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 …

Week 1: His Name/Our Creator

One week into this study, and it is already clear to me this is where I am supposed to be right now. In this week's devotionals (Days 1-5), Kay introduced why it is so important to know God's names--the expressions of His character and who He is--and led into the study of one of His …

Week 1 Plan

Tomorrow, I am diving in to Week 1 of my summer devotional study--Kay Arthur's Lord, I Want to Know You. I think I am going to use Sundays to plan for the week ahead as well as reflect on what I have learned. My goal for this first week is to be consistent with my Bible time …