"It is always best to start at the beginning"
Glinda spoke these words to Dorothy as she began her quest to see the Wizard of Oz. They make pretty good sense to me, especially here on the first day of 2014.
Today we endeavor to begin at the beginning with The Beginning. Nothing has impacted my understanding of God's Word like reading it in the order in which the events happened. My prayer for you this year is to understand God's Word like you never have before... even if this isn't the first time you have read the Bible chronologically. My prayer is for His Word to fall afresh on each of our hearts... That we become doers of The Word and not just hearers only... That God's Word sits on our hearts until our hearts break and His Word falls in. I am expecting us to grow together in Christ as family.. that at the end of this year, we have a love for one another that is unlike anything because we have journeyed together in Truth.
We begin our daily reading today and for those that are joining me on Sunday nights, we will meet this Sunday at 5pm. I invite you to participate as much as you can. If you can, read every day, join me on Sunday nights and check in on this blog when you can. If you can't do all three, participate as much as you can as often as you can. You WILL get behind on your reading. Why? Because life happens... if it's only a few days... try to catch up. If it's longer than a few days and you feel like you are too far behind and think you should give up, DON'T!! Start reading the day you are on. Go back and read if you can and if you can't, don't worry about it. It's better to keep going. If you don't finish your reading, still come to class. If you are only reading and following the blog and you find yourself with free time on a Sunday night, join us!!
"And let us not neglect our meeting together as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that The Day of His returning is near." Hebrews 10:25
I will teach from our reading each week, usually from Sunday to Saturday reading and I will try to post the reading for the week on Sunday nights. This week I will teach from today's reading through Saturday.
Here is your reading for this week, including Sunday.
Wednesday January 1, Genesis 1-3:24
Thursday January 2, Genesis 4:1-5:32; 1 Chronicles 1:1-4: Gen 6:1-22
Friday January 3, Genesis 7:1-10:5; 1 Chronicles 1:5-7; Gen 10:6-20; 1 Chron. 1:8-16;
Gen.10:21-30; 1 Chron 1:17-23; Gen. 10:31-32
Saturday January 4, Genesis 11:1-26; 1 Chronicles 1:24-27; Gen. 11:27- 14:24
Sunday January 5, Genesis 15:1-17:27
All throughout the Bible, God shows His desire to dwell with us, to be in relationship with us. The Bible consistently shows how God is all about making a way to dwell with us until we can dwell with Him. He dwelt with man and walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden. That is His desire. He has made a way for us. As we read His Word, focus on the fact that everything God does is to bring us into relationship with Him. Let's draw near to Him as He draws near to us.
And so it begins.....
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