By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 49 Scripture Readings: Song of Songs 1-2 Key Scripture Verses: Song of Songs 2:12-13, 14-15 (NIV, Life Application Bible; consulted commentaries: The Layman’s Bible Commentary, Believer’s Bible Commentary) SHE (quoting her beloved and what he said to her) “’Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has… Continue reading Week 49 Beginnings of Romantic Love – As God Intended It
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Week 49 Leave a Little For the Poor, the Fatherless, and the Widowed
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 49 Scripture Readings: Deuteronomy 23-24 Key Scripture Verses: Deuteronomy 24:19-22 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow; so that the Lord your… Continue reading Week 49 Leave a Little For the Poor, the Fatherless, and the Widowed
Week 48 John’s Testimony of God’s Love for Us
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 48 Scripture Readings: 1 John 1-3 Key Scripture Verses: 1 John 1:4 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word… Continue reading Week 48 John’s Testimony of God’s Love for Us
Week 47 “They Will Mourn For Him” – “The One They Have Pierced”
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 47 Scripture Readings: Zechariah 8-14 Key Scripture Verse: Zechariah 12:10 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “‘And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will… Continue reading Week 47 “They Will Mourn For Him” – “The One They Have Pierced”
Week 45 The Encourager
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 45 Scripture Readings: Acts 13-14 Key Scripture Verses: Acts 13: 2-3 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ So after they had fasted… Continue reading Week 45 The Encourager
Week 45 Our Loving and Forgiving God
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 45 Scripture Readings: 2 Chronicles 33-36 Key Scripture Verses: 2 Chronicles 33:12-13 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved… Continue reading Week 45 Our Loving and Forgiving God
Week 43 Is All Our Toil For Naught?
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 43 Scripture Readings: Ecclesiastes 1-2 Key Scripture Verses: Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat… Continue reading Week 43 Is All Our Toil For Naught?
Week 42 He Watches My Coming and Going
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 42 Scripture Readings: Psalms 120-121 Key Scripture Verses: Psalm 121: 3-4, 8 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” “the Lord will watch over your coming… Continue reading Week 42 He Watches My Coming and Going
Week 41 Discipline in Childrearing
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 41 Scripture Readings: Proverbs 29-30 Key Scripture Verses: Proverbs 29:17 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire.” Our scripture passage today has to do with childrearing and discipline of children, so I have to… Continue reading Week 41 Discipline in Childrearing
Week 41 Love and Discernment
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 41 Scripture Readings: Psalm 119 Key Scripture Verse: Psalm 119:125 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.” Psalm 119 is a very long psalm and the commentary in my Bible says that it is a psalm that was… Continue reading Week 41 Love and Discernment
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