Words Of Life

This is day 68 of our "Bible-in-a-year" project.  Today's reading comes from the book Job chapters 8,9, & 10 in the Old Testament and 1st Corinthians chapter 4 in the New Testament.    We continue to hear the discourse that Job is having with his friends. It is interesting to observe their conversation that reveals both their worldview as well as their assumptions about God. &nb...

Today's daily bible reading comes from the book of Job chapters 5, 6, & 7 followed by 1st Corinthians chapter 3.

Today's daily bible reading comes from the book of Job chapters 3 & 4 followed by chapter 2 of 1st Corinthians.

Today's daily bible reading comes from the book of Job chapter 1 and 1st Corinthians chapter 1.   The book of Job contains an insightful story about a man named Job who is a dedicated servant of God. There is a "behind-the-scenes" view of a conversation between Satan and God where God points out how faithful Job is. Satan accuses God of sheltering Job and THAT is why he is faithful. God allow...

Today's daily bible reading concludes the book of Exodus with chapters 39 & 40 and also concludes the book of James, chapter 5.    Any questions? Favorite moments/stories from either book? New insights, observations? We'd love to discuss these things with you. Feel free to leave a comment below.

Today's daily bible reading comes from Exodus chapters 36, 37, & 38 followed by James chapter 4. Show less

Today's daily bible reading comes from the book of Exodus chapters 34 & 35 followed by the book of James chapter 3.   In Exodus, we have Moses telling the people what God has commanded to them as well as instructing them to give freely all the materials that would be needed to build/construct/craft all of the items God required. Moses' relationship with the LORD continues to be very intim...

Today's daily bible reading comes from the book of Exodus chapters 31, 32, & 33 followed by the book of James chapter 2.   Today's reading from Exodus is a part of the story that is called "The Golden Calf". Since Moses was up on the mountain for 40 days, the people got impatient and cried out for the "old ways". Aaron in his own weakness gave into their demands and crafted for them an id...

Today's daily bible reading comes from Exodus chapters 29 & 30 followed by the book of James, chapter 1.   In Exodus 29 & 30, God continues to instruct Moses on how he wanted his Priests to be consecrated and made Holy. This included instructions on how to make the garments Aaron and his sons were to wear as well as the rituals needed to prepare them to serve in that role as God's Pri...

Today's daily bible reading comes from Exodus chapters 27 & 28 and the letter to Philemon.  Chapters 27 & 28 of Exodus detailed the Priestly garments that were to be crafted for Aaron and his sons.   The letter to Philemon is unique and interesting. Paul meets a run-away servant named Onesimus. Onesimus owes Philemon his service but Paul has now converted him to Christ. Paul plea...

Today's daily bible reading comes from Exodus chapters 25 & 26 followed by 2nd Thessalonians chapter 3.   In today's reading, we witness the instructions that God gave regarding the building of the "Ark" which was a large gold-covered box with an elaborate lid called the mercy seat, and the "Tabernacle" which was a very ornate, portable tent that would house the Ark within an inner chambe...

Today's daily bible reading comes from the book of Exodus chapters 23 & 24, followed by 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2.   Exodus 23 is a continuation of many of the rules & guidelines that God wants His people to follow. Chapter 24 is a call from God to Moses for him to join God along with Aaron, Nadab & Abihu and 70 of the elders at the mountain. Moses told the people all of the wor...

Today's daily bible reading comes from the book Exodus chapters 21 & 22 followed by 2nd Thessalonians chapter 1.   Can you imagine having your whole nation grow up over 400 years, but without your own government, laws, or religion? Well, that's exactly what the children of Israel are now realizing. God has rescued them from Egyptian slavery and is now going to be giving them both secular...

Today's daily bible reading comes from Exodus chapters 19 & 20 followed by the last chapter, chapter 5, of 1st Thessalonians.   Thunder, lightning, fire, smoke, long & loud trumpet blasts... God descends onto Mt. Sinai. He then calls Moses up to the top of the mountain and gives him what we have come to call "The Ten Commandments". This official recording of God's Law is setting a fou...

Today's daily bible reading comes from Exodus chapters 15-17 and 1st Thessalonians chapter 4.   In Exodus, we see how God both cares for and tests the people of Israel by sending them quail in the evening and manna in the morning. He tests them by giving them some guidelines/rules to follow concerning the gathering of it. Moses' father-in-law, Jethro arrives with Moses' wife and two sons and...

Today's daily bible reading comes from Exodus chapter 14 & 15 followed by 1st Thessalonians chapter 3.   In today's reading in Exodus we find the epic story of "The Parting of the Red Sea". This is where God saves his people by causing the Red Sea to part and create a highway through the sea where the people of Israel could walk on dry ground to the other side. Pharoah again changes his m...

Today's daily bible reading comes from Exodus chapters 12 & 13 followed by 1st Thessalonians chapter 2.   In Exodus today we read about the final "plague" sent to Egypt, the killing of the firstborn. It is sad that the Egyptians had to suffer so much for the stubbornness of their king. But, God did warn them that they needed to let His people go.    The 2nd chapter of 1st Thessa...

Today's daily bible reading comes from the book of Exodus chapters 9, 10, & 11 followed by the start of a new book, 1 Thessalonians chapter 1.   In Exodus 9-11 we get almost all of the plagues described to us in detail. There is just one left that we will get to tomorrow. Can you imagine being a servant of Pharoah, witnessing the conversations he was having with Moses? It must have been d...

Today's daily bible reading comes from the book of Exodus chapters 7 & 8, followed by the concluding chapter of Mark, chapter 16.   In Exodus 7 & 8, we see the beginning of what is referred to as "The Ten Plagues". Because Pharoah had hardened his own heart, God doubles down on that and sends Moses and Aaron to try to convince him to "Let my people go" so they could serve Him. Pharoah...

Today's daily bible reading is from the book of Exodus chapters 4, 5, & 6.   In these chapters, we continue with the story of Moses whom God has chosen to return to Egypt to lead His people out of Egypt. Moses had been living for 40 years in Midian as a shepherd. Should we expect someone to be fully mature in their faith immediately when called? I think sometimes we give Moses a bad rap f...

New Book! Today's daily bible reading we begin a new book! The book of Exodus chapters 1, 2, & 3.   The word "exodus" means "a mass departure of people". That certainly describes the overall story of this book as we will see the people of Israel departing Egypt and heading towards the "Promise Land" aka the Land of Canaan.    In today's reading, we were introduced to Moses, who...

In today's daily bible reading, we finish the book of Isaiah with chapters 65 & 66, followed by the second-to-last chapter of Mark, chapter 15.   In the ending chapters of Isaiah, we see that God is promising to make a "new heavens and a new earth". While we don't fully understand this, it should at the bare minimum fill us with hope and fear. Fear because at the same time, He is also pro...

Today's daily bible reading comes from Isaiah chapters 62, 63, and 64 as well as Mark chapter 14.   Isaiah 62 is about Salvation!  Isaiah 63 is about God's vengeance followed by Mercy  Isaiah 64... I was moved by this very prayer-like chapter. In verses 5 through 9, an attitude about our sins is revealed. Recognizing our faults, our wrongdoings, and having the proper Godlike attitud...

Today's daily bible reading comes again from the book of Isaiah chapters 59, 60, and 61.    What do YOU think Isaiah was prophesying about? Heaven, the new Kingdom under Christ? I'd love to know your thoughts and insights about these chapters.

Today's daily bible reading comes from the book of Isaiah chapters 56, 57, and 58.  Here are some thoughts/takeaways.   Calling something holy, doesn’t make it holy. Aligning with God and HIS way will bring joy, peace, eternal rest, a relief or revival of the contrite heart, healing, restoration…  NOT aligning with God = No joy, no peace, no eternal rest, no relief, no healing, no r...