All You Need

What do you and I value most? What’s the minimum we need to find fulfillment in life?

Tents Large and Small

What does a tent have to do with God?

Top 10 Promises for 2012

What can we count on in 2012, even when things go wrong? Critics say it’s easy to have faith when we’re on top of the world. What about when we face a crisis?

New Beginnings

As this new year approached, I got interested in reading the Bible in chronological order, which is to say, the order in which the events of the books occurred in history. I also wanted to find a plan that scheduled readings for 6 days or fewer per week, because I’ve found over the years that it’s much easier to stay on schedule this way.

Here’s what I found:
http://www.bhpublishinggroup.com/readthebible/downloads/RBL-reading-plan.pdf

I’m using the Good News Bible (GNB) because it’s the version we gave to our young grandkids for Christmas this year.

My plans are to post here no more than once a week, unless of course I get so excited about something that I just have to share it. The verse that jumped out to me today, as I read the creation story, was: “And so the whole universe was completed.” (Genesis 2:1 (GNB) I could meditate on this all day.

What is your plan for Bible reading this year? May the Lord bless you as you read, whichever system you follow!

The Incomparable Ending

Readers who crave story Endings that surprise yet make sense, that tie recurring themes together, and that reveal the outcomes of the characters, while hinting at the future, will find

December Bible Quiz

Test your knowledge of this week’s reading by filling in the blanks. May these verses encourage you!

1. “Not by might, nor by power, but by my _ _ _ _ _ _,” saith the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6b, KJV)

2. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your _ _ _ _ is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, humble, and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. (Zechariah 9:9, NASB)

3. Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning; and the Lord GOD will blow the _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and will march in the storm winds of the south. (Zechariah 9:14, NASB)

4. The other disciples were saying to him [Thomas], “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my _ _ _ _ into His side, I will not believe.” (John 20:25)

5. Later, when Jesus appeared and Thomas fell at his feet, Jesus said, “Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” (John 20:29, KJV)

6. And many other _ _ _ _ _ truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: (John 20:30, KJV)

7. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the _ _ _ _ _ _, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. (John 20:31, KJV)

8. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ reigneth. (Revelation 19:6, KJV)

9. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ _.” (Revelation 19:16, NASB)

10. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the _ _ _ _ of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:15)

The Ultimate Superhero?

Who’s “faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?”