Thursday night, I (with much excitement and Bible-y nerdom) started back in a Precept Upon Precept class. If you are not familiar with these courses designed by Precept Ministries, I highly recommend you check out their website. There is likely a class near you that you could join! They have designed courses for children, young …
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Week 8: My Shepherd
Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. --Psalm 23:6 Week 8 featured three more names of God, and each was a Jehovah name that I was not as familiar with in one way or another. Jehovah-Sabaoth, the Lord …
Week 7: Victory, Holiness, Peace
And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD Is My Banner. --Exodus 17:15 If I could redesign this reading plan, I would have focused on just Chapter 11 (Days 29-31) for this week. Perhaps it was because this followed a challenging sermon at church on Israel's defeat at Ai in …
Week 5: God Heals
Our wounds are great. As sin ravaged Christ's body at Calvary, so it has ravaged men, women, and children throughout the ages. --Kay Arthur, Lord, I Want to Know You (p. 71) I started this week with news of 100s being killed in Baghdad. Many children in that number. I continued the week bearing the …
Week 4: God Provides
And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. --Phil. 4:19 Summer school got the best of me during Week 4. I was able to stay with my plan, but finding extra time to blog did not happen in the midst of final grading. Praise the Lord, …
Week 3: The Lord
I said to the LORD, "Thou art my Lord [Adonai]; I have no good besides Thee. Psalm 16:2 The God Who Sees. The All-Sufficient One. The Lord. As I worked through these three chapters I was overwhelmed by the goodness of God and also challenged by the obedience and humility knowing Him encourages. To review, …
Week 2: Most High–Sovereign God
I will cry to God Most High, to God who accomplishes all things for me. --Psalm 57:2 One of the major themes that has remained in all my studies this year is that when we trust in the Lord, we find rest. Some of the people I dearly love are in seasons of storms. Some have peace …