TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE: MARCH 25- Deuteronomy 4:1-49; Luke 6:39-7:10; Psalm 68:1-18; Proverbs 11:28
FEED, EXERCISE AND TRAIN YOUR SPIRITUAL MEMORY; THE ONE WHO CAUSED JESUS TO MARVEL. DON’T FORGET THE PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S GRACE The opening speech of Moses concludes with the injunction to remember the privileges of God’s grace in their history. God had pledged Himself...
TODAY’S READING: MARCH 24- Deuteronomy 2-3:29; Luke 6:12-38; Psalm 67:1-7; Proverbs 11:27
For thirty-eight years, God’s people went around in circles. This was not due to them getting lost or losing their sense of direction. They knew where they were. They were under Divine Discipline. They were learning the importance of submission to the revealed will...
TODAY’S BIBLE READING: MARCH 23- Numbers 36:1-13; Deuteronomy 1:1-46; Luke 5:29-6:11; Psalm 66:1-20; Proverbs 11:24-26
REVIEWING THE PAST AND MOVING INTO THE FUTURE; THE BOOK OF NUMBERS and DEUTERONOMY; JESUS AND THE SABBATH Today we will finish reading the Book of Numbers and begin the Book of Deuteronomy! We have read four of the five books of Moses (The Pentateuch). When we have...
TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE: MARCH 22- Numbers 33:40-35:34; Luke 5:12-28; Psalm 65:1-13; Proverbs 11:23
THE CALL FOR THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN; THE CITIES OF REFUGE; JESUS HEALS SINNERS AND CALLS THEM TO DISCIPLESHIP OLD TESTAMENT READING- Numbers 33:40- 35:34 THE CHALLENGE TO REMOVE IDOLATRY IN THE PROMISED LAND BEYOND THE JORDAN Nine further campsites are listed from...
TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- MARCH 21- Numbers 32-33:39; Luke 4:31-5:11; Psalm 64:1-10; Proverbs 11:22
SETTLING FOR LESS THAN WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED. NUMBERS 32- HAVE YOU SETTLED FOR LESS? THE TRANSJORDAN COMPROMISE In Numbers 32, the Reubenites and Gadites settled for less than what God promised. All twelve tribes had traveled with the goal of settling in the...
MARCH 19 Numbers 28:16-29:40; Luke 3:23-38; Psalm 62:1-12; Proverbs 11:18-19
READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: Numbers 28:16-29:40. It is good to remember whenever we gather as believers that worship is for the Lord. The important issue is not whether worship is ‘your style’ but that it is ‘His style’. It is not as much about ‘your experience’ as...
MARCH 18- THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- Numbers 26:52-28:15; Luke 3:1-22; Psalm 61:1-8; Proverbs 11:16-17
LAWS OF INHERITANCE; ORDINATION OF JOSHUA; JOHN THE BAPTIST AND JESUS THE LAW OF INHERITANCE The Promised Land would be divided for an inheritance among the twelve tribes, according to their respective sizes –the number of fighting men listed in the census (Numbers...
TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE MARCH 17- Numbers 26:1-51; Luke 2:36-52; Psalm 60:1-12; Proverbs 11:15
TODAY’S READING- THE BOOK OF NUMBERS- EVERY NAME COUNTS; NEW TESTAMENT- JESUS AT 12 Today our reading in the Old Testament begins with Numbers 26. Another list of names— How boring! Or so we might think. But this is not the case. An entire generation perished during...
TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- MARCH 16- Numbers 24-25:18; Luke 2:1-35; Psalm 59:1-17; Proverbs 11:14;
PART 2- WHY BALAAM WAS A FALSE PROPHET EVEN THOUGH HIS FOUR PROPHECIES WERE TRUE; THE NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTMAS STORY. In yesterday’s reading, we saw how Balaam was a savvy religious professional. He had gained a wide reputation among the people of the Middle East and...
MARCH 15- Numbers 22:21-23:30; Luke 1:57-80; Psalm 58:1-11; Proverbs 11:12-13 TODAY’S READING
PART ONE- WHY BALAAM WAS A FALSE PROPHET EVEN THOUGH HIS FOUR PROPHECIES WERE TRUE; SONGS IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE OLD TESTAMENT READING: NUMBERS 22:21-23:30 Balaam had been known as a broker of blessings and curses. Like many ‘career occultists’, he received bids from...