Pastor’s Blog
OCTOBER 6- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 6:15-8:7; COLOSSIANS 2:8-23; PSALM 78:1-31; PROVERBS 24:26
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- - JEREMIAH 6:15-8:7 It is a great indictment on a society: “They do not even know how to blush” (Jeremiah 6:15). They have lost all moral sensibility. Jeremiah speaks the Word of the Lord: Jeremiah 6:16 16 Thus says the LORD,...
OCTOBER 5- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 4:19-6:14; COLOSSIANS 1:21-2:7; PSALMS 77:1-20; PROVERBS 24:23-25
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 4:19-6:14 Jeremiah is in anguish. This is not a happy time in the history of God’s covenant people. Judah failed to heed the warnings of God’s prophets and failed to learn from the example of the northern kingdom’s...
OCTOBER 3- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 1:1- 2:30; PHILIPPIANS 4:1-23; PSALM 75:1-10; PROVERBS 24:17-20
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 1:1- 2:30 Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, was a priest who prophesied during the last 40 years of the southern kingdom of Judah’s existence, spanning the reign of at least 5 kings (from the latter half of Josiah’s reign...
OCTOBER 2- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- ISAIAH 66:1-24; PHILIPPIANS 3:4-21; PSALMS 74:1-23; PROVERBS 24:15-16
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- - ISAIAH 66:1-24; Chapter 66 is a fitting climax for the Book of Isaiah. Although the chapter and verse divisions in the Bible were not added until the 16th century, it is interesting to note that Isaiah is structured like a...
SEPTEMBER 30 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- ISAIAH 60:1- 62:5; PHILIPPIANS 1:27 – 2:18; PSALMS 72:1-20; PROVERBS 24:11-12
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- ISAIAH 60:1- 62:5 Isaiah 60 begins with a revived nation hearing the Word of the Lord: “Arise, shine! For Thy Light has come! There is now a receptivity to the Word. The entrance of His Word gives light and it gives...
SEPTEMBER 29 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- ISAIAH 57:14- 59:21; PHILIPPIANS 1:1-26; PSALM 71:1-24; PROVERBS 24:9-10
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- - ISAIAH 57:14- 59:21 In contrast to God’s stern rebuke of Israel’s stubborn idolatries in Isaiah 57:3-13, encouragement is offered to a faithful remnant in verse 14. Isaiah 57:14-15 14 And it will be said, "Build up, build up,...
SEPTEMBER 28 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- ISAIAH 54:1- 57:13; EPHESIANS 6:1-24; PSALM 70:1-5; PROVERBS 24:8
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- - ISAIAH 54:1- 57:13 The crucial passage portraying the Suffering and the Glory of the Messiah, the fourth ‘Servant Song’ (Isaiah 53), is followed by a series of prophetic songs related to it (Isaiah 54-57). Isaiah 54 is a song...
SEPTEMBER 27- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- ISAIAH 51:1-53:12; EPHESIANS 5:1-33; PSALM 69:19-36; PROVERBS 24:7
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- ISAIAH 51:1-53:12 You will see a pattern in today’s reading from Isaiah. There are three calls to his faithful remnant to ‘listen’ (Isaiah 51:1, 4, 7) and three calls to ‘awaken’ (Isaiah 51:9, 17; 52:1). The Lord calls us to...
SEPTEMBER 26- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- ISAIAH 48:12- 50:11; EPHESIANS 4:17-32; PSALMS 69:1-18; PROVERBS 24:5-6
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- ISAIAH 48:12- 50:11 We can trust God’s timing in all things. He will judge (and does judge) Babylon (and all that that city represents in Revelation 17-18) His way, by His means and in His time. Isaiah 48:14 14 “Assemble, all of...
SEPTEMBER 25- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- ISAIAH 45:11- 48:11; EPHESIANS 4:1-16; PSALMS 68:19-35; PROVERBS 24:3-4
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- - ISAIAH 45:11- 48:11 Once again Isaiah proclaims what God has to say about the future. There are times when, in God’s wisdom, He chooses to hide Himself (Isaiah 45:15). But this does not mean that He is not active. He works...