Deut. 11-13 With all the amazing things the people of Israel saw God do for them and with all the amazing promises He gave them for good, to take care of them and prosper them, ...
Day 86 – Deut 8-10; Luke 4:1-30Day 86 – Deut 8-10; Luke 4:1-30
Deut. 8-10 Deut. 9 makes it very clear that God did not bless the people of Israel because of their righteousness. He blessed them to set them apart, because He chose them. Starting with Abram, ...
Day 85 – Deut 5-7; Luke 3Day 85 – Deut 5-7; Luke 3
Deut. 5-7 How do we keep our primary focus on God in a world full of distractions? I mean, we have to live, right? We have to eat and earn an income and take care ...
Day 84 – Deut 3-4; Luke 2:25-52Day 84 – Deut 3-4; Luke 2:25-52
Deut. 3-4 I love this statement from Moses to God in Deut. 3:24 – “O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand.” Very few men saw ...
Day 83 – Deut 1-2; Luke 2:1-24Day 83 – Deut 1-2; Luke 2:1-24
Deut. 1-2 So, it was the people’s idea to send scouts into the land before going in to take it. I can agree that there is some wisdom in seeing what you are getting into ...
Day 82 – Num 34-36; Luke 1:57-80Day 82 – Num 34-36; Luke 1:57-80
Num. 34-36 God is pretty adamant about the land that was given to each tribe staying within that specific tribe – there are several laws dealing with this. I wonder why? What is the significance ...
Day 81 – Num 31-33; Luke 1:39-56Day 81 – Num 31-33; Luke 1:39-56
Num. 31-33 It seems there is more to the story of Balaam that what was told a few chapters ago, and it seems that, although God spoke to Balaam, Balaam was not exactly a man ...
Day 80 – Num 28-30; Luke 1:21-38Day 80 – Num 28-30; Luke 1:21-38
Num. 28-30 Chapter 30 seems to go along with the thought that man is to woman as Christ is to His Church. It states that any man that a woman ‘belongs’ to – whether her ...
Day 79 – Num 26-27; Luke 1:1-20Day 79 – Num 26-27; Luke 1:1-20
Num. 26-27 So when God swallowed up the three rebels who rose up against Moses and Aaron, for some reason He did not take the sons of Korah – one of the three men. The ...
Day 78 – Num 23-25; Mark 16Day 78 – Num 23-25; Mark 16
Num. 23-25 Balaam repeatedly told Balak that he could only say what the LORD put in his mouth to say. When he repeated this after his third blessing on the people of Israel, he added ...
Day 77 – Num 20-22; Mark 15: 26-47Day 77 – Num 20-22; Mark 15: 26-47
Num. 20-22 Moses was set up!! Why did God tell him to take the staff if all He wanted Moses to do was to speak to the rock? But God did not tell them, “you ...
Day 76 – Num 17-19; Mark 15:1-25Day 76 – Num 17-19; Mark 15:1-25
Num. 17-19 I love this – overnight, Aaron’s staff goes from being a dead stick to bearing ripe almonds!! Tell me my God can’t do anything! And if He can give this kind of life ...
Day 75 – Num 15-16; Mark 14:54-72Day 75 – Num 15-16; Mark 14:54-72
Num. 15-16 Moses and Aaron continued to plead and to act on behalf of an ungrateful, accusing, complaining people. To me, this makes Moses an image of Christ (like Joseph was), in that we humans ...
Day 74 – Num 12-14; Mark 14:27-53Day 74 – Num 12-14; Mark 14:27-53
Num. 12-14 I wonder why only Miriam was struck with disease? Perhaps she was the one who was really doing the complaining, or at least instigated it. Moses was indeed meek – he never craved ...
Day 73 – Num 9-11; Mark 14:1-25Day 73 – Num 9-11; Mark 14:1-25
Num. 9-11 I love that some of the men in this passage approached God, wanting to be able to bring their offering before Him for Passover, but being unclean through no fault of their own. ...
Day 72 – Num 7-8; Mark 13:21-37Day 72 – Num 7-8; Mark 13:21-37
Num. 7-8 Really not much to say here except that, wow – that’s a bunch of animals! Mark 13:21-37 “Stay awake.” A comment in the Bible that always scares me, because I don’t stay awake ...
Day 71 – Num 5-6; Mark 13:1-20Day 71 – Num 5-6; Mark 13:1-20
Num. 5-6 Once again, it strikes me how impossible it is for any of us to stay pure by our own power. Mark 13:1-20 “But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” (Mark ...
Day 70 – Num 3-4; Mark 12:28-44Day 70 – Num 3-4; Mark 12:28-44
Num. 3-4 I have noted before that I believe the Israelites are a representation of all of God’s people – of us. Well, it seems to me that the Levites are to the Israelites as ...
Day 69 – Num 1-2; Mark 12:1-27Day 69 – Num 1-2; Mark 12:1-27
Num. 1-2 603,550 men from the age of 20 and up…That is somewhere between the size of Colorado Springs and Denver. Of course, this number did not include any females or boys under 20 or ...
Day 68 – Lev 26-27; Mark 11:19-33Day 68 – Lev 26-27; Mark 11:19-33
Lev 26-27 Why are we humans never satisfied? It seems we never have enough; we always want more. Adam and Eve had everything they could possibly need or want in the Garden of Eden, with ...
Day 67 – Lev 25; Mark 11:1-18Day 67 – Lev 25; Mark 11:1-18
Lev. 25 Not much to say except that this chapter really seems to stress the thought that everything we think we own really belongs to God and that it is important for us to remember ...
Day 66 – Lev 23-24; Mark 10:32-52Day 66 – Lev 23-24; Mark 10:32-52
Lev 23-24 My Bible study group did a study a good while back on the Feasts of the LORD (there are seven). It was fascinating. The feasts are a roadmap of God’s redemptive plan for ...
Day 65 – Lev 21-22; Mark 10:1-31Day 65 – Lev 21-22; Mark 10:1-31
Lev 21-22 God’s laws seem awfully harsh sometimes – in stark contrast to the merciful that we know God is. Paul says in Romans that the law was given that our sin might be made ...
Day 64 – Lev 19-20; Mark 9:30-50Day 64 – Lev 19-20; Mark 9:30-50
Lev. 19-20 I just want to mention, before I get to my main thought, that this is the second time God has mentioned not being partial to the poor in court. I note this because ...
Day 63 – Lev 17-18; Mark 9:1-29Day 63 – Lev 17-18; Mark 9:1-29
Lev. 17-18 Just two…okay, three, quick thoughts from this reading. First, I note how God repeatedly stresses that the laws and the ways He has for His people are different from the cultures around them. ...
Day 62 – Lev 15-16; Mark 8:22-38Day 62 – Lev 15-16; Mark 8:22-38
Lev. 15-16 Reading through these laws, it’s hard not to notice that there are so many things that render a person unclean! Leviticus chapter 15, concerning the bodily discharges, also makes me realize that it ...
Day 61 – Lev 14; Mark 8:1-21Day 61 – Lev 14; Mark 8:1-21
Lev. 14 Yeah…I thought the laws for declaring leprosy were complex!! Turns out, being declared clean ain’t no easy thing either! I still feel like all those details must have some significant meaning, I just ...
Day 60 – Lev 13; Mark 7:14-37Day 60 – Lev 13; Mark 7:14-37
Lev. 13 I still don’t get all these detailed laws. What’s up with the heavy focus on leprous diseases? A brief search on the issue suggested two possibilities. One is that leprosy is a very ...
Day 59 – Lev 11-12; Mark 7:1-13Day 59 – Lev 11-12; Mark 7:1-13
Lev. 11-12 This business of clean and unclean is laborious! And I must admit, as with most of the other very detailed laws, I do not understand it. Something did occur to me this morning, ...
Day 58 – Lev 8-10; Mark 6:30-56Day 58 – Lev 8-10; Mark 6:30-56
Lev. 8-10 At the end of chapter 10, Aaron does not do as he was commanded. He and his remaining sons refused their portion of the sin offering for the people and they did not ...