: Roots
Week 28: Roots Today’s Text: Colossians 1-2 Key Text: Colossians 2:6-7 “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” Do you remember the hugely popular TV miniseries called… Continue reading Week 28: Roots
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