Suggested Bible Reading: Job 1-5 This year I am reading through the Bible in a more chronological approach. It will seem a bit disjointed from time to time if you are following my reading schedule. However, I believe there are some tremendous benefits to following the events of scripture chronologically. You have no doubt heard…
Suggested Bible Reading: Genesis 1-3 Devotional Thought: I am so grateful for a God who is a God of excellence. It is interesting that at the end of every day God concluded that His work was good. The first day God created night and day and concluded that it was good. The second day God…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Zechariah 13-14; Luke 24 Devotional Thought: Title: “The Picture of Atonement” Zechariah 13 “In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.” (vs. 1) The prophet Isaiah preached, “And it shall come to pass in…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Zechariah 9-12; Luke 23 Devotional Thought: Title: “God Keeps His Promises” Zechariah 12 In this section of this great book of the Bible, Zechariah takes us to the end times. He describes the Gentile nations attacking Jerusalem, the Jews experiencing severe trials (the Tribulation Period), and then the Lord returning in…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Zechariah 1-4 Devotional Thought: Title: “God Uses Willing Vessels” Zechariah 1 Zechariah was a young man (2:4) when God called him to minister to the struggling Jewish remnant trying to rebuild their temple in the ruined city of Jerusalem. I remember peaching as a young preacher to people who had been…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Nehemiah 1-3; Luke 18 Devotional Thought: Title: “Prayer is a Priority” Nehemiah 1-2 I am concerned that too many Christians today are praying for someone to volunteer to serve the Lord, but are unwilling to raise their own hand. We have people praying that God would send a missionary to the…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Joshua 20-22; Luke 18 Devotional Thought: Title: “Prayer is a Privilege” Luke 18 In this chapter we find an emphasis being put on prayer by our Lord. “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;” (vs. 10)We have two…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Joshua 16-19 Devotional Thought: Title: “Don’t Be a Borderline Christian” Joshua had successfully completed the first half of his divine assignment: He had conquered the enemy and was in control of the land and the cities (Joshua 1). Now he had to fulfill the second part of his assignment and divide…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Joshua 10-12; Luke 16 Devotional Thought: Title: “The Unfaithful Steward” This parable has an interesting phrase that is somewhat hard to understand. It comes in verse 8, “And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Joshua 7-9; Luke 15 Devotional Thought: Title: “The Awful Pathway to Destruction” Joshua had made it clear in chapter 6 that God had cursed Jericho and that although God was going to give a clear victory, the soldiers were not to take anything from this cursed city. God said He would…