Tag: covenant
Week 47 Honoring God in Our Marriages
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 47 Scripture Readings: Ezra 6-10 Key Scripture Verses: Ezra 9:13-15 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a… Continue reading Week 47 Honoring God in Our Marriages
Week 44 Counting Our Blessings, Giving the Glory to God
By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 44 Scripture Readings: Deuteronomy 7-9 Key Scripture Verses: Deuteronomy 8:17-18 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “You may say to yourself, ‘My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.’ But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability… Continue reading Week 44 Counting Our Blessings, Giving the Glory to God
Week 31: Renew the Covenant
Week 31: Renew the Covenant Today’s Text: Second Kings 21-25 Key Text: Second Kings 23:1-3 “Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. He went up to the temple of the LORD with the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least… Continue reading Week 31: Renew the Covenant
Week 35 Tuesday
With You Wherever Today’s scripture selection: First Chronicles 15-19 Key verses: First Chronicles 17:7-8 “Now then: tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone….” David’s… Continue reading Week 35 Tuesday
Week 31 Tuesday
Faithful Renewal Today’s scripture selection: Second Kings 21-25 Key verses: Second Kings 23:1-3 Josiah was a young – but faithful – king. During a period of reform he instituted a “book” was found. It was no ordinary book. It was a book of law and religious covenant. It clearly spelled out all the things that… Continue reading Week 31 Tuesday
Week 30 Wednesday
Unbreakable Today’s scripture selection: Psalms 87-89 Key verse: Psalm 89:34 Life is full of things that are easily broken. That’s part of the harsh reality of the world… Commitments are broken Promises are broken Hearts are broken People are broken Even our relationship with God can be broken At least when it comes to our… Continue reading Week 30 Wednesday
Week 23 Tuesday
A Throne Forever Today’s scripture selection: First Kings 5-9 Key verses: First Kings 9:4-5 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness…and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, I will establish your royal throne…forever.” Solomon was a very wise, and a very… Continue reading Week 23 Tuesday
Week 15 Monday
Known by His Actions Today’s scripture selection: Exodus 5-8 Key verse: Exodus 6:3 Moses had a problem. He had been called by God to go to Egypt’s Pharaoh and demand that he release the Israelite slaves under his control. Pharaoh wasn’t impressed, to say the least. So Moses took his problem to… Continue reading Week 15 Monday
Week 5 Monday
Everlasting Is A Long Time Today’s scripture selection: Genesis 16-19 Key verse: Genesis 17:3-7 We live in a throw-away world. We buy a fast-food breakfast and wash it down with coffee from a Styrofoam cup. We get electronic mail and dump most of it into an electronic trash bin. We buy, or perhaps… Continue reading Week 5 Monday