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52 days down, 313 to go.

Today’s scriptures for my Read the Bible in a Year plan are Leviticus 11:1– 12:8; Mark 5:21-43; Psalms 38:1-22; Proverbs 10:8-9.

My thoughts from today’s reading:

1. DROP THE DISBELIEVERS
2. YOU GOTTA SMELL YOUR OWN FUNK – Feel your sin
3. WISE PEOPLE WELCOME CORRECTION

1. DROP THE DISBELIEVERS
When you’re chasing your dream, you must keep the faith and maintain your focus at all costs. Whether it’s an athletic pursuit, a business idea, or going to the next level in your spiritual life, your faith and your focus must always be protected.

You must avoid the naysayers and the doubters.

Jesus puts this into practice in Mark 5:39-42.

He is going to the home of Jairus to heal his sick daughter, but before He gets there, the girl dies.
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50 days down, 315 to go.

Today’s scriptures for my Read the Bible in a Year plan are Leviticus 7:28– 9:6; Mark 3:31 – 4:25; Psalms 37:12-29; Proverbs 10:5.

My thoughts from today’s reading:

1. FEED THE PREACHER – To give or not to give
2. ARE YOU RELATED TO JESUS?
3. YOUR HEART GETS A GRADE, BUT NOT A, B, C, D OR F
4. HEY KID. GET A SUMMER JOB!

1. FEED THE PREACHER – To give or not to give
How would you feel if after everyone in your church brought their offering, the preacher went through the bucket and took a cut off the top and put it in his wallet? You’d probably be shocked and come down with a severe case of righteous indignation.

However, this is exactly what God instructed here in Leviticus 7:28-39.

Leviticus 7:34-35
34 For I have reserved the breast of the special offering and the right thigh of the sacred offering for the priests. It is the permanent right of Aaron and his descendants to share in the peace offerings brought by the people of Israel. 35 This is their rightful share.
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48 days down, 317 to go.

Today’s scriptures for my Read the Bible in a Year plan are Leviticus 4:1 – 5:19; Mark 2:13 – 3:6; Psalms 36:1-12; Proverbs 10:1-2.

My thoughts from today’s reading.

1. DON’T SPILL THE WINE – God wants to stretch you.
2. HAS SIN EVER WHISPERED TO YOU?
3. $100 FOR A LIE & $200 FOR CUSSING - Paying for your sins
4. BAD KIDS ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT AND CRIME DOESN’T PAY

1. DON’T SPILL THE WINE – God’s wants to stretch you
No this post isn’t a defense for Christians to drink wine.

In Mark 2:13-27 Jesus is getting into it with the Pharisees again. They are once again trying to frame Him as guilty of breaking Jewish religious law.

Jesus tells them in Matthew 2:22:
“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.”

This is another one of those parables and analogies that are a bit anachronous for us today, meaning they don’t quite apply to our day and time.

Back then, wineskins held wine, and newer wineskins were more flexible and more able to be stretched than old
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42 days down. 323 days to go.

Here are the scriptures for the day. Exodus 32:1 - 33:23; Matthew 26:69 - 27:10; Psalms 33:1-11; Proverbs 8:33-36.

I know this blog is going up a lot later in the day than normal. It was a crazy day. Forgive me.

1. SIN DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN – We build our own golden calf
2. 400 YEARS AND HOLDING – An inheritance of faith
3. KILLER PRIESTS!
4. GOD LIKES MUSIC

1. SIN DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN – We build our own golden calf
Sometimes we like to blame everyone except ourselves for our sin. It is true that we are under a spiritual attack that aims to weigh us down with our own sin, ultimately destroying us. However this does not exempt us from responsibility for our actions.

Ultimately, we are to blame for our own sin, because whenever we sin, we could have chosen to do otherwise.

Sin doesn't just happen. We like sin, so we choose to sin, and that is why we do it.
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37 days down, 328 to go.

Today’s scriptures for my Read the Bible in a Year plan are Exodus 23:14 – Exodus 25:40; Matthew 24:29 – 25:13; Psalms 30:1-12; Proverbs 7:24-27.

Late getting this one up…but here we go.

1. SMASH THEIR SACRED PILLARS…OF PLURALIST HYPOCRISY
2. YOU’RE NOT READY TILL YOU’RE READY
3. WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR?
4. MEN, ARE YOU CHASING DEATH?

1. SMASH THEIR SACRED PILLARS…OF PLURALIST HYPOCRISY
In Exodus 23:20-27, God is telling the Israelites that when he takes them into the Promised land, there will be other people there with other gods. God says that He will run these people out of there, and the Israelites are not get too close to them, and they are definitely not to start serving their gods.

In fact in Exodus 23:24, God says, "24 You must not worship the gods of these nations or serve them in any way or imitate their evil practices. Instead, you must utterly destroy them and smash their sacred pillars."

I just thought this was a cool concept. Smash their pillars. It has a special relevance in this age.
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32 days down, 333 to go. Month 2 starts today.

Today’s scriptures for my Read the Bible in a Year plan are Exodus 13:17 – 15:18; Matthew 21:23-46; Psalms 26:1-12; Proverbs 6:16-19.

Ok guys and girls, let’s get into month 2.

1. BEWARE OF GETTING COMFORTABLE / NEVER SETTLE FOR LESS THAN GOD’S BEST
2. PRAY…THEN GET OFF YOUR BUTT
3. TAKE A STAND…AND BACK IT UP
4. DO YOU DISGUST GOD?


1. BEWARE OF GETTING COMFORTABLE / NEVER SETTLE FOR LESS THAN GOD’S BEST
In Exodus 13:19, Moses has gathered Joseph’s bones to take along the journey out of Egypt. Why? Because Joseph had complete faith and confidence in God to deliver on his promise.

During the famine, Joseph was able to save his family and move them into the land of Goshen in Egypt where they could have food and prosper. This was a great relocation for the ancestors of the Hebrew people. But deep down inside, Joseph knew it was not God’s best.
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24 days down, 341 to go.

Today’s scriptures for my Read the Bible in a Year plan are Genesis 48:1 – 49:33; Matthew 15:29 – 16:12; Psalms 20:1-9; Proverbs 4:20-27.

Here are my thoughts on today’s readings. Come along.

1. OLD JACOB PULLS THE OLD SWITCHAROO….ON HIS DEATHBED
2. THE GREATEST MIRACLE OF ALL
3. NATIONAL SURVIVAL 101 – How a nation survives

1. OLD JACOB PULLS THE OLD SWITCHAROO….ON HIS DEATHBED
In Genesis chapter 48, we see Jacob, now named Israel, on his deathbed. He has seen great miracles and deliverance from death by famine at the hands of God, and he has come to the final days of his life.

Even in this state, with death looming near, Jacob has last trick
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20 days down, 345 to go.

Today’s scriptures for my Read the Bible in a Year plan are  Genesis 41:17 – 42:16; Matthew 13:24-46; Psalms 18:1-15; Proverbs 4:1-6.

Here are my thoughts on today’s readings. Hope you find them interesting…or at least tolerable.

1. WHY DO GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE?
2. IF IT’S WORTH IT, YOU’LL PAY FOR IT: Is God worth it?
3. FROM SLAVE TO 2ND IN COMMAND OF THE KINGDOM: Not even Donald Trump would fire this guy
4. FIERCE IMAGERY OF GOD: Nature as a weapon…Yikes!

1. WHY DO GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE?
Why do bad things happen to good people? It’s an age old question that has eluded an answer for so many for so long. It’s a beef that many people have taken up with God, or a question that has caused many to simply not believe in God.

Well this post is not about that question. Rather, it is about the inverse – Why do good things happen to bad people?
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"In the 13th Psal 15 days down, 350 to go.

Today’s scriptures for my Read the Bible in a Year plan are Genesis 31:17 – 32:12; Matthew 10:24 – 11:6; Psalms 13:1-6; Proverbs 3:16-18.

Here are my thoughts for you to chew on or….you know.

1.       THE BABY IN THE MANGER GREW UP
2.       REJOICE THROUGH YOUR ANGUISH
3.       MORE FAMILY DRAMA IN JACOB’S LIFE
4.       PEOPLE ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN ANIMALS

 
1. THE BABY IN THE MANGER GREW UP
I would venture to say that the two most popular images of Jesus Christ are him in the manger as a baby, and him on the cross.

However, between his birth and death, Jesus became the most powerful person in history; but not in physical, political, industrial or religious might. In fact, of the most powerful and influential people in history, none have never been able to
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13 days down, 352 to go.

Today’s scriptures for my Read the Bible in a Year plan are Genesis 28:1 -29:35; Matthew 9:18-38; Psalm 11:1-7; Proverbs 3:11-12.

Once again, some of my thoughts for you to chew on….or spit out

1. NOW THAT KEEPING THE FAITH!
2. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
3. WANT TO SEE GOD?
4. WHEN IS GOD DISCIPLINING YOU?

1. NOW THAT KEEPING THE FAITH!
First, God makes a promise to Abraham to bless him and his descendants; to give them the land in which he was dwelling. However, even at the end of his life, Abraham was still a “foreigner” in the land. Yet though all this, Abraham maintain his belief that God would deliver on his promise.
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