For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 16 Random thought for the day…The women went to the tomb seeking Jesus. They knew there was an obstacle in their way. ...
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Y2 Day 140 – Mark 15; 2 Sam 13-14Y2 Day 140 – Mark 15; 2 Sam 13-14
Mark 15 Read this chapter slowly and imagine being there. How does it make you feel? I have been thinking a lot lately about when and how we are to judge others. I believe it ...
Y2 Day 139 – Mark 14; 2 Sam 11-12; Ps 60Y2 Day 139 – Mark 14; 2 Sam 11-12; Ps 60
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 14 Why did Jesus institute the Lord’s Supper? Why is it important to you? Get some elements and share the Lord’s Supper ...
Y2 Day 138 – Mark 13; 2 Sam 9-10Y2 Day 138 – Mark 13; 2 Sam 9-10
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 13 Look at v. 5-8. Why did Jesus start with this warning? How can you avoid being deceived? In this chapter, Jesus ...
Y2 Day 137 – Mark 12; 2 Sam 7-8; Ps 59Y2 Day 137 – Mark 12; 2 Sam 7-8; Ps 59
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 12 A funny thing about human nature is that we constantly seek what we already have. Satan told Eve in the Garden ...
Y2 Day 136 – Mark 11; 2 Sam 5-6Y2 Day 136 – Mark 11; 2 Sam 5-6
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 11 So it occurred to me at some point that, in the Bible, the fig tree is often a symbol for Israel. ...
Y2 Day 135 – Mark 10; 2 Sam 3-4; Ps 58Y2 Day 135 – Mark 10; 2 Sam 3-4; Ps 58
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 10 Look closely at Jesus’ answer to the question about divorce. What does He base His answer upon? How does this affect ...
Y2 Day 134 – Mark 9; 2 Sam 1-2Y2 Day 134 – Mark 9; 2 Sam 1-2
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 9 There are a lot of things in the Bible that I don’t understand. I am not alone in that human condition, ...
Y2 Day 133 – Mark 8; 1 Sam 29-31; Ps 57Y2 Day 133 – Mark 8; 1 Sam 29-31; Ps 57
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 8 What does it mean to you to lose your life for the gospel in order to save it? (v. 34-35) I ...
Y2 Day 132 – Mark 7; 1 Sam 27-28Y2 Day 132 – Mark 7; 1 Sam 27-28
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 7 Analyze Jesus’ criticism of the Pharisees? Which of these problems are still common for religious people? There is nothing wrong with ...
Y2 Day 131 – Mark 6; 1 Sam 25-26; Ps 56Y2 Day 131 – Mark 6; 1 Sam 25-26; Ps 56
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 6 When Jesus went to His hometown, “He could not do any miracles there, except lay His hands on a few sick ...
Y2 Day 130 – Mark 5; 1 Sam 23-24Y2 Day 130 – Mark 5; 1 Sam 23-24
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 5 In this passage there was a young girl who died. She had an encounter with Jesus, and then she lived. There ...
Y2 Day 129 – Mark 4; 1 Sam 21-22; Prov 11Y2 Day 129 – Mark 4; 1 Sam 21-22; Prov 11
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 4 Note that three of the four places the farmer’s seed fell received it. Yet only one of the three endured; only ...
Y2 Day 128 – Mark 3; 1 Sam 19-20Y2 Day 128 – Mark 3; 1 Sam 19-20
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 3 In the story of healing on the Sabbath (v. 1-6), what was important to the Pharisees? To Jesus? What is most ...
Y2 Day 127 – Mark 2; 1 Sam 17-18; Ps 55Y2 Day 127 – Mark 2; 1 Sam 17-18; Ps 55
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 2 Jesus made the statement, “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Mark 2:17b). The irony in that statement is ...
Y2 Day 126 – Mark 1; 1 Sam 15-16Y2 Day 126 – Mark 1; 1 Sam 15-16
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Mark 1 What was Jesus’ message? (See v. 14-15). What does that mean and how does it affect you? We don’t have to ...
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 ...