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08/25/2022 – Day 179 – Psalm 75 – 77 // Praying the Psalms // “Your ways, O God, are holy. What god is so great as our God?” Psalm 77:13

Soli Deo Gloria!

11/11/2020 – Day 178 – 1 Kings 19-22- “That there is a devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the devil!” Cotton Mather

Just one-quarter of adults (27%) are convinced that Satan is a real force. Even a minority of born again adults (40%) adopt that perspective according to the a George Barna …

08/22/2022 – Day 176 – Luke 15 -16 / A movie analogy to “The Parable of the Lost Sheep” and more…

Chapter 15 – The Parable of the Lost Sheep (15:1 – 15:7):

“Leaving the ninety nine with the hope of saving just one that is lost”: I haven’t heard references …

08/20/2022 – Day 174 – Ezekiel 7 – 12 -“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for they are a rebellious house.” Ezekiel 12:2

There is a Matthew Henry commentary and a D.L. Moody quote post for this same reading in the last cycle, dated 11/07/2020.

I will subdivide into chapters with …

08/18/2022 – Day 172 – Psalm 72 – 74 // Very different timeline between Psalm 72 and the other two.// No, God had not rejected his people forever as claimed in 74:1.

Psalm 72: I prefer quoting my commentator help, dedicated warriors that lived before me. But this is funny, because I am drawing from two commentators: Matthew Henry …

08/17/2022 – Day 171 – 1 Kings 14 – 18 // A succession of evil kings and Elijah appears on the scene.

As we read how the murderous spree of killing one evil king of Israel after another, murderer to be replaced by the next murderer, there is a total lack of …

08/15/2022 – Day 169 – Luke 13 – 14: tough stuff – Pointing to Romans 8:28 once again: “For those who love God all things work together for good.”

What a short parable on the non producing fig tree in 13: 6 through 13:8. The vineyard worker talks the owner into allowing one more year before cutting it …

08/12/2022 – Day 166 – Proverbs 4 – Matthew Henry concise commentary attached / personal reflective commentary

https://www.christianity.com/bible/commentary/matthew-henry-concise/proverbs/4

Solomon was indeed the only son for awhile of David and Bathsheeba. The first son died just after birth, followed by Solomon, then two younger brothers. So …

08/11/2022 – Day 165 – Psalms 69 – 71 / Psalm 71 Title: “God’s Help in Old Age” – Yes indeed, praying the psalms!

I am going to share with y’all some footnotes in my Evidence Bible that I found personally to be very helpful to a more throrough understanding. I enourage y’all …