Tag: Christianity

Today´s reading:
OT: Malachi 1-2
NT: Revelation 21
Ps: Psalm 149
Pr: Proverbs 31:10-24

Today´s notable verse:

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

Proverbs 31:10 (NIV)

The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today, which asks for reflections from the past year of One-Year-Bible blogging. I’ll make those reflections tomorrow, as part of wrapping up the year and beginning the journey again. (I’ll also announce what I hope will be an interesting twist on my OYB blogging approach for 2007.)

Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 14
NT: Revelation 20
Ps: Psalm 148
Pr: Proverbs 31:8-9

Today´s notable verse:

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

Proverbs 31:8 (NIV)

God has always been concerned with the welfare of the less fortunate, and He has charged His followers with caring for the needs of the needy and advocating for those unable to advocate for themselves – because all human life is equally sacred and equally valuable. It is the same principle found in the Declaration of Independence, and upon which the founders of this country based their argument for severance from tyranny:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…”

The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today.

Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 12-13
NT: Revelation 19
Ps: Psalm 147
Pr: Proverbs 31:1-7

Today´s notable verse:

I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war.

Revelation 19:11 (NIV)

The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today.

Posted December 31, 2006; back-dated.

Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 10-11
NT: Revelation 18
Ps: Psalm 146
Pr: Proverbs 30:33

Today´s notable verse:

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God

Psalm 146:5 (NIV)

The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today.

Posted December 31, 2006; back-dated.

Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 9
NT: Revelation 17
Ps: Psalm 145
Pr: Proverbs 30:32

Today´s notable verse:

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.

Psalm 145:13 (NIV)

The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today.

Posted December 31, 2006; back-dated.

Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 8
NT: Revelation 16
Ps: Psalm 144
Pr: Proverbs 30:29-31

Today´s notable verse:

…blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

Psalm 144:15 (NIV)

The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today.

Posted December 31, 2006; back-dated.

Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 6-7
NT: Revelation 15
Ps: Psalm 143
Pr: Proverbs 30:24-28

Today´s notable verse:

⁹ This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. ¹⁰ Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other.’

Zechariah 7:9-10 (NIV)

Rather than fasts or feasts, God wants sacrifices of mercy and compassion. In this Word we have a glimpse of the Higher Calling of the Gospel: it is not merely enough to act in love toward others, but rather we must think in love toward others. God is more concerned with our inward state, since what is internal bears that which is seen externally.

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Psalm 143:10 (NIV)

The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today.

Posted December 31, 2006; back-dated.

Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 4-5
NT: Revelation 14
Ps: Psalm 142
Pr: Proverbs 30:21-23

Today´s notable verses:

So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.

Zechariah 4:6 (NIV)

Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit – what was true for Zerubbabel then is true for us today. Let us remember that everything we accomplish is done so by neither our own might nor our own power, but by the Holy Spirit working within and through us.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

Revelation 14:13 (NIV)

Christians truly have no need to fear death, because for us death brings an end to earthly labor and strife and the beginning of our rest in the presence of God – for all eternity.

The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today.

Posted December 30, 2006; back-dated.

Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 2-3
NT: Revelation 13
Ps: Psalm 141
Pr: Proverbs 30:18-20

Today´s notable verse:

Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.

Psalm 141:3 (NIV)

The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today.

Posted December 30, 2006; back-dated.

Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 1
NT: Revelation 12:1-17
Ps: Psalm 140
Pr: Proverbs 30:17

Today´s notable verse:

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

Revelation 12:11 (NIV)

The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today.