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MARCH 14- Numbers 21-22:20; Luke 1:26-56; Psalm 57:1-11; Proverbs 11:9-11 TODAY’S BIBLE READING
THE END OF THE WANDERING GENERATION; GOD IS NOT MANIPULATED; THE MAGNIFICAT OLD TESTAMENT READING: NUMBERS 21-22:20; THE END OF “THE WANDERING GENERATION” THE SERPENT OF BRASS Instead of taking God at His word and trusting Him for victory over the descendants of...
MARCH 13- TODAY’S BIBLE READINGS Numbers 19-20:29; Luke 1:1-25; Psalm 56:1-13; Proverbs 11:8
The Red Heifer Offering- Numbers 19 The “red heifer” sacrifice is unique. It is mentioned only once in the Old Testament. The ashes from this slaughtered animal are to be taken to a ceremonially clean place. There the ashes were to be mixed with the water and...
MARCH 12 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- Numbers 16:41-18:32; Mark 16:1-20; Psalm 55:1-23; Proverbs 11:7
READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT: Numbers 16:41-18:32 AARON’S INTERCESSION “But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron” (Numbers 16:41). As powerful a demonstration of God’s judgment upon the sons of Korah had been,...
MARCH 11- Numbers 15:17-16:40; Mark 15:1-47; Psalm 54:1-7; Proverbs 11:5-6 TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE-
CITIZENS OF A PLACE NOT YET SEEN; KORAH’S REBELLION AND CHRIST’S CRUCIFIXION In the Book of Numbers Chapter 14, after the tenth incident in which the people of Israel’s unbelief provoked the Lord’s anger, the Lord gave an oath that none of those who were over twenty...
TODAY’S BIBLE READING – MARCH 10 – Numbers 14-15:16; Mark 14:53-72; Psalm 53:1-6; Proverbs 11:4
THE FATEFUL PRONOUNCEMENT; FEAR IS FAITH IN REVERSE; PETER’S DENIALS Today’s reading in Numbers 14 marks a dramatic turning point in the history of the people of Israel in the wilderness. It is the day when the Lord pronounced chastisement upon the entire generation...
MARCH 9- Numbers 11:24-13:33; Mark 14:22-52; Psalm 52:1-9; Proverbs 11:1-3 TODAY’S READING
HEARTS TESTED- CONTAGIOUS MURMUR DETECTED; THE SHEPHERD BETRAYED; THE SHEEP SCATTERED NUMBERS 11- HEARTS ARE TESTED IN RELATIONSHIP TO CIRCUMSTANCES In Chapter 11, “The Book of Numbers” becomes “The Book of Murmuring and Wandering” due to the unbelief that infects...
TODAY’S READINGS- CALLS TO ACTION, DEVOTION, REPENTANCE MARCH 8- Numbers 10-11:23; Mark 14:1-21; Psalm 51:1-19; Proverbs 10:31-32
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Numbers 10- 11:23 For almost two full years the people of Israel have gone nowhere. They have been camped in the plains of Sinai. God is using this time to prepare them for the journey ahead. The Book of Genesis was a gripping narrative. The...
TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE: MARCH 7— Numbers 8-9:23; Mark 13:14-37; Psalm 50:1-23; Proverbs 10:29-30
TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE: WALK IN THE LIGHT AND KEEP IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT “The Christian body in America is immersed in a crisis of biblical illiteracy,” according to the Barna Research Organization. George Barna writes, “In many ways we are...
MARCH 6- TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- Numbers 6-7:89; Mark 12:38-13:13; Psalm 49:1-20; Proverbs 10:27-28
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Numbers 6:7:89 Numbers 6 teaches us about the Nazarite vow. The word “Nazarite” comes from the Hebrew word “to separate”. It is a vow of separation unto the Lord. Therefore, a Nazarite is “a separated one”. The word ‘separate’ or ‘separation’...
MARCH 5- TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- Numbers 4:1-5:31; Mark 12:18-37; Psalm 48:1-14; Proverbs 10:26
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Numbers 4-5:31 The Book of Numbers reminds us that God cares for each one of our journeys in the wilderness of this world! He cares about every detail of our lives, especially our worship. The most important thing for the people of God is that...