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02/07/2023 – Day 345 – Deuteronomy 26 – 28 // Under the section- “Follow the Lord’s commands”: Deuteronomy 26: 18 – 19 – Whoa!, I’m so thankful we Gentiles have been “grafted” in as God’s “people”.

“And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. He has …

02/06/2023 – Day 344 – Acts 23 – 24 // 23:5: Why did Paul feel the need to apologize for rebuking / insulting Ananias, the high priest?

It is rare that I single out just a few verses in commentary. The post for the last cycle was 04/26/2021 , a look at the overall scene before …

02/02/2023 – Day 340 – Psalm 140 – 142 // 142:4: Did David really believe that no human being was concerned for him?

David had multiple wives as candidates for empathy, a band of brother warriors that had his back, and on top of that he was a national hero. And how …

02/01/2023 – Day 339 – Nehemiah – Chapters 5 through 9 // National Confession of Sin

In Chapter eight, we are told that Ezra read the law of Moses to the people from daybreak until noon, with all people listening attentively. How many of us …

01/28/2024 – Day 335 – Malachi – Chapters 1 – 4 // “Believers today would be well to consider all they have as a stewardship responsibility from the Lord, asking Him what He would have them to to do with what He has given.” Apologetics Study Bible – Malachi Introduction

Once again, a repeat of one of my 24 memory verses that I repeat to myself over and over again:

‘For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall …

01/26/2023 – Psalms 137 – 139// Verses 139: 23 – 24 – A prayer perhaps to commit to memory, to be prayed daily… Prayer for a pure heart… a lifelong transformation process…

A critical question just came up between me and a brother in Christ: “What should we pray for?” So, I naturally decided to post back to this reading …

01/27/2023 – Day 334 – Ecclesiastes conclusion – Chapters 11 thru 12 // The conundrum between Romans 12:2, worshipping God with our minds and Ecclesiastes 11:5, being like little children, for such is the Kingdom of God.

“As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body was formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker …

01/22/2023 – Day 329 -2 Peter – Chapter 1 – 3 / Prophecy comes by way of men speaking from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit. (1: 20 – 21)

Last cycle for this reading, we covered two verses within Chapter 3, just search on “Day 329” to call that up

Chapter 1: 20 -21, with verse 21 highlighted: “First …