Month: January 2021
Read the Bible in One Year: Day 30 – I Give My Life to You
Exodus 10:1-12:13 / Matthew 20:1-28 / Psalm 25:1-15 / Proverbs 6:6-11 While Jesus’s disciples were fighting for position and recognition, I wonder what He was thinking. I think He probably smiled to Himself, seeing their imperfect human hearts and desires, but I also think He had compassion on their ignorance. They didn’t yet understand how …
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Read the Bible in One Year: Day 29 – Open Up, Ancient Doors
Exodus 8-9 / Matthew 19:13-30 / Psalm 24 / Proverbs 6:1-5 Has any of you noticed as you read the Exodus account of the plagues that the first three affected God’s people, but the last seven did not? I can’t tell you why God allowed the first three to affect them, but I do find …
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Read the Bible in One Year: Day 28 – He is Coming!
Exodus 5:22-7:25 / Matthew 18:21-19:12 / Psalm 23 / Proverbs 5:22-23 Imagine yourself a prisoner in a foreign land and forced into slave labor. Your family has been in this situation for many generations. Maybe you have no idea that freedom is possible. Maybe you do have hope that someone will come rescue you and …
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Read the Bible in One Year: Day 27 – Is the Bible Funny?
Exodus 4:1-5:21 / Matthew 18:1-20 / Psalm 22:19-31 / Proverbs 5:15-21 Today’s reading caught my humorous side! Sometimes when I’m reading, I put myself into the scene trying to imagine what it must have looked like. I tend to read the Bible, putting a “holy” spin on it (and maybe you do the same thing), …
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Read the Bible in One Year: Day 26 – Fight for the Promise
Exodus 2:11-3:22 / Matthew 17:10-27 / Psalm 22:1-18 / Proverbs 5:7-14 The story in Genesis and Exodus is already many hundreds of years long. We’ve gone from the excitement of Abram being called by God to go to a land God promised to give him to several generations later and the people of God still …
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Read the Bible in One Year: Day 25 – Listen to Him!
Genesis 50:1-Exodus 2:10 / Matthew 16:13-17:9 / Psalm 21 / Proverbs 5:1-6 There were so many fascinating and interesting portions in my reading today, but one passage in Matthew stood out more than the rest. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how important it is to align my ways with God’s ways. We’ll talk …
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Word of the Week: Daring
I’m excited about our word this week, because underneath my StilltheMom exterior is a thrill-seeker – not anything too dangerous! If not for my inner ear imbalances, and getting dizzy, I’d still be riding roller coasters, doing parasailing, etc. Would I jump out of a plane? Maybe! LOL Our word is Daring, and it means …
Read the Bible in One Year: Day 24 – Bread or Grace?
Genesis 48-49 / Matthew 15:29-16:12 / Psalm 20 / Proverbs 4:20-27 Later, after they crossed to the other side of the lake, the disciples discovered they had forgotten to bring any bread. “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” I can understand the disciples being confused at this statement. …
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