Month: April 2022
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Day 120: What God Does is Who God Is (Psalm 103)
Read Through the Bible in a Year Plan: Psalm 102-104 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, 3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life…
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Day 119: Not Like, Almost Like, and Just Like (1 Chronicles 7-10)
9 So all Israel was recorded in genealogies, and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel (1 Chronicles 9:1) Unpopular opinion here: I wish there were more genealogies. There. I said it. I know, these days of the read through the Bible plan have been hard to slog through. And I…
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Day 118: The Mechanic of the Heart (Psalm 88)
Through the Bible Reading: Psalm 81, 88, 92, 93 O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. 2 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! (Psalm 88:1-2) In the Bible Recap podcast for Day 118, Tara-Leigh makes a profound statement: We can bring our…
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Day 117: On Yom Ha’Shoah (1 Chronicles 6)
11 Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, 12 Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum, 13 Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, 14 Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; 15 and Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. (1 Chronicles 6:11-15 Another day in Chronicles,…
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Day 115: No Magic Prayers: The Problem With The Prayer of Jabez (1 Chronicles 3-5)
9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me…
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Day 114: The Sweet Redemption of the Sons of Korah (Psalm 43-45, 49, 84-85, 87)
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 Psalm 84 is one of eleven Psalms attributed to the sons of Korah. In fact, all of the Psalms we studied today…
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Day 113: The List is Life (1 Chronicles 1-2)
1 Adam, Seth, Enosh; 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared; 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech; 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (1 Chronicles 1:1-4) Walking through the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem is a gut wrenching, soul crushing experience. It’s hard to put into words the horror of coming face to face with such evil. As I…
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The Word That Won’t Be Silenced, Part 1 (Psalm 19)
Summary: The first half of Psalm 19 deals with what we can learn about God from nature. The second half deals with what we can learn about God from His Word. This is part one of a two part sermon. Good morning! Please turn in your Bibles to Psalm 19 as we continue our series…
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Day 112: The Most Perfect Lyric (Psalm 19)
Today’s reading: Psalms 6, 8-10, 14, 16, 19, 21 the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold;sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.Psalm 19:9-11 CS…
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Day 111: I Don’t Like David Today (2 Samuel 1-4)
26 Then Abner called to Joab, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you tell your people to turn from the pursuit of their brothers?” (2 Samuel 2:26) 2 Samuel begins with a lot of senseless bloodshed. On two separate occasions,…