Fine Art America .<click about a week ago. I already sold a print of  "Dad's ship"!   That was fast and a surprise! Ok...that is all...carry on....dismissed. 

Two years ago, a friend, in her blog, asked the question, "What do you believe?"  I answered and typed here exactly what was in my heart. I've been working on this for 3 days.

I would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas.

Sincerely,
Gail

Day 274 --- Luke 1 John 1:1-14 (read Nov 28, 2010)
Day 275 --- Matthew 1 - Luke 2:1-38 (read Nov 28, 2010)
Day 276 --- Matthew 2 - Luke 2:39-52 (Read Dec 12, 2010)
Day 277 --- Mark 1 - Luke 3 -Jesus family tree, Matthew 3 (read Dec 12,2010)
Day 278 --- John 1:15-51 - Matthew 4 - Luke 4-5  (read Dec 12,2010
Day 279 --- John 2-4  (read Dec.12 2010)
Day 280 --- Mark 2 (read Dec 12 2010)
Day 281 --- John 5 (read Jan 10,2011) Accused of breaking the sabbath
Day 282 --- Mark 3 - Luke 6 - Matthew 12:1-21 (read Jan 10,2011)whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin. Jesus waas accused of healing gleaning the field and healing on the Sabbath. Jesus chose his 12 disciples.
Day 283 --- Matthew 5-7 (Read Jan 10, 2011Day 284 --- Luke 7 - Matthew 8:1-13 (Read Jan 10, 2011)
Day 285 --- Matthew 11 (Read Jan 19, 2011)
Day 286 --- Luke 11 - Matthew 12:22-50 (Read Jan 19, 2011) luke 11 1 lords prayerMatthew 12  36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.
Day 287 --- Luke 8 - Matthew 13 (Read Jan 19, 2011) Luke 8 parable of the sower of  seeds, the lamp, the calmed storm, legions of demons cast out of man and into pigs thar ran into a lake and was drowned, jesus raises a dead 12 year old girl and heals the woman with issue of blood for 12 yearsMatthew 13 The parable of the sower again. The Parable of the Weeds, The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast. The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl. The Parable of the Net. Everything he said was spoke in parables. When he went to his hometown,v58 says  58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.
Day 288 --- Mark 4-5 - Matthew 8:14-34 (Read Jan 19, 2011) Mark 4: 33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.  40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” Mark 5 Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man
Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman.  Matthew 8:14-34 Jesus heals many.
Day 289 --- Matthew 9-10 (Read Jan 19, 2011) Matthew 9  Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man  The Calling of Matthew. About Fasting. Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute. Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. Matthew 10 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve. Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
Day 290 --- Mark 6 - Luke 9:1-17 - Matthew 14 (read Jan 24 2011)Mark 6 Jesus not honored in his own hometown.. Jesus Sends Out the Twelve to teach and heal.. John the Baptist Beheaded. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand with only 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. Jesus Walks on the Water Luke 9:1-17Jesus Sends Out the Twelve. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand. Matthew 14John the Baptist Beheaded. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand. Jesus Walks on the Water. Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water but became afraid and started sinking.
Day 291 --- John 6  (read Jan 27, 2011) Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand. Jesus Walks on the Water. Jesus explains that HE is the Bread of Life 66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. He told his twelve disciples that one of them was a devil (meaning Judas who would betray him)
Day 292 --- Mark 7 - Matthew 15 Mark 7 (read Jan 27, 2011)Pharisees accused Jesus because he didn't wash his hands before he ate. He eplained that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? 19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.) Jesus Honors a Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith. Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man. Matthew also tells the miracle of feeding the multitude.
Day 293 --- Mark 8 - Luke 9:18-27 - Matthew 16   (read Jan 27, 2011) Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand. Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah. Jesus Predicts His Death 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? The pharasees and sadducees demand for a Sign
Day 294 --- Mark 9 - Luke 9:28-62 - Matthew 17  (read Jan 27, 2011)2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. He appeared with Moses and Elijah and talked to them. Jesus Heals a Boy Possessed by an Impure Spirit. Get rid of what makes you sin. The Cost of Following Jesus 57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
Mat 17;28 Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”26 Jesus tells Peter to get money out of a fishes mouth to pay a tax.
Day 295 --- Matthew 18 (read Feb. 3, 2011)
Day 296 --- John 7-8 (read Feb. 3, 2011)
Day 297 --- John 9:1-10:21 (read Feb. 3, 2011)
Day 298 --- John 10:22-42 - Luke 10-11  (read Feb. 5, 2011)
Day 299 --- Luke 12-13  (read Feb. 5, 2011)
Day 300 --- Luke 14-15 (read Feb. 5, 2011
Day 301 --- Luke 16:1-17:10 (read Feb. 6, 2011)
Day 302 --- John 11 (read Feb. 6, 2011)
Day 303 --- Luke 17:11-18:14 (read Feb. 8, 2011)
Day 304 --- Mark 10 - Matthew 19 (read Feb. 8, 2011)Mark 10; 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Day 305 --- Matthew 20-21 (read Feb. 8, 2011)
Day 306 --- Luke 18:15-19:48  (read Feb. 22, 2011)
Day 307 --- Mark 11 - John 12  (read Feb. 22, 2011)mark 11;24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
Day 308 --- Mark 12 - Matthew 22  (read Feb. 22, 2011) mat29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. ( gg note~not 72 virgins for muslim men)
Day 309 --- Luke 20-21 - Matthew 23 (read Feb. 23, 2011)
Day 310 --- Mark 13 (read Feb. 23, 2011) gg note~Mark writes what Jesus tells his diciples what it will be like near and at the end of time.************
Day 311 --- Matthew 24 (read Feb. 23, 2011) Matthew writes what Jesus tells his diciples what it will be like near and at the end of time.************
Day 312 --- Matthew 25 (read Feb 23, 2011)The Parable of the Ten Virgins, The Parable of the Bags of Gold, SEPARATING the sheep from he goats.
Day 313 --- Mark 14 - Matthew 26 (read Feb 24, 2011)  Mark 14 =Jesus Anointed at Bethany1-11,The Last Supper 12-26, Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial27-31, Jesus prays at Gethsemane for the cup to pass if it is Gods will.32-42 ,Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss43-52, Jesus goes Before the Sanhedrin Pilate and Herod and they hit Him 53-65,Peter Denied knowing Jesus 66-72.
Day 314 --- John 13 - Luke 22 (read Feb 24, 2011)John =Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet1-17, luke  ³⁶ He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him
Day 315 --- John 14-17 (read Feb 24, 2011)John 17 Jesus Prays for us Believers 20-26
Day 316 --- Mark 15 - Matthew 27 (read Feb 24, 2011) Mark 15  Pilate released barabas, as was custom. had Jesus beat/whipped/flogged and He was mocked and was made to wear a crown of thorns. v 21-32The Crucifixion, death and burial  of Jesus Matthew 27  Judas Hangs Himself 3-5,   30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31 After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and[e] went into the holy city and appeared to many people. 54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”  62-66The Guard at the Tomb
Day 317 --- John 18-19 - Luke 23 (read Mar 05, 2011)
Day 318 --- Mark 16 - Matthew 28 (read Mar 05, 2011) He is risen. Finishes Matthew, Mark 
Day 319 --- John 20-21 - Luke 24 (read Mar 05, 2011) Finishes Luke, John
Day 320 --- Acts 1-3 (read Mar 11 2011)
Day 321 --- Acts 4-6   (read Mar 13, 2011) Acts 4Peter and John Before the Sanhedri The Believers Pray  The Believers Share Their Possessions  Acts 5  Ananias and Sapphira  The Apostles Heal Many  The Apostles Persecuted   Acts 6  The Choosing of the Seven  Stephen Seized
 Day 322 --- Acts 7-8  (read Mar 13, 2011) 7 Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin   The Stoning of Stephen   Acts 8   The Church Persecuted and Scattered   hilip in Samaria  imon the Sorcerer
Philip and the Ethiopian
Day 323 --- Acts 9-10 (read Mar 14, 2011) Acts 9 Sauls conversion: Saul was on who persecuted christians.  Jesus sent Ananias to make Saul see again. Saul was baptized. Saul in Damascus and JerusalemAeneas and Dorcas Peter raised Dorcus/Tabatha from the dead. Acts 10 Cornelius Calls for Peter Peter’s Vision Peter at Cornelius’s House
Day 324 --- Acts 11-12 (read April 12,2011)
Day 325 --- Acts 13-14   (read April 12,2011)Acts 13  v41 “‘Look, you scoffers,wonder and perish, for I am going to do something in your days   that you would never believe,    even if someone told you.
Day 326 --- James 1-5 (Read April 18, 2011)  james 1; v19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.  26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. James 2; 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone. 26 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. James 3 Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. James 4  7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.james 5 12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.20  Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
Finishes James
Day 327 --- Acts 15-16( Read May 17, 2011)
Day 328 --- Galatians 1-3 ( Read May 17, 2011)
Day 329 --- Galatians 4-6 ( Read May 17, 2011)
Finishes Galatians
Day 330 --- Acts 17:1-18:18 ( Read May 29 2011)
Day 331--- 1 Thessalonians 1-5 - 2 Thessalonians 1-3  ch 4 v¹¹ and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, ¹² so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. ¹³ Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. ¹⁴ For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. ¹⁵ According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. ¹⁸ Therefore encourage one another with these words.  ch 5 v ¹ Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, ² for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³ While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.  1 thes ch5 Stay sober, watch for His return Thes 2/3 warns against idolness. Finishes Thessalonians 2 & 2
Day 332 --- Acts 18:19-19:41 (read June 28,2011)
Day 333 --- 1 Corinthians 1-4 1 Corinthians 1
 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:  3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Thanksgiving 4 I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5 For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— 6 God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. 7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. A Church Divided Over Leaders10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. 11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas[b]”; still another, “I follow Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:  “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;   the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[c] 20 Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22 Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.  26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.  1 Corinthians 2
 1 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[e] 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.  God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit 6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 However, as it is written: 
   “What no eye has seen,   what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”[f]—   the things God has prepared for those who love him—  10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.  The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[g] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, 16 for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 3 v4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings? 5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.  16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.1 Corinthians 4
 3 I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4 My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart The Nature of True Apostleship 9 We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. 12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world
Day 334 --- 1 Corinthians 5-8 (read June 0,2011)  1 Corinthians 6 5 I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? 6 But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers! 7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? 8 Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[e] 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6 v1But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.
Day 335 --- 1 Corinthians 9-11 ( read July 1, 2011)1 Corinthians 10 9 We should not test Christ,[d] as some of them did—and were killed by snakes (snake handlers?) 13 No temptation[e] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted[f] beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,[g] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons. 25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, 26 for, "The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it." (meat eaters / vegetarians) 29 For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for? (freedom to pray thanksgiving to God)1 Corinthians 11 2 the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man,[a] and the head of Christ is God. & 7 A man ought not to cover his head,[b] since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; 9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. (the order of women and men)
Day 336 --- 1 Corinthians 12-14  (read July 3, 2011) 1 Corinthians 12 Different people have different gifts, just like different parts of the body have different jobs 1 Corinthians 13 v4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails.
Day 337 --- 1 Corinthians 15-16  ch15 v33 Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character 50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.. (spiritual body raised) Finishes 1 Cor.
Day 338 --- 2 Corinthians 1-4  (read July 4, 2011) 2 Corinthians 1 v3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God 8 We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers12 Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.2 Corinthians 2 2 For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved? 4 For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you. 2 Corinthians 4 v8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal
Day 339 --- 2 Corinthians 5-9 (read July 5, 2011) 2 Corinthians 9 v.6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
Day 340 --- 2 Corinthians 10-13  (read July 5, 2011) 2 Corinthians 11 5 I do not think I am in the least inferior to those "super-apostles."[c] 6 I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge.12 And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. 2 Corinthians 12 v7 I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.Finishes 2 Cor
Day 341 --- Romans 1-3 - Acts 20:1-3 (read July 6, 2011)Romans 1 v.26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. (homosexual) 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. (and supporters) 1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.(those who judge them)
Day 342 --- Romans 4-7 (read July 7, 2011) Romans 5 v3 Not only so, but we[c] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us .20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, Romans 6 v1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[e] Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 7 v2 by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. 3 So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man. 4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law (moses/abraham law) through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. 21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature[i] a slave to the law of sin
Day 343 --- Romans 8-10  Romans 8-10 (read July 9, 2011) Romans 8 v1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you[a] free from the law of sin and death.16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose.31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 9 16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. 17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.". 33 As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame." Romans 10 v9 If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, "Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame."[ac] 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Day 344 --- Romans 11-13 (read July 10, 2011) Romans 11: v18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. 19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in." 20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.v25 Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, 26 and in this way[e] all Israel will be saved.9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.[n] Do not be conceited. 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"[o] says the Lord. 20 On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."[p] 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.Romans 13 v1 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. 6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. 7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. 8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law
Day 345 --- Romans 14-16  (read July 11, 2011) Romans 14 1 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.  10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 11 It is written:  "‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’" 12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. 22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. Romans 15 v2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.Romans 16 v17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. Finishes Romans
Day 346 --- Acts 20:4-23:35 (read July 13, 2011)"It is said to be that the author of the Gospel of Luke is the same as the author of the Acts of the Apostles.[1] Tradition holds that the text was written by Luke the companion of Paul" ~wikipediach20 v7 While Paul was talking Eutychus fell asleep and fell out an upstairs window. He lived. 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ "ch 21 Paul left on his way to Jerusalem. They begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem because it was prophesied that he would be tied up/ bound up there. In Jerusalem, Paul was attacked by mobs of people that said he had defiled the temple and was teaching against the "law". CH 22 Paul was granted permission to speak to the people so from the steps he told them how he had persecuted the christians and how God came to him and he was changed and what God wanted him to do. The people still said to to do away with him. ACTS ch 23 He was taken before the Sanhedrin court. The Pharisees found nothing wrong with him. Some of the Jews plotted to kill Paul but his sisters son overheard the plot and told the commander. He was transferred to Caesarea. He was kept under guard in Herod's palace
Day 347 --- Acts 24-26 (read July 14, 2011) Paul defends himself before Felix. Felix leaves office and leaves Paul in prison, leaving him as a favor to the jews.  Paul stands before King Agrippa and tells him how he once percuted the Christians. and how a light shone around him and the others he was with and how Jesus called him to service. They decided that Paul could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.
Day 348 --- Acts 27-28 (read July 15 2011) Paul was put on a ship to Rome to stand before Caesar. A hurricane tossed the ship and it eventually ended up on a sand bar near a sandy beach. Later they found it was called Malta. God spoke to Paul on the ship and told him that they would all be alright.The islanders were kind to them from the ship. They built a fire and Paul was putting some wood on and a snake came out and bit him. The islanders said that Paul must be a murderer for this to happen to him. But when his hand didn't swell or he didn't get sick or die, they decided he must be a god. Paul healed a person there and the natives brought their sick to him and he healed them. After 3 months they borded a ship that had wintered over there. When they got to Rome there were people who had heard that Paul was coming and went to meet them. He was thankful for that. 30 For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. 31 He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!Finishes Acts
Day 349 --- Philemon 1 - Colossians 1-4 (read July 18 2011)  Philemon 1  A letter to the Philemon telling them to take in Onesimus. Also to prepare a guestroom for himself because he was coming back in answer to their prayers. Colossians 1-4 to the holy people in Colossae. ch2 6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 21 "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship,1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 12 clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.  19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.  21 Fathers do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are servin Finishes Collosians, Philemon
Day 350 --- Ephesians 1-6  (read July 19, 2011) c1 v 13 you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,Eph 2 v8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. Eph 3 Paul talks to the Gentiles (non Jews).Eph 4 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming 26 "In your anger do not sin"[l]: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need. 29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Eph 5 3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit 31 " a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband Eph 6 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 "so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth." 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, We shouldn't treat those with less power ......9 Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him. Finishes Ephesians
Day 351 --- Philippians 1-4 (July 20, 2011) 1 v7 I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. v28 without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God. 29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, 2 v3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others 8. (Jesus).he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,  11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord v24 and I may have less anxiety (Paul worried and suffered from anxiety) 3 15 All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.4 v6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8. whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. v12 I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Finishes Phillipians
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1 Timothy 1-6 (read July 21, 2011) 1 v1 Paul v2 To Timothy. command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer 4 or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work. 7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.v9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. ch2 v1 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives. 8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. 9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. 11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 Paul does not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;[b] she must be quiet ch3 Gives the qualifications of being a pastor and deacons and their wives in a church.ch4 says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. train yourself to be godly. 8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. 12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. 15 Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. 16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. ch5 1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family. 8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.(deadbeat dads etc ?) 9 No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, 10 and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.14 So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.16 If any woman who is a believer has widows in her care, she should continue to help them and not let the church be burdened with them. 23 Paul told Timothy " Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of his stomach and his frequent illnesses. ch6 False Teachers and the Love of Money 10 For the love of money is a root of all evil. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, 21 which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith.Finishes 1 Tim
Day 353 --- Titus 1-3  (read July 25,2011) Titus 1 Paul writes to Titus v16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good Titus 2 v7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness 8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.v10 make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.Titus 3 v10 Warn a divisive person (divisive [dɪˈvaɪsɪv] adj 1. causing or tending to cause disagreement or dissension) once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them. v11 You may be sure that such people are warped and sinful; they are self-condemned. 14 Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives Finishes Titus |
Day 354 --- 1 Peter 1-5  (read July 25,2011)1 Peter 1The first letter from Peter. v6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.1 Peter 2 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 22 "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.. 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.1 Peter 3 1 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, 6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. 7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing 10."Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. 11 They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."15 be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander1 Peter 4 3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. 5 But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.  Finishes 1 Peter
Day 355 --- Hebrews 1-6 (read July 28, 2011)  v1  A letter to the hebrews. v4Christ higher than the angels.v14 Angels are ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation 3 v15 As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts
Day 356 --- Hebrews 7-10 (read July 30, 2011) Explains how the blood of Christ took the place of the ceremonial sacrifices in the old days. ch 10 (I like this one a lot:) 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. 35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
Day 357 --- Hebrews 11-13 (read July 31,2011) ch11 Explains faith. ..tells about he faith of different people in the old testiment. ch 12 v7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.ch13 v4 God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you."6 So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?" 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Finishes Hebrews
Day 358 --- 2 Timothy 1-4 (read August 2, 2011) He tells his son Timothy to not be ashamed of the gospel or of him who is a prisoner because of the Lord.2 Timothy 214 Keep reminding God’s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. 16 Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness." 23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone,2 Timothy 3 1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.2 Timothy 4 v2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. Finishes 2 Tim

Jude 1 - 2 Peter 1-3 ( (read August 4, 2011) Jude 1 Letter from Jude v7 Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire 22 Be merciful to those who doubt

2 Peter 1-3 The second letter from Peter. 2 Peter 1 v5 (tells how to be effective) .... make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ( goodness knowledge self-control perseverance, godliness mutual affection love) 12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. 13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,2 Peter 21 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them 9 the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 10 Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; 12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand2 Peter 3 3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance 11 That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.  13His ( Pauls ) letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. Finishes Jude & 2 Peter

Day 360 -1 John 1-5 (read August 7, 2011) The first letter from John: 1 John 1 v8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9. I f we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 2 v11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[f] is not in them.17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 1 John 3 v7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 1 John 4 v1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichris v9t He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. (could also be said for husband/wife relations i would think) 21 Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. 1 John 5 v3 And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 10 Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 14 if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
Finishes 1 John
Day 361 2 John 1 - 3 John 1  (read August 8, 2011) 2 John 1 v7 I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. 9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

Day 362 --- Revelation 1-5   (read August 10, 2011) Revelation 1 An angel was sent you John and the angel told him what was soon to take place. (the revelation of oth end of all time).7 "Look, he is coming with the clouds,"and "every eye will see him, even those who pierced him"; and all peoples on earth "will mourn because of him." So shall it be! Amen.9 John was on the island of Patmos 10  heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches12 I (John) turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me saw seven stars seven golden lampstands, 13 and someone like a son of man who told him20 seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.Rev 2: He told John to write to the 7 churches. To the Church in Ephesus: your hard work and your perseverance. you cannot tolerate wicked people. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand.To the Church in Smyrna: 9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer.To the Church in Pergamum: you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives. 14 a few things against you: some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Repent therefore! To the Church in Thyatira: These are the words of the Son of God,. 19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. 20 I have this against you: You tolerate.... who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants. 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. 24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching ‘I will not impose any other burden on you, 25 except to hold on to what you have until I come.’ Revelation 3 To the Church in Sardis v1 I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. To the Church in Philadelphia 8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. 11 I am coming soon. To the Church in Laodicea 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.. 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. Revelation 4 v2 and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing 8 In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. 6 In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7.a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:"‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come." 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him they lay their crowns before the throne Revelation 5 v1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. 2 a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?" 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept 5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals." Only the Lamb could open the seals.The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. 13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!" 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Finishes the Bible Finishes Earth Finishes TIME

Day 183 --- 2 Kings 1-4 (read 5/8/2009) Elijah and Elisha. Elijah parts the water. Elijah is taken to heaven in a whirlwind (without dying). Elisha gets a double portion of Elijahs spirit. The woman with a little oil to sell and pay for her debts so her son won't be taken into slavery. The old woman who has a son that is raised from the dead by Elisha.
Day 184 ---  2 Kings 5-8  (read 5/25/209) Elisha proficies. This chapter tells about the man, Naaman, who had leprosy who Elisha told to dipin the Jordan river 7 times and was cured. 6 An iron axhead fell into the water and Elisha made it float so it could be rescued. v 18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, "Strike these people with blindness." So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked. There was a great famine in Samaria and canibalism.
Day 185 --- 2 Kings 9-11 (read 5/25/2009) 2 Kings 9 Jehu becomes King of Israel. Jezebel is killed and dogs devour her all except her skull, feet and hands. 10 Jehu destroyed Baal (the idol) and all the people that worshiped him. They burned the stone of Baal and used it as a toilet. 11 Athaliah's son was dead so she began to kill all of the royal family. Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram took Joash, a royal prince and hid him. When he was 7 years old, he became king. Athaliah was killed. All of Baal was destroyed.
Day 186 --- 2 Kings 12-13 (read 5/25/2009)  2 Kings 12. Tells of the line of kings. Joash had the temple repaired. 2 Kings 13 Elisha died.
2 Chronicles 24  (read 5/25/2009) 21 But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's temple. 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah's father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, "May the LORD see this and call you to account."
Day 187 --- 2 Kings 14 - 2 Chronicles 25 (read 5/25/2009) Tells more about the same as 24.
Day 188 --- Jonah 1-4 (read 5/25/2009) ch1 The Lord told Jonah to go preach to Nineveh, a city that was wicked. Jonah ran from the Lord and caught a ship. He told the other sailors that he was running from this service to the Lord. A great wind came and tossed the boat about and scared the crew. They cast lots to see who was responsible for making such a storm on them. It turned up that Jonah was responsible. They asked Jonah to get up and and call on his god so that he might not let them die. They asked Jonah what to do to make the sea calm down. He told them to throw him in. They held off as long as they could but ended up throwing him in. A large fish came and swallowed Jonah. He was inside the fish for 3 days and 3 nights. ch2 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed and the Lord commanded the fish to vomit Jonah onto dry land. ch3. The Lord told Jonah to go to Neneveh. Jonah told them 40 days till destruction. They turned from their evil ways and God had compassion on them and didn't destroy them. ch4 Jonah was angry. and went to sit in a spot and see what the Lord would do. God made a vine grow overnight, and it shaded Jonah. Then he made a worm eat the vine and the sun blazed on his head. God explained to Jonah that since he had been concerned about the vine, that God should be concerned about something as big as a city.
Finishes Jonah 
Day 189 --- 2 Kings 15 - 2 Chronicles 26 (read 6/9/2009) Tells the names of all the kings of Israel, In some instances, how they became king, how long they were king, whether they did good or evil in the eyes of the Lord, what happened during their reign, when they died and where they were buried and who followed them as king. 2 Chronicles 26 tells about Uzziah, the king who was plagued with leprosy because he became prideful and even though Aaron's descendents were the only ones allowed to burn inscense in the inscense alter, Uzziah burned it anyway.
Day 190 --- Isaiah 1-4 (read 7/16/2009) 1:17 learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. The Day of the Lord 6 You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob. ch 2: They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans. ch 3 9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. (this reminds me of gay pride in 2009) Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.v:10 9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they paradetheir sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves 3:16 The LORD says, "The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, tripping along with mincing steps, with ornaments jingling on their ankles. 17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the LORD will make their scalps bald."
Day 191 --- Isaiah 5-8 (read 7/16/2009) Ch 5 v11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine. 12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets, tambourines and flutes and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of his hands v 19 to those who say, "Let God hurry, let him hasten his work so we may see it. Let it approach,
let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come, so we may know it." v 20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light
and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. v21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight. 22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks, CH 7 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel ch 8 13 The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread, v19 When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Day 192 --- Amos 1-5 (read July 20, 2009) tells how punish Israel for her sins. 21 "I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies. 22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, [b] I will have no regard for them. 23 Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. (He talks about the people who do religious things, then treat others in a wrong way.)
Day 193 Amos 6-9 (read July 20, 2009)  Amos 8 v9 "In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. 10 I will turn your religious feasts into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day. (to me: sounds like the holocost)Amos 9 14 I will bring back my exiled [g] people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. 15 I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God (to me, his definately sounds like the end of the holocost)
Finished Amos
Day 194 --- Isaiah 9-12 - 2 Chronicles 27  (read July 21,2009) Isaiah 9 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, [b] Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (the prophecy of Jesus)Isaiah 11 6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling [a] together; and a little child will lead them.2 Chronicles 276 Jotham reigned and grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God
Day 195 --- Micah 1-7 (read July 21,2009) Micah 2 v1 Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it. v2 They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his inheritance. v3 Therefore, the LORD says: "I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity. v9 You drive the women of my people from their pleasant homes. You take away my blessing from their children forever. Micah 3 v11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us." Micah 4 v1 In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. v2 Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. v3 He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. Micah 5 v12 I will destroy your witchcraft and you will no longer cast spells.v13 I will destroy your carved images and your sacred stones from among you; you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands. Micah 6 v8 He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Finished Micha
Day 196 --- 2 Kings 16-17 - 2 Chronicles 28 (read July 27, 2009) 2 Kings 16 1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God. (hmmmm...so God let there be evil rulers even to his own chozen people...so who are we to not have an evil ruler every now and then?) 2 Kings 17 16 They bowed down to all the starry hosts, and they worshiped Baal. 17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in [c] the fire. They practiced divination and sorcery and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger. 35 When the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them "Do not worship any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them. 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and outstretched arm, is the one you must worship.39 Rather, worship the LORD your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies." 40 They would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices. 41 Even while these people were worshiping the LORD, they were serving their idols.
Day 197 --- Isaiah 13-17  (read July 27, 2009)Isaiah 13 ch1 An oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw v19 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of the Babylonians' pride, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. ch14 v22 "I will rise up against them," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD. 23 "I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD Almighty.ch15 v1 An oracle concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! ch17 v1 An oracle concerning Damascus: "See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.
Day 198 --- Isaiah 18-22 (Read July 29, 2009)
Day 199 --- Isaiah 23-27  (Read Oct 16, 2009) Isaiah 24 The LORD's Devastation of the Earth C.25 12 He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust. c 36 v5 He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust. c 26 v10 Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the LORD
Day 200 --- 2 Kings 18:1-8 - 2 Chronicles 29-31 - Psalm 48 (Read October 16, 2009)  2 Kings....re: Hezekiah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He purified the temple and reestablished the service of the temple because the ones before had defiled it. 2 Chronicles c30 Hezekiah sent for the people to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the passover. He asked the people not to be stiff-necked, as their forefathers were. Some scorned but some came. The priests and the Levites were ashamed and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the temple of the LORD.2 Chronicles c31 20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God. 21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God's temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.
Day 201 --- Hosea 1-7  (Read October 21, 2009) Ch4  a people without understanding will come to ruin! Ch 6   For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment  of God rather than burnt offerings.
Day 202 --- Hosea 8-14 (Read October 21, 2009) Finishes Hosea
Day 203 --- Isaiah 28-30 (Read November 16,2009) ch 29 v16 (could be an athiest, person who doesn't believe in God maybe? Or someone who does things and thinks know one will ever know "why I did that to my brother") You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, "He did not make me"? Can the pot say of the potter, "He knows nothing"?
20 The ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down- 21 those who with a word make a man out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.30 v1 "Woe to the obstinate children,"
declares the LORD, "to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin;
America now?-- 30: v10 They say to the seers, "See no more visions!" and to the prophets, "Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. v11 Leave this way, get off this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!" (?and take down "in Got we trust" and everything that reminds us of HIM??)ch 30 v18 Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion.
For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
Day 204 --- Isaiah 31-34 (Read November 17,2009)
Day 205 --- Isaiah 35-36 (read November 23, 2009)
Day 206 --- Isaiah 37-39 - Psalm 76  (read November 23, 2009) Is38 tells about Hezikiah's illness and that he was about to die but  he prayed and God told he he could have 15 more years added to his life. ch 39 Hexikiah showed some of the travelers from Babalon all of his treasures of his palace. Isaiah's prophesy  ⁶ The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. ⁷ And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."
Day 207 --- Isaiah 40-43 (Read November 25, 2009) Isaiah 403 A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the LORD [a] ;
make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.
Day 208 --- Isaiah 44-48 (Read February 16, 2010) Tells of how stupid it is to make and worship man made idolsIsaiah 45 9 Does the clay say to the potter,   'What are you making? 48; v22 "There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."
Day 209 --- 2 Kings 18:9-19:37 - Psalm 46 - Psalm 80 - Psalm 135 (Read March 2, 2010) God changed his minda and let Hezakiah live 15 exta years.
Day 210 --- Isaiah 49-53 (read March 2, 2010) Isaiah 49-6 he says: "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob
and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."
26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."CH 51-7 "Hear me, you who know what is right,you people who have my law in your hearts: Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults. 22 This is what your Sovereign LORD says, your God, who defends his people:
"See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger; from that cup, the goblet of my wrath, you will never drink again. 23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, 'Fall prostrate that we may walk over you.' And you made your back like the ground, like a street to be walked over."Ch 53 V12 For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Day 211 --- Isaiah 54-58  (read March 6, 2010)  Clean living  58:7-11  ⁷ Is it not to share your food with the hungry   and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? ⁸ Then your light will break forth like the dawn,   and your healing will quickly appear;  then your righteousness <SUP class=footnote value='[a]'>[a] will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.  ⁹ Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.  "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, ¹⁰ and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry  and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,  then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.¹¹ The LORD will guide you always;  he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land  and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Day 212 --- Isaiah 59-63  (Read March 7, 2010) 59: 8 The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks in them will know peace 13 rebellion and treachery against the LORD, turning our backs on our God, fomenting oppression and revolt, uttering lies our hearts have conceived. 14 So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
Day 213 --- Isaiah 64-66 (Read March 8, 2010)  64 :6 and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; 7 No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and made us waste away because of our sins.8 Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. Finishes Isaiah
Day 214 --- 2 Kings 20-21 (read March 09, 2010) Isaiah, the prophet, told Hezekiah to put his house in order because the lord said he was going to die. Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed and wept. The Lord heard and remembered that Hezekiah was a devoted servant so he gave him 15 more years to live. Hezekiah showed the men of Babylon his palace and what he owned. When they had gone, Isaiah asked Hezekiah what he did and Hezekian told Isaiah that he showed the men of Babylon all that he had. Isaiah told him that they would steal everything from him even his sons and that his sons would be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. Manasseh became king after Hezekiah when he was 12 years old. He brought back the idols and alters to idols. he built altars to all the starry hosts. 6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger.Manasseh led the Israelites astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites. Amon was Manasseh's son and became king, he did evil too. Then he was assassinated and his son Josiah succeeded him as king.
Day 215 --- 2 Chronicles 32-33 (read March 15,2010)  33 again says the Manasseh did evil. ⁵ In both courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts. ⁶ He sacrificed his sons in <SUP class=footnote value='[d]'>[d] the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger. (I put these notes of evil in so that I may  learn not to do what provokes God to anger)
Day 216 --- Nahum 1-3  (read March 16, 2010) The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble.  He cares for those who trust in him, Celebrate your festivals, O Judah and fulfill your vows.  No more will the wicked invade you; they will be completely destroyed.    Finishes Naham
Day 217 --- 2 Kings 22-23 - 2 Chronicles 34-35 (read March 23,2010)
Day 218 --- Zephaniah 1-3 Finishes Zephaniah (read March 23,2010)
Day 219 --- Jeremiah 1-3 (read March 31, 2010) Jeremiah 2 v35 you say, 'I am innocent; he is not angry with me.' But I will pass judgment on you because you say, 'I have not sinned.'
Day 220 --- Jeremiah 4-6 (read april 5, 20100 v18 "Yet even in those days," declares the LORD, "I will not destroy you completely. 19 And when the people ask, 'Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?' you will tell them, 'As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.
Day 221 --- Jeremiah 7-9 (read April 6, 2010) ch 8 v2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.10 From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. 11 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. "Peace, peace," they say, when there is no peace. ch 9 8 With his mouth each speaks cordially to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him. 12 What man is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross? 13 The LORD said, "It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law. 14 Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their fathers taught them." 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water.
Day 222 --- Jeremiah 10-13  (Read April 7, 2010) Jeremiah 10 3 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. (Christmas tree???) 10 But the LORD is the true God;  he is the living God, the eternal King.  When he is angry, the earth trembles;  the nations cannot endure his wrath. Jeremiah's Prayer; 23 I know, O LORD, that a man's life is not his own;  it is not for man to direct his steps. 24 Correct me, LORD, but only with justi not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.Jeremiah 12 1 You are always righteous, O LORD, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper?  Why do all the faithless live at ease? 2 You have planted them, and they have taken root;  they grow and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts 6 Your brothers, your own family— even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you.  Do not trust them,  though they speak well of you.
Day 223 --- Jeremiah 14-17 (Read April 9.2010)  Jeremiah 14 9   You are among us, O LORD,  and we bear your name;  do not forsake us! 15: 21 "I will save you from the hands of the wicked  and redeem you from the grasp of the cruel."
Day 224 --- Jeremiah 18-22 (Read May 17, 2010)
Day 225 --- Jeremiah 23-25 (Read May 17, 2020) Prophets and dream interpreters: Jeremiah 23 :25 "I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!' 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? 27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their fathers forgot my name through Baal worship. 28 Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the LORD. 29 "Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? 30 "Therefore," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me. 31 Yes," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The LORD declares.' 32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the LORD. "They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the LORD.
Day 226 --- Jeremiah 26-29 (Read May 21,2010) Seems to be a lot about what the prophets should and do say to certain groups.(will study more)
Day 227 --- Jeremiah 30-31 (Read June 1, 2010)
Day 228 --- Jeremiah 32-34 (Read June 7, 2010)  32:17 "Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. (one of my favorites)
Day 229 --- Jeremiah 35-37 (Read August 3, 2010)
Day 230 --- Jeremiah 38-40 -(Read August 3,2010) Psalm 74 -(Read August 3, 2010) Psalm 79 (Read August 3,2010)
Day 231 --- 2 Kings 24-25 (Read August 3,2010)finishes 2Kings - 2 Chronicles 36  (Read August 3,2010)finishes 2Chronicles
Day 232 --- Habakkuk 1-3 (read August 10, 2010) Finishes Habakkuk
Day 233 --- Jeremiah 41-45 (read August 11,2010)
Day 234 --- Jeremiah 46-48  (read August 17, 2010)
Day 235 --- Jeremiah 49-50 (read August 17, 2010)
Day 236 --- Jeremiah 51-52  (read August 17, 2010) Finishes Jeremiah
Day 237 --- Lamentations 1:1-3:36 (read August 19, 2010) Jerusalum laments for their sins.
Day 238 --- Lamentations 3:37-5:22 (read August 19, 2010) Finishes Lamentations
Day 239 --- Ezekiel 1-4 (read August 20, 2010)
Day 240 --- Ezekiel 5-8 (read August 31) Ezekiel 8: (I asked myself if this might be the muslims He was showing to the writer of Ezekiel)¹⁶ He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east. ¹⁷ He said to me, "Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the house of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually provoke me to anger?
Day 241 --- Ezekiel 9-12 (read August 31, 2010)
Day 242 --- Ezekiel 13-15 (read August 31, 2010)
Day 243 --- Ezekiel 16-17 (read August 31, 2010) If this was read in the King James version 16:6  would be the faith healer's verse the was said over my Grandmother to stop her bleeding).
Day 244 --- Ezekiel 18-19 (read Sept 1, 2010)
Day 245 --- Ezekiel 20-21  (Read Sept 1, 2010)
Day 246 --- Ezekiel 22-23 (read Sept 13, 2010)
Day 247 --- Ezekiel 24-27 (read Sept 13, 2010)
Day 248 --- Ezekiel 28-31 (read Sept 13, 2010)
Day 249 --- Ezekiel 32-34 (read Sept 14, 2010) 33; 31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express devotion, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. Ezekiel 34::8.....my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock
Day 250 --- Ezekiel 35-37  (read Sept 16, 2010)
Day 251 --- Ezekiel 38-39 (read Sept 16, 2010) In most of Ezekiel, God is telling what he will do to the people because "they will know that I am the Lord". God is proving that to them that He is the sovereign Lord.
Day 252 --- Ezekiel 40-41 (read Sept 16,2010) God told the writer to pay attention to everything that was shown to him. A man whose appearance was like bronze; he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. He measured and showed the writer in detail and measurements, a temple area 41 continues the description of the temple.
Day 253 --- Ezekiel 42-43 (read Sept 21, 2010) The man is still measuring and telling the writer of Ezekiel the dimensions of the temple. Then in the 43rd verse, God gives instructions on what and how to make a burnt offereing so he will return to the temple and accept them
Day 254 --- Ezekiel 44-45 (read Sept 21, 2010)
Day 255 --- Ezekiel 46-48 (read Sept 21, 2010) Finishes Ezekiel
Day 256 --- Joel 1-3 (read Sept 21,2010) Joel 2: tells some about the last days.28 "And afterward,I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, our old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 29 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days. 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. 32 And everyone who calls
on the name of the LORD will be saved; Finishes Joel
Day 257 ---(read Sept 28, 2010)  Daniel 1-3  ch1 v 11-16 Vegetarian? 2 Daniel interprets the king's dream. 3 King Nebuchadnezzar made a statue of gold and ordered the people to bow down to it when the musical instruments were sounded. or they would be thrown into a furnace. 3- the ones who didn't bow down were the ones that served only God and not the one that the kind had made. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thown into the furnace but when the king looked in, they were walking around with a 4th man and were unharmed. They were let out of the furnace and the King believed their God.
Day 258 ---(read Sept 28, 2010)  Daniel 4-6  4King Nebuchadnezzar dreamed again, about a tree. Sent for Daniel (also called Belteshazzar) to interpret. It was about the king being a tree and being cut down and living in the wild until he accepted God as the only sovereign God and Kind of Heaven. 5 Handwriting on the wall. 6-Daniel in the lion's den.
Day 259 --- Daniel 7-9 (read Oct.2,2010)
Day 260 --- Daniel 10-12 (read Oct 12, 2010)Finishes Daniel
Day 261 --- Ezra 1-3 (read Nov 1, 2010)
Day 262 --- Ezra 4-6 - Psalm 137 (read Nov 1, 2010)
Day 263 --- Haggai 1-2 (read Nov 6,2010)  Finishes Haggai
Day 264 --- Zechariah 1-7 (read Nov 6,2010)
Day 265 --- Zechariah 8-14( Read Nov 7, 2010)  Finishes Zechariah 
Day 266 --- Esther 1-5 (Read 11/16/2010)
Day 267 --- Esther 6-10 (read 11/16/2010)Finishes Esther
Day 268 --- Ezra 7-10  (read 11/15/2010)Finishes Ezra
Day 269 --- Nehemiah 1-5 (Read Nov 21, 2010) Nehemiah ch4 v4: Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. 5 Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of[b] the builders.
Day 270 --- Nehemiah 6-7 (Read Nov 21, 2010)
Day 271 --- Nehemiah 8-10 (Read Nov 21, 2010) 8; ³⁴ Our kings, our leaders, our priests and our ancestors did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep. ³⁵ Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you or turn from their evil ways.
Day 272 --- Nehemiah 11-13 - Psalm 126  (Read Nov 21, 2010) Finishes  Nehemiah and Psalms 
Day 273 --- Malachi 1-4  (Read Nov 21, 2010) Malachi 1 tells about the blemished offerings
ch3 v5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the LORD Almighty.Finishes Malachi

FINISHED OLD TESTIMENT   Nov 21, 2010

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Part 2

Day 91 --- Judges 6-7  (read 5/1/07)  The Israelites did evil again and God put them under the control of Midianites. They took everything from the Israelites. They cried out again. This time God sent and angel to Gideon. God told him that he would save Israel. He argued some with the Lord and wanted proof that it was really God talking to him. He asked him to wait until he could go get the stuff to make an offering. The angel waited. He put the offering on a rock and the rock turned to fire and consumed the offering. Gideon built an alter to the Lord. The Lord told him to take a specific bull from his father's herd and tear down the alter that was build to Baal (an idol) and the Asherah pole too. and use the wood for burning a second offering. He did it at night. The next morning the men of the tribe were ready to kill Gideon but his father pointed out that it was silly of them to plead the cause of a god who could destroy Gideon, himself without the help of men. Gideon needed more proof that it was truly, God who was calling on him. Gideon asked for certain signs and they came about.
God said there were to many men on Israel's side. He told Gideon to take the soldiers to the water to drink. He said use the soldiers who lapped the water from their hand like a dog instead of the ones who got down on the knees to drink. Gideon took the 300 who lapped the water. They followed Gideon into battle and did as Gideon told them.

Day 92 --- Judges 8-9 (read 5/4/07)  Gideon fought battles for the Israelites. When Gideon asked for food for his troops, from the Succoth's and Peniel but they didn't give it. He tore the Succoth's with desert thorns and briers and tore down the tower at Peniel and killed the men. The Israelites wanted Gideon to rule over them but he told them that he would not, nor his son. Gideon requested that they give him one earring from each of them. With that, Gideon made the gold into an ephod and the people worshipped it and it became a snare but the land enjoyed peace for 40 years. Gideon had seventy sons of his own because he had many wives. His concubine had a son named Abimelech. Gideon died of old age and was buried at Oprah. The Israelites started worshipping Baal again and forgot the Lord.

9. Abimelech, the son of the concubine rose up and got the people to make him leader. The people accepted him. He killed the other 70 sons. Jotham was the only son of the 70 that escaped being killed. Jotham scolded the people and tried to tell them how wrong they were. Then he left and went to another country to live. After 3 years God sent an evil spirit to cause trouble between Abimelech and the citizens. God did it to avenge the blood of the 70 sons. Gaal son of Ebed moved with his brothers into Shechem. The people put their trust in Gaal. They had a festival and drank and talked and cursed Abimelech. There was a battle and a tower was destroyed along with about 1000 people. Then there was another tower involved in another battle and a woman dropped a millstone on Abimelech's head and cracked his skull. He told his servant to kill him so people wouldn't say that a woman had killed him. So the servant ran his sword though him and Abimelech died. The curse of Jotham came upon the people.

Day 93 --- Judges 10-12  (read 05/14/07) The Israelites did forsake God and God made them serve other people. Then they cried out again. He said he wouldn't save them but when the Israelites got rid of their idol gods and worshipped Him again, he couldn't bear to see them suffer. Jephthah became the leader. Jephthah promised the Lord that if he could win a battle he would sacrifice to the Lord whatever met him at the door of his house when he went went home. God made Jephthah win the battle and when he went home, his only child, daughter met him, dancing with tamborines. He told her what he promised God and she asked him to let her got into the hills and weep with her friends. He did and when she got back, he did as he told God he would do. Chapter 12 tells of another battle and then the names of the leaders after Jephthah.

Day 94 --- Judges 13-15 (read 5/14/07)The Israelites were evil again and the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for 40 years. There was a a woman who couldn't have children but an angel come and told her to keep herself clean because she would have a son. She was not to cut his hair.The woman told her husband and he prayed for help to learn how to raise the boy. The angel came back and talked to them. The man asked what his name was. The angel told him he wouldn't understand it. The man sacrificed a burnt offering and the angel ascended by way of the fire into heaven. The husband, Manoah, was afraid because he realized this was an angel of the Lord. The woman had a baby boy and his name was Sampson. When Sampson was grown, he married a Philistine woman. He told them people he had a riddle and if they could guess it, they would give them a feast and clothes. If not, he would give them a feast and clothes. They thought about the answer and finally got Sampson's wife to get him to tell her the answer, and she told them. When they told Sampson the answer to the riddle, he knew that it was his wife that told them the answer. He gave her to his friend who was at his wedding. Sampson tied foxes tails together and set the on fire and they burned up all the shocks in the field. The men came to take Sampson and hand him over to the Philistines. As he was going, the ropes fell off him where he was bound up. He found and grabbed the jaw bone of a donkey and killed 1000 men with it. He led Israel for 20 years. to the top of a hill. Later he fell in love with a woman named Delilah. The Philistine rulers bribed her to get Sampson to tell her what caused him to have so much strength so the could get him. Sampson told her 3 different stories and she did those things but he broke loose each time. She nagged him and made him feel like bad for not telling her the truth. He finally told her that if his hair was cut her would loose his strength. He fell asleep with his head in Delilah's lap and she had his hair cut off. When he woke up, he had no strength and the Philistines put out his eyes and shackled him and put him to work in the prison. The Philistines celebrated. The Philistines called for Sampson to entertain them. The hair on his head started growing back. During a celebrating, Sampson asked to be put between two pillars/posts (that held up the building) so he could rest. The did. Then he prayed to God that could have strength, just one more time. So he pushed against the pillars and they crumbled and the building fell on his enemies and on him. C:17 A man named Micha told his mother that he took some silver from her. When he gave it back she had an idol made and put in Micah's house. He made a shrine and made one of his son a priest. Aman from Bethlehem came and lived there and Micah paid him to be his father and priest.He thought that would make the Lord be good to him since a Levite had become his priest. CH 18: The tribe of Dan Went through where Micha was and took the idols. Then they went to Laish and took over it and it became Dan, after their ancestor.

Day 96 --- Judges 19-21 A man, a Levite, took a concubine from Bethlehem. She was unfaithful to him and went back to live at their father's house in Bethlehem. He and his servant and 2 donkeys went to get her and stayed for a few days because he was welcome there. They kept asking him to stay another night and stay and eat breakfast and he did for five days. Then he left and took his concubine. He didn't want to stay in a town that were not of his people so they traveled until they came to Gibeah and were sitting in the city square. No one had asked them to come and stay at their house and it was getting late when a man came and asked them to come stay at his house but begged them not to say at the square. They went home with him. During the night, some wicked men came to the door and wanted the man so they could have sex with him. Instead the man gave him the concubine and they raped and abused her that night. The next morning she came to the threshold of his door to lie down and die. The levite found her as he was about to leave on his journey home. When he got home, he cut up the concubine into twelve parts and sent them to all the 12 areas of Israel. All the Israelites heard what happened and asked for the wicked men who did that to the concubine. The Benjamites wouldn't give them up. The Israelites went to war against Gibeah of the tribe of Benjamin. The Benjamites won the first two battles but the third battle, God gave the Benjamites into the hands of the Israelites. After that, the Israelites mourned for the tribe of Benjamin because it was cut off from the other tribes. Israelites swore not to give their daughters in marriage to the Benjamites. The Benjamites went to Shiloh where there was a festival and when the women came out to dance, they each took one of the women for a wife.
JUDGES COMPLETE

Day 97 --- Ruth 1-4  A woman named Naomi's husband and sons died. Oprah and Ruth were the wives of her deceased sons. Naomi decided to go back to her people and Oprah and Ruth decided to go with her. Naomi tried to talk them out of going. Oprah went back to her own people but Ruth insisted on staying with her mother in law saying. Where you go, I will go. Where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people and your God will be my god." When Naomi came to her people she was bitter and said the Lord had brought misfortune upon her. They came to Bethlehem just as the barley harvest was beginning.

Ruth went out to get the grain that was left over from the pickers. A good man named Boaz saw her and told the pickers to leave some extra for her. She picked it up and took some to her mother in law. Boaz wanted her to stay with his servant girls so she wouldn't be harmed... until the harvesting was done. Naomi thought that was a good idea so she did.
Naomi told her to go and lie at his feet one night So she did. Boaz gave her barley to take back to her mother in law. Boaz bought Naomi's property that was her husband's. I the transaction, Ruth became Boaz's wife. She had a son and named him Obed. Then the bible gives the generations. Ruth and Boaz was the grandparents of David.
RUTH COMPLETE

Day 98 --- 1 Samuel 1-3  Elkanah had two wives. One of them had children but Hannah, the one he loved had no children. The other wife would provoke Hannah until she cried and wouldn't eat. Elkanah would even give her more food but she wouldn't eat. One mealtime, she got up and prayed and moved her lips in prayer, not praying aloud. She asked God to give her a son and she would give him to the Lord and no razor would ever touch his head. Eli, the priest thought she was drunk. She explained that she was praying. Eli told her to go in peace and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked. She had a son and named him Samuel. When he was still a baby, and after he was weaned, she dedicated Samuel to the Lord. Samuel lived there with the priest and grew tall and more in favor with the Lord. Hannah had 3 more sons. His half brothers grew wicked. The priest was not doing the sacrifices as he should so a man of God came to him and told him that there would never be an old man in his family line. All his descendants would die young. His sons would both die on the same day. He said that the Lord would anoint one that would do what is in God's heart. And everyone left in the priest's family line would come and bow down to the one God chose. Samuel administered under Eli. During one night the Lord called his name "Samuel" three times. Each time Samuel thought it was Eli calling out his name so he went to Eli each time but Eli would tell him to go back to bed. Finally Eli figured out that it was the Lord who was calling out Samuel's name. Eli told Samuel that the next time he call his name to answer 'Here I am, your servant is listening". When he did that, The Lord re-established what he was going to do to Eli's descendants. The next morning Eli insisted that Samuel tell him what the Lord had said without withholding anything. Samuel told him everything even though he was afraid to tell. Eli then said ' He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes". The Lord was with Samuel and all of Israel realized that Samuel was a prophet of the Lord.

Day 99 --- 1 Samuel 4-8 (read 6-20-07)  The Israelites and Philistines went to battle. The Philistines won the first battle so the Israelites went and got the ark of the covenant (the holy container of her Ten Commandments from God). They carried it into battle thinking it would make them win. They lost and the Philistines captured the ark. The two sons of Eli died. A man came to where 98 year old Eli was sitting by the gate. He told Eli about the battle and his sons deaths and the ark being captured and he fell off his chair and broke his neck and died. When one of Eli's daughters in law heard about the capture of the ark, her husband's death and her father in laws death, she went into labor. She gave birth to a son and named him Ichabod, saying "the glory has departed from Israel" because of the capture of the ark of the covenant.
The Philistines took the ark and put it in the temple of Dagon. (one of their statue gods). When the woke up, Dagon was fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord. They put him back in his place but the next morning he was fallen again his head and hands were broken off and only his body was lying on the threshold. The hand of God was heavy on them. They were afflicted with tumors. They decided they didn't want the ark among them. Everywhere they took the ark there was affliction. The people wanted the ark taken back to the Israelites.  They sent the ark, along with a guilt offering (gold rats and models of tumors). Some men died because they looked into the ark. The ark stayed at a house in Kiriath Jearim.
The people of Israel got rid of their other Gods and worshiped only God.
Samuel was a judge over Israel. Samuel had sons that did not follow in his ways. They were corrupt. Some men went to Samuel and told him they wanted a king, like the other nations. Samuel didn't like it so he prayed. God told him to listen to the people and then let them know what a king would do if one ruled over them. God also said that the people were not rejecting Samuel, but were rejecting God, himself. Samuel told the people that how a king would use their sons and daughters and food etc but the people wouldn't listen. God told Samuel to give them a king.

Day 100 --- 1 Samuel 9-12  (read 6-22-07) Saul was a Benjamite who was sent, by his father to hunt for some donkeys that were lost. Saul and his servant hunted but didn't find the donkeys so Saul said "Let's go home before my father gets worried about us." The servant talked Saul into staying in the district of Zuph, saying that there was a man of God there who could tell them which direction the donkeys had gone. He agreed and they saw some girls coming out to draw water from the well and asked them where the man of God was. They told him that he would be in a certain high place to bless the food right about then and the Saul and the servant went to him. Samuel was the man of God and it had been revealed to him that Saul would be there, looking for donkeys He told Saul that the donkeys he was looking for had been found. He invited Saul to have dinner. He had save a portion of meat for Saul. He told Saul to stay, to give a message from God, and sent the servant back Samuel told Saul who all he would meet and what to do on the way back home. And also that her would be changed by the spirit of the Lord. Samuel called all the tribes of Israel together to choose a king. Saul hid and when they found him Samuel presented him to them as their king. Saul was taller than any of them. So Samuel confirmed that Saul was the king over Israel. He also rebuked them for asking for a king. He warned them to fear the Lord and not turn away from the Lord or they and their king would be swept away.

Day 101 --- 1 Samuel 13-14  (read 7-2-07) Saul gave a burnt offering instead of waiting for Samuel. That was a mistake. Jonathan was the son of Saul. He and his armour barrer went off and struck down about 20 uncircumcised soldiers, without his father's knowledge.. There was a panic, sent by God. The Philistines were so in turmoil that they were fighting each other. Saul had told his soldiers to take an oath, they were cursed if they ate anything... until he had avenged his enemies. None of the soldiers did eat. But Jonathan hadn't heard the oath so he ate some honey that was coming out. One of the soldiers told him about Saul's curse. He said his father had done wrong because his eyes were brightened by eating the honey and if the soldiers had ate, they would have done better in battle. The men were so hungry they started killing the cattle they had taken in plunder and eating it raw. Saul told them not to sin by eating meat with blood still in it. So he built and alter. Saul asked God if he would deliver the enemy to his hand. God didn't answer. Then it came out that Jonathan had ate some honey. But the men rescued him and he did not die. The Philistines were the enemy of Israel all the days that Saul was king. Saul drafted men that were mighty or brave.

Day 102 --- 1 Samuel 15-17  (read 7/6/07) God told Samuel to tell Saul to go and destroy all the Amalekites. He specified that every one of them and their animals be put to death. Saul took his army and destroyed but captured the King and kept the best of the flocks and herds. This displeased God and he grieved that he has made Saul king. Samuel mourned because of what Saul had done. God told Samuel to go to the house of Jesse because he had picked out one of Jesse's sons to be anointed the new king. Samuel went, not telling Saul of all of this, and saw 7 of Jesse's sons but the Lord told Samuel that none of them was the one. Finally they brought the youngest son, who was out in the field tending the sheep. This was the one. They anointed him. His name was David. Saul was distressed with an evil spirit that the Lord sent. They said that there was a boy who played the harp that might play when Saul felt bad and it would help him feel better. They went and got David to play the harp. It helped Saul feel better when the evil spirit would come upon him. He didn't know that David was the newly anointed king. The army's of Israel and the Philistines where ready to do battle. Israel on one hill, the Philistines on the other hill and a valley in the middle. A big man of the Philistines came down and taunted the Israelites to send someone to fight him. If one could beat him the Philistines would become servants of the Israelites. Three of David's brothers were there in Saul's army on the Israelites side. David went to give them some food and see how they were for their father, Jesse. He heard the taunting of the giant man, Goliath. David talked Saul into letting him go fight the giant. He went to Goliath without armor, only using a stone in a sling. The stone hit Goliath in the head and killed him. David cut off the giant's head. Saul asked who David's father was and he told him his father's name was Jesse.

Day 103 --- Psalm 11 - 1 Samuel 18-20 - Psalm 59  (read 7-9-07) Jonathan, Saul's son, became David's best friend .The people all liked David and Saul gave him a high rank in the army. When they were returning home, the women came out and sang and danced and they sang that Saul had slain thousands and David tens of thousands. Saul got jealous of David and planned to kill him. Saul threw a spear at David twice, but David dodged them and they hit the wall. Saul planned to let the Philistines kill David by offering his daughter in marriage if David could deliver to Saul foreskins of the Philistines, and David did and wasn't killed. Michal loved David and they were married. Saul was afraid of David and was his enemy the rest of his days. Saul wanted to kill David and wanted Jonathan to help. But Jonathan talked Saul out of it. Then the evil spirit came upon Saul again and Saul was holding a spear. David was playing the harp and Saul tried to pin him to the wall with the spear. David ran away. His wife helped him escape. David went to Samuel. Saul sent men to kill David but the spirit of God came upon them and they prophesied. He sent more men and they did the same. Finally, he went and the spirit of God came upon him too. And he prophesied too. There was a feast of the New Moon and Saul, Jonathan and David were suppose to be there. Jonathan and David talked beforehand and said that David should go to Bethlehem instead. If Saul was angry on hearing this, then David should run go away because he would probably be killed, but if Saul was ok with it, David would be safe. They were at the table, Saul and Jonathan but David wasn't present. Saul asked and Jonathan told him that David had gone to a family thing in Bethlehem. Saul was angry and ready to kill David. He even hurled his spear at Jonathan. Jonathan left the table, angry, and didn't eat. Jonathan and David had made up a sign that if Saul was going to kill David, he would let him know by a signal. And he did. So they had a tearful goodbye and David left and Jonathan went back to town. Psalm 59 is from David asking God for protection. Saying his enemies are like dogs and asking God to consume them.

Day 104 --- 1 Samuel 21-24 (read 7/10/07) David went to Ahimelech, the priest and wanted bread for his men. The priest didn't have any ordinary bread, but since David said his men hadn't been with women, he could have the consecrated bread. David asked for a weapon. The priest said the only one there was the sword of Goliath, the giant that David killed. David fled from Saul and went to the king of Gath. The servants of the king asked if he was the one that songs were sung about "Saul has slain his thousand and David his tens of thousands".? David was very afraid of the King of Gath so he pretended to be insane. He made marks on the doors and slobber ran down his beard. The king didn't like him being in his house.
Saul heard about the priest giving David the sword. Saul ordered his men to kill the priests. The men would not but Doeg, the Edomite did.That day he killed eighty five men who wore the linen ephod. He also killed Nob, the town of priest, men women, children, infants, cattle, donkeys and sheep. Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, escaped and fled to join David.
The Philistines were fighting against Keilah and the Lord told David to go fight and He would make David victor over the Philistines. Saul heard that David was going to Keilah and fight the Philistines so Saul ordered his men to go attack David and his men. When David asked twice of God if the people of Keilah would surrender him to Saul, God said yes. So David and his men left Keilah an moved around. Saul heard that David had left Keilah and didn't go there. Saul searched for David every day. Jonathan came to David and reassured him that he would be king and Jonathan second in line. Saul was still in pursuit of David and on a mountain, Saul on one side and David on the other getting close when a messenger came to Saul saying the Philistines were raiding the land. Saul left to see about it and David lived in the strongholds of En Gedi. When Saul was done dealing with the crisis of the Philistines, he and his men went back after David. David was deep in a cave with his men. During Saul's pursuit, he had to relieve himself so he went right inside of the cave. While Saul was relieving himself, David cut off a corner of his robe. After Saul left the cave, David was sorry he had cut the robe of his master, King Saul. As Saul was leaving, David went out of the cave and called to Saul. When Saul saw him, David bowed to Saul. He showed Saul that he had cut from his robe and asked him why he wanted to kill him. He said that God should judge between the two of them but that he was not going to harm his king. When Saul saw that David could have killed him, but didn't, he realized that God had delivered him into David's hands. He asked David not to cut off his family or name. David swore and oath and each of them went their own way.
Day 105 --- Psalm 7 - Psalm 27 - Psalm 31 - Psalm 34 - Psalm 52  (Read 7-27-2007) David asks the Lord to help him and deliver him from his enemies. He asks God to bring an end to the violence of the wicked.  
Day 105 --- Psalm 7 - Psalm 27 - Psalm 31 - Psalm 34 - Psalm 52  (Read 7-27-2007) David asks the Lord to help him and deliver him from his enemies. He asks God to bring an end to the violence of the wicked.
Day 106 --- Psalm 56 - Psalm 120 - Psalm 140-142  (Read 7-27-2007) David still asks for God to deliver him from the wickedness of evil people.
Day 107 --- 1 Samuel 25-27 (read 7/27/2007)  Samuel died. There was a woman named Abigail who's husband was a fool. The husband wouldn't give David's men food and keep them free from being robbed. David was about to attack him and the town, but Abigail came to David and brought food and told David not to pay any attention to her foolish husband. David did as she said and let them alone. 10 days later, the Lord made the foolish man, Nabal, die. David praised God and said the man died because the Lord upheld his cause against Nabal for treating him with contempt. After Nabal died, David married Abigail. David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, so he has 2 wives.
Once more, David was presented with a chance to take Saul's life. While Saul was asleep and his army camped around him, God made Saul's men go into a deep sleep. David and one of his men went down and into the camp. Saul's spear and water jug was near Saul's head. The man that was with David wanted to pin Saul to the ground with his spear but David didn't. He just took Saul's spear and water and they went up on a high hill and shouted to Saul's army. Saul recognized David's voice and David showed him the spear and water and how he could have taken his life. Saul said to David, "May you be blessed, my son David; you will do great things and surely triumph." So David went on his way, and Saul returned home. David thought about it and decided that Saul would probably kill him someday so he and his men moved to Philistine country. David would attack towns around in that place them and kill them all, men and women all and take their clothes and livestock. He did that so there wouldn't be anyone left to tell on him. He did that as long as he lived in Philistine country.
Day 108 --- Psalm 17 - Psalm 35 - Psalm 54 - Psalm 63 (Read 8/03/2007)
Day 109 --- Psalm 18 - 1 Samuel 28-31  (Read 8/14/07) David talks about how the Lord had made him win. 1 Samuel 28-31 Saul had had all the spiritists and mediums thrown out of the land. Now, Saul had his men find a medium because he wanted to talk to the spirit of Samuel. He disguised himself and went to her. When she brought up the spirit of Samuel, she realized that it was Saul who was seeking her services as a medium, and she was afraid he was going to have her killed. He said he wouldn't. Samuel's spirit was not pleased that he had been disturbed. He told Saul that the next day Saul and his sons would be with him. Saul was shaken. He refused to eat...but some of the men talked him into eating.
David was going to fight with the Philistines but the officers told Achish not to let David fight with them because they thought he would turn on them. Achish trusted David but told him and his men to go away early and not fight with them that day. So they got up early and left. Three days later David and his men came to Ziklag and found that the city had been burned and all the women and children had been taken. David's two wives were in that group that had been taken. The families of David's men had been taken too and the men were bitter against David and talking about stoning him. They all wept.
They found a weak slave that had been left behind by his master and the slave showed them where the army was that took the wives and children and plunder. David and his men attacked and took back everything, including his 2 wives.
The Philistines and Israelites fought and Saul was wounded by the archers. He asked one of his men to go ahead and run a sword through him so the enemies wouldn't. The man would not so Saul took a sword and fell on it and killed himself. When the man saw it, he didn't the same. Saul and his sons all died that day. When the Philistines found them they cut of Sauls head and and took the armour. They fastened the bodys to the temple of their idol god. |
1 SAMUEL COMPLETE
Day 110 --- Psalm 121 - Psalm 123-125 - Psalm 128-130  David tells that the Lord will watch over. David still holds up the Lord and tells what happens to people who do evil, in his songs/prayers. He says that people who fear the Lord will be blessed.
Day 111 --- 2 Samuel 1-4  (Read 10-4-07)An Amalekite man came and told David that Saul had told him to kill him so he killed Saul. Then David had the Amalekite man killed because he had killed Saul, an annointed man of the Lord. David had 6 sons by his wives. Abner made an agreement with David to bring the Israelites to have David for their king. David told him he must bring Michal to him. Michal was the wife of Ish-Bosheth (son of Saul) and when Abner took her from him he wept following behind her. Abner told him to go back and he did. Abner and his men had a feast with David, then he left to ake a compact with Israel and David. Joab told David that he shouldn't have let Abner leave. That Abner was a spy and was going to decieve David. Joab brought him back and pretended to need to talk to him in private so he took him aside and Joab stabed Abner and killed him for revenge because Abner had killed their brother in a battle. David mourned for Abner and said "may the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil deeds". Two men went into the house of Is-Bosheth and killed him and cut off his head an took it to David. But David didn't want the blood of an inocent man shed so he ordered them to be killed.

Day 112 --- Psalm 6 - Psalm 8-10 - Psalm 14 - Psalm 16 - Psalm 19 - Psalm 21  (Read December 11, 2007 David asked the Lord to hear his prayers. Then he says the Lord has heard his prayers and that his ememies enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
they will turn back in sudden disgrace. David's God will destroy his enemies.

Day 113 --- 1 Chronicles 1-2  (Read March 09 2008) This chronicles some of the generations.
Day 114 --- Psalm 43-45 - Psalm 49 - Psalm 84-85 - Psalm 87  (read March 13, 2008) David wonders why the Lord is not on his side. David praises again.
Day 115 --- 1 Chronicles 3-5 (March 15 , 2008) More generations and another battle.
Day 116 --- Psalm 73 - Psalm 77-78 (Read March 17, 2008) Tells that David was jealous of the ones who seemed to be more blessed but then he saw through and now he is satisfied to know that their blessings were all in vain because they knew not God. He feels so forgotten, he decides to just remember the miracles that God did long ago. He tells of how God worked miracles and how powerful He was when his people didn't honor His covenant and rebelled.
Day 117 --- 1 Chronicles 6 (read March 18/2008) Tells more generations of the clans. Tells of the ones who were put in charge of music. and which tribes got certain pasturelands.
Day 118 --- Psalm 81 - Psalm 88 - Psalm 92-93  (read March 23/2008 Easter Sunday) Psalm 81 Tells Israel that if they would follow Gods will, he would subdue their enemies.In Psalm 88 David is overwhelmed and troubled. Psalm 92-93 Speaks of how great God is and how the righteous will flourish and grow. Tells more of how great the Lord is
Day 119 --- 1 Chronicles 7-10 (read 3/27/98) Chronicles more genealogy of Issachar, Benjamin, Manasseth, Ephraim and Asher, the descendants of Saul, Benjamin. It tells of who was in charge of things in the temple. Jerusalem. It tells of the genealogy of Saul. Saul was in a battle with the Philistines and he and his sons and his armor bearer died. The sons in the battle and Saul and the armor bearer because they killed themselves to keep from being abused by the Philistines. The bible says (1 Chronicles 10: 13) that Saul died because he was unfaithful and consulted a medium for guidance instead of the Lord.
Day 120 --- Psalm 102-104  (read 3/28/08)  102=The psalmist feels...like I feel right now. 103= The psalmist praises the Lord 104= tells how God made and takes care of everything and how all His creations live and do. 34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD. 35 But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD.
Day 121 --- 2 Samuel 5:1-10 - 1 Chronicles 11-12  (read March 30/2008)  David became king and conquered the Jebusites at Jerusalem. He had mighty men in his army. He wanted a drink from the well at Bethlehem and his men went to get it. When they brought it back, he poured it out and woudn't drink it because the men had risked their lives to get it for him. This chapter tells of who they were and how strong and swift at battle and what they could do...how they fought. There were men from different places that came to join David's army. He had a lot of support.
Day 122 --- Psalm 133 It is good when people can live in unity.
Day 123 --- Psalm 106-107 (read April 7, 2008)  Reminds us how Moses led his people out of bondage and of all his miracles for them and how much he had done for them and they still rebelled and turned to idols and murmered against God. He says go give thanks to God because he has broken chains for them. He says to look and see what the Lord has done and the wise will head these things and consider the great love o f the Lord.
Day 124 --- 2 Samuel 5:11-6:23 - 1 Chronicles 13-16 (read April 20, 2008)  David was annointed king of Israel. There was a battle between David and the Philistines. David asked the Lord about how to do battle and the Lord said to circle around behind them and attack from in front of the balsam trees. To listen for the sound of marching and when the tops of the tres move quickly that meant that to Lord had moved out in front of them. David did as the Lord commanded and the Philistines where struck down. David danced and celebrated as they carried the ark of the covenant. One of the ones carrying the ark stumbled and one touched the ark to steady it and died.
Only certain people were allowed to carry the ark. They were to carry it on poles the way Moses had instructed. They were bringing the ark with shouts and celebration.
Michal, the daughter of Saul, saw the bringing the ark with celebration and dispised David in her heart.
They brought to ark to the tent Jersalem. and made offerings and made a Psalm praising the Lord.
Day 125 --- Psalm 1-2 - Psalm 15 - Psalm 22-24 - Psalm 47 - Psalm 68  (read April 20, 2008) The Lord watches over the righteous but the way of the wicked will perish. David asks, who may dwell in the Lord's sanctuary. Those that have no slander on his tongue, and does no wrong to his neighbor, casts no slur on his fellowman. (do you think my inlaws are in big trouble!?)
David writes a Psalm that sort of makes you think might be a prophecy of Christ thinking of himself on the cross. Asking why he was forsaken. He says: "a band of evil men has encircled me,
they have pierced my hands and my feet."
Psalm 23 is the Lord is my Shepherd Psalm. Tells how David has been exposed to his enemies and other things but the Lord has always been with him. 24. Tells that the ones with clean hands and a pure heart will will stand in the holy place. It says that the Lord Almighty is the King of glory. 27. Telling to sing praises and exault God. 68. Tells how powerful God is.
Day 126 --- Psalm 89 - Psalm 96 - Psalm 100 - Psalm 101 - Psalm 105 - Psalm 132 (read May 20, 2008)  In Psalm 89 The Psalmist tells of how great God is and what God has promised him. Then He reminds God of how wicked his enemies are to him and asks him to remember him and His promises. 101 says that he will not put up with wicked people. 105 He tells of what plagues God did to the wicked people in Egypt and how he brought His people out of their slavery.                                                                                                                                                                                                             Day 127 --- 2 Samuel 7 - 1 Chronicles 17  (read May 26, 2008)God told Nathan to go tell David to build a house for The Ark of God.
Day 128 --- Psalm 25 - Psalm 29 - Psalm 33 - Psalm 36 - Psalm 39  (read August 21, 2008)
Day 129 --- 2 Samuel 8-9 - 1 Chronicles 18 (read August 21, 2008)
Day 130 --- Psalm 50 - Psalm 53 - Psalm 60 - Psalm 75     (READ----August 25, 2008)
Day 131 --- 2 Samuel 10 - 1 Chronicles 19 - Psalm 20       (READ ---August 25, 2008)
Day 132 --- Psalm 65-67 - Psalm 69-70   (READ-----Sept 1, 2008)
Day 133 --- 2 Samuel 11-12 - 1 Chronicles 20     (READ ------Sept  1, 2008)
Day 134 --- Psalm 32 - Psalm 51 - Psalm 86 - Psalm 122    (READ.......Sept 2, 2008)
Day 135 --- 2 Samuel 13-15 (READ.......Sept 2, 2008)
Day 136 --- Psalm 3-4 - Psalm 12-13 - Psalm 28 - Psalm 55 (READ.......Sept 2, 2008)
Day 137 --- 2 Samuel 16-18 (READ.......Sept 2, 2008)
Day 138 --- Psalm 26 - Psalm 40 - Psalm 58 - Psalm 61-62 - Psalm 64 (READ Sept 2, 2008)
Day 139 --- 2 Samuel 19-21 (READ.......Sept 2, 2008)
Day 140 --- Psalm 5 - Psalm 38 - Psalm 41-42 (READ.......Sept 2, 2008)
Day 141 --- 2 Samuel 22-23 - Psalm 57 (Read Sept 19, 2008)
Day 142 --- Psalm 95 - Psalm 97-99 ( Read Sept 19, 2008)
Day 143 --- 1 Chronicles 21-22  - 2 Samuel 24 -  Psalm 30  ( Read Oct 27, 2008)
2 SAMUEL COMPLETE
Day 144 --- Psalm 108-110 (Read DEC 30, 2008)
Day 145 --- 1 Chronicles 23-25 (Read DEC 30, 2008)
Day 146 --- Psalm 131 - Psalm 138-139 - Psalm 143-145 (Read DEC 30, 2008)
Day 147 --- 1 Chronicles 26-29 - David gives his son Soloman, the plans for the temple. Psalm 127 ( Read DEC 30, 2008)
1 CHRONICLES COMPLETE
Day 148 --- Psalm 111-118 (read Januay 6,2009)
Day 149 --- 1 Kings 1-2 -(read OCT 24,2008)  Psalm 37 - Psalm 71 - Psalm 94 (read Januay 6,2009)
Day 150 --- Psalm 119:1-88 (read January 08,2009) v8 May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause;
       but I will meditate on your precepts.
Day 151 --- 2 Chronicles 1 - (read Jan 08,2009) 1 Kings 3-4 --(read OCT 24,2008)  Psalm 72  (read Jan 08,2009)
Day 152 --- Psalm 119:89-176  (read January 8, 2009) v84 How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors? v85 The arrogant dig pitfalls for me,
       contrary to your law.
Day 153 --- Song of Solomon 1-8 (read January 15, 2009)
SONG OF SOLOMON COMPLETE  
Day 154 --- (Read January 15, 2009) Proverbs 1-3   Ch 3: 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight..................................29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
who lives trustfully near you. 30 Do not accuse a man for no reason— when he has done you no harm.
Day 155 --- Proverbs 4-6 (Read January 15. 2009) Ch 6  v16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: v 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood, v18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil, v19 a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
Day 156 --- Proverbs 7-9 (Read January 16, 2009) Ch 9 v.7 "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult;  whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.  v.8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you;  rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
Day 157 --- Proverbs 10-12 (read January 21, 2009) Proverbs 10 v8 The wise in heart accept commands,  but a chattering fool comes to ruin. 17 He who heeds discipline shows the way to life,  but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. Proverbs 11 v9 With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape. Proverbs 12 v 8 A man is praised according to his wisdom,  but men with warped minds are despised. 9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food. 19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment. 20 There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil, but joy for those who promote peace. 23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself,  but the heart of fools blurts out folly.
Day 158 --- Proverbs 13-15 (read January 21,2009)  Proverbs 13v 2 From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things,  but the unfaithful have a craving for violence. 9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. 20 He who walks with the wise grows wise,  but a companion of fools suffers harm. 21 Misfortune pursues the sinner,  but prosperity is the reward of the righteous. 24 He who spares the rod hates his son,  but he who loves him is careful to discipline him. Proverbs 14 6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. 7 Stay away from a foolish man,  for you will not find knowledge on his lips. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. 15 A simple man believes anything,  but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.16 A wise man fears the LORD and shuns evil,  but a fool is hotheaded and reckless. 17 A quick-tempered man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated. 21 He who despises his neighbor sins, 29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly. Proverbs 15 1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,  but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. 3 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere,  keeping watch on the wicked and the good. 10 Stern discipline awaits him who leaves the path;  he who hates correction will die. 18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension,  but a patient man calms a quarrel. 22 Plans fail for lack of counsel,  but with many advisers they succeed. 27 A greedy man brings trouble to his family.  30 A cheerful look brings joy to the heart,  and good news gives health to the bones.
Day 159 --- Proverbs 16-18 (read January 25, 2009) Proverbs 16  v3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. v7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD,
 he makes even his enemies live at peace with him.  Proverbs 18 v2 A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions. v13 He who answers before listening— that is his folly and his shame.v19 An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel
Day 160 --- Proverbs 19-21 (read January 25,2009) Proverbs 19 v5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will not go free. v 18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.
Proverbs 20 v1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise. v19 A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much. v22 Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you. Proverbs 21 v9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife v10 The wicked man craves evil; his neighbor gets no mercy from him. v15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. v19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife. v 20 In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil,  but a foolish man devours all he has. Day 161 --- Proverbs 22-24 (read February 25,2009)  Proverbs 23 6 Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies; 7 for he is the kind of man
who is always thinking about the cost. [b] "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. 8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten
and will have wasted your compliments Proverbs 24 15 Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous man's house,
do not raid his dwelling place; 16 for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity. 17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice, 18 or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him. 19 Do not fret because of evil men
or be envious of the wicked, 20 for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Day 162 --- 2 Chronicles 2-3 -(read March/2/2009)  1 Kings 5-6 -(read OCT 24,2008)
Day 163 --- 2 Chronicles 4 -(read March 2. 2009) 1 Kings 7 -(read OCT 24,2008)
Day 164 --- 2 Chronicles 5 - (read March 3, 2009) 1 Kings 8 -(read OCT 24,2008)
Day 165 --- 2 Chronicles 6-7 - (read March 4, 2009) Solomon dedicates the temple he built. Solomon even said: 22 "When a man wrongs his neighbor and is required to take an oath and he comes and swears the oath before your altar in this temple, 23 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing down on his own head what he has done. Declare the innocent not guilty and so establish his innocence. 2 Chronicles 7 Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo [b] Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. 9 On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more.
Psalm 136 (read March 4, 2009) 23 to the One who remembered us in our low estate His love endures forever. 24 and freed us from our enemies,
His love endures forever
Day 166 --- Psalm 134 -(read March 4, 2009) Psalm 146-150   (read March 4, 2009)Praises to the Lord
Day 167 --- 2 Chronicles 8 -(read March 9, 2009) 1 Kings 9  -(read OCT 24,2008)
Day 168 --- Proverbs 25-26  (read March 9, 2009)  Proverbs 25  5 remove the wicked from the king's presence,
and his throne will be established through righteousness. 6 Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence, and do not claim a place among great men; 7 it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than for him to humiliate you before a nobleman. What you have seen with your eyes 8 do not bring [b] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame? 9 If you argue your case with a neighbor, do not betray another man's confidence, 10 or he who hears it may shame you and you will never lose your bad reputation. 18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is the man who gives false testimony against his neighbor. 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.  Proverbs 26 17 Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. 22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts. 28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Day 169 --- Proverbs 27-29  (read March 9, 2009) 27, 15 A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day; 13 He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy Proverbs 28, 22 A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him. 25 A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper. 26 He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe. 27 He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses. Proverbs 29 11 A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. 20 Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.
Day 170 --- Ecclesiastes 1-6 (read March 19, 2009) Ecclesiastes tells us that there is nothing new under the sun. To be happy while you have days on the earth.Ecclesiastes 2 v21 For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. 22 What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun? 23 All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless. Ecclesiastes 3 v1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. 22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?Ecclesiastes 5 v1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. 2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. 3 As a dream comes when there are many cares, so the speech of a fool when there are many words. 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. 5 It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.15 Naked a man comes from his mother's womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand. Ecclesiastes 6  v12 For who knows what is good for a man in life, during the few and meaningless days he passes through like a shadow? Who can tell him what will happen under the sun after he is gone?
Day 171 --- Ecclesiastes 7-12 (read March 19, 2009) Ecclesiastes 7 v9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,
for anger resides in the lap of fools. 10 Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these?"
For it is not wise to ask such questions. 15 In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: a righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. 20 There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins. 21 Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you- Ecclesiastes 8 v7 Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come? 14 There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: righteous men who get what the wicked deserve, and wicked men who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless. 15 So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9 v5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun. 7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do. 8 Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. 9 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun— all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, [c] where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. 17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. Ecclesiastes 10 v5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler: 6 Fools are put in many high positions, 12 Words from a wise man's mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips. 13 At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness- 14 and the fool multiplies words. 20 Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say. 10 So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless.Ecclesiastes 121 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them"- 13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil
ECCLESIASTES COMPLETE
Day 172 --- 2 Chronicles 9 -  (read March 21, 2009) Sheba visits Solomon and is very impressed.. 9 Then she gave the king 120 talents [b] of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. 12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for; he gave her more than she had brought to him. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country. 30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 Then he rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king. 1 Kings 10 -(read OCT 24,2008) 1 Kings 11-Solomon's Wives  the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them (other nations), because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.6 The So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done. Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversaries. the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'See, I am going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon's hand and give you ten tribes. 32 But for the sake of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe. 33 I will do this because they have [d] forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molech the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in my ways, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my statutes and laws as David, Solomon's father, did.
Day 173 --- Proverbs 30-31 This chapter instructs what a woman is to do and how she should work and take care of her household. 
PROVERBS COMPLETE
Day 174 --- 1 Kings 12-14 (read March 30, 2009)  Rehoboam became the king. 31 Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made.A man of God was standing next to Jeroboam at the alter and the man cried out that human bones would be burned on the alter and that the alter would split and spill the ashes. Jeroboam heard that man and stretched out his hand for the man of God to be seized and Jeroboam's hand shriveled up. The kind asked the man to intercede and restore his hand, and he did. Another profit lied to the man of God and he did as the Lord had told him not to so the man of God was killed by a lion. Jehoboam still never changed his evil ways. 1 Kings 14 The son of Jeroboam, died. Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. 22 Judah did evil in the eyes of the LORD. By the sins they committed 23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. 24 There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. 31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. And Abijah [d] his son succeeded him as king.

Day 175 --- 2 Chronicles 10-12 (read May 4, 2009)
Day 176 --- 2 Chronicles 13-16 (read May 4, 2009)- 1 Kings 15:1-24 (read May 4, 2009)
Day 177 --- 1 Kings 15:25-16:34 -(read May 4, 2009) 2 Chronicles 17 (read May 4, 2009)
Day 178 --- 1 Kings 17-19 (read May 4, 2009)
Day 179 --- 1 Kings 20-21 (read May 4, 2009)
Day 180 --- 2 Chronicles 18 -(read May 4, 2009) 1 Kings 22 (read May 4, 2009)
Day 181 --- 2 Chronicles 19-23 (read May 4, 2009)
182 --- Obadiah 1 (read May 4, 2009)- Psalm 82-83 (read May 4, 2009)Finishes Obadiah 

I'm fairly sure that I have read and had the King James version of bible read to me, probably several times. I just wanted to do it again, this time in NIV.

UPDATE: Did you know that, if you use this online bible http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joh%203:16&version=9 there is a little loudspeaker you can click at the top of each chapter and this guy reads it to you? That has helped me a lot. I think what is slowing me down in my making notes. I wanted to comprehend everything as correctly as I could. I thought it would help to be able to go back and see when certain things happened...like were it says something in particular. EX: when Moses received the commandments. 

My Bible Reading and Notes

Bible Reading Plan -- the Bible Chronologically
Found at this site: http://www.bibleplan.org/c/niv/

Read the Bible chronologically in 365 days.
View this plan in a dated form.

Day 1 --- Genesis 1-3   (read 4/25/06) In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the earth. God created light, sky, land and seas, vegetation, sun and moon and stars, fish and birds, animals and creatures, and man. (2) God rested on the 7th day and made it holy. Streams watered everything. God breathed breath into man. God planted a garden and in the middle he planted "the tree of life". There were 4 rivers. God put the man into the garden. Man had everything he needed there. He told him to eat but not to eat from the tree in the middle of the garden or he would die. The man gave names to everything. Adam was the man's name. God made Adam go into a deep sleep and took one of his ribs and made "woman". They were naked but they didn't know to be ashamed. (3) A serpent talked the woman into eating from the tree in the middle of the garden. They realized they were naked. They hid from God. The man blamed the woman for them eating from the tree. The woman blamed the serpent. God cursed the serpent for all the days of his life. God caused the woman to have to have pain in childbirth and to serve her husband. God caused Adam to have to work the ground for food.  They would also die. Then God threw them out of the Garden.
Day 2 --- Genesis 4-7   (read 4/26/06) Adam and Eve had a son, Cain and then another, Able. Able kept flocks and Cain worked the soil. Cain was jealous because God favored Able's offering more. Cain killed his brother, Able. Eve had another son, Seth. The next verses tell all the generations from Adam to Noah. The Lord saw how wicked man had became so he decided to destroy them. Noah was the only man he found that was not wicked so he chose him to build an ark and told him every measurement to make and exactly how to build it.  He told Noah to take all his family, wife, 3 sons and their wives, into the ark. He also told him to take each animal, and told him how many, into the ark. Noah did all the things the Lord told him to do.  It had not rained until then. It rained 40 days and 40 nights.  Every living thing on the earth perished. Noah and his family and the creatures in the ark didn't die.
Day 3 --- Genesis 8-11 (read 4/27/06) God sent a wind over the earth and the waters receded. As the water started going down, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Noah waited and sent out a dove but the dove couldn't find a place to light so it came back to the ark. Noah waited 7 more days and sent it out again. this time it came back with an olive leaf. Noah waited 7 more days and sent her out again and she didn't come back. This was a good sign that she found land and stayed on it. God told Noah to come out of the ark and bring his family and all the animals. He told them to be fruitful and multiply. Noah build an alter and sacrificed clean animals and birds. God smelled the pleasing aroma and said that He would never destroy the earth with water again. God set a rainbow in the sky for us to remember his promise not to cause water to destroy man and the living creature on earth. Noah planted and grew a vineyard. He got drunk and and naked and his son, Ham, saw him and told his brothers. His brothers took a cover for him and took it to their father, walking backward so they wouldn't see their father naked. When Noah awoke, he cursed Ham, father of Canaan, saying he would be a slave to his brothers. After Noah died, the next chapter give an account of the next generations of the 3 sons of Noah.
Men started building a city and a tower to the heavens to make a name for themselves. When God saw what they were doing, he made them all speak a different language, so they couldn't understand each other and they gave up building the tower and scattered all over the world.
The rest of the chapter gives the generations from Shem to Abram.
Abram was Lot's uncle. Abram's wife was Sarah. She had not had children.
Day 4 --- Job 1-5           (read 4/28/06 and again 10/21/06) There was a good man who feared God, who had children and flocks.
The angels came to present themselves to God and so did Satan. Satan told God that if all Jobs belongings were taken away from him, he would surely curse God. So, as a test of Jobs faith, God put everything Job had into Satan's hands except Jobs own life. Jobs oxen and donkeys were stolen and his servants were killed. Fire fell from the sky and killed his shepards and sheep. His camels were stolen and those servants were killed. A fire burned all his children. Job tore his robe, shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped God. Job got sores from his head to his feet. While he was sitting in ashes scraping himself with broken pottery, his wife told him he should curse God and die. He said they would accept the bad because they accepted the good. Jobs 3 friends went to him. When they saw him from a distance they all weeped. They tore their clothes and put dust on their heads and sat on the ground with him for seven days. None of them said anything because they saw how great his suffering was. Job cursed the day he was born. His friends discuss why it happened and what to do.
Day 5 --- Job 6-9           (read 5/07/06 again 10/24/06) With his friends, Job questions and wonders why all this has happened to him. He is still holding up for his God. He spoke out and complained of the anguish of his spirit and the bitterness of his soul. He gets advice from another of the friends. Job tells of how mighty God is.
Day 6 --- Job 10-13       (read 5/09/06) Job still talks to his friends about his grief.
Day 7 --- Job 14-16       (read 5/10/06) Job and his friends are still talking. Job finally tells them that they are not a comfort to him.
Day 8 --- Job 17-20       (read 5/12/06) Job still has no hope. His spirit has been broken. His friends tell him he doesn't know God and that it is Jobs fault he has to stand this pain. He asked for pity because no one loves him. But Job still believes in his Redeemer. Job's friends still talk and tell him that he has done something wicked to deserve what he is going through.
Day 9 --- Job 21-23       (read 5/13/06)Job talks to his friends about how the wicked people still seems to be blessed with everything. They never seem go be destroyed and bad things never happen to them. They even seem to die in peace. Both good and bad die and and worms cover them both the good and wicked. One of his friends accused Job of bad things. He told him to return to God and remove wickedness from his life. He tried to give him advice. Job said, he wanted to talk to God and see what was wrong. He said he couldn' t find God but that God knew exactly what Job was doing and that God could see that he still worshipped him and tried to do what God wanted. Job said when he was done being tested, he would be as gold.

Day 10 --- Job 24-28     (read 5/15/06)
Day 11 --- Job 29-31     (read 5/15/06)
Day 12 --- Job 32-34     (read 5/15/06)
Day 13 --- Job 35-37     (read 5/15/06)
Day 14 --- Job 38-39     (read 5/17/06)
Day 15 --- Job 40-42     (read 5/17/06)
Day 16 --- Genesis 12-15 (read 5/30-/06)
Day 17 --- Genesis 16-18 (read 5/30/06)
Day 18 --- Genesis 19-21 (read 5/30/06) Two angels were going to sleep in the city square. The men of the city wanted to have sex with the angels. Lot tried to offer his daughters to them but the men of the city were relentless. The 2 angels pulled Lot back inside the house and the angels struck the men blind. The angels led Lot and his wife and daughters out of the city of Sodom, telling them not to look back, and they went to Zoar. Lot's wife turned and looked back and she turned into a pillar of salt. The next morning, Lot saw that Sodom and Gomorrah had been destroyed because the Lord made it rain down burning sulfer on both cities. Lots daughters got their father to drink wine and get drunk. They slept with him, thinking they would have child by him and preserve the family line. Each of the two daughters had a son by their father, Lot.
Because she ws pretty, Abraham and Sarah told King Abimelech that Sarah was his sister, out of fear that Abimelech would kill him. Abimelech sent for Sarah but God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him she was a married woman. He summoned Abraham and asked why he had almost brought death to him by telling that Sarah was his wife. Abraham explained and since Abimelch hadn't touched Sarah it was all worked out. The King gave Abraham silver and told him to live anywhere in the land he wanted. 21 The Lord was gracious to Sarah and she did get pregant and had a son. They named him Isaac. During a feast, Sarah saw Hagar and her son, Ishmael, mocking and told Abraham to get rid of them. Since it was Abraham's son, the Lord promised that his ofspring would become a great nation. So when Hagar and Ishmael were in the desert they thought they would die, but an angel came to them. Hagar's eyes were opened and she saw a well and drank and gave to her son. He grew up in the desert and became an archer.

Day 19 --- Genesis 22-24 (read 5/30/06) Genesis 22; God tested Abraham. God told Abraham to take his son, Isaac and sacrifice him as a burnt offering. Abraham bound his son and laid him on the alter. When Abraham drew back a knife, God stopped him and provided a ram instead of Isaac for an offering. Genesis 23…Abraham's wife Sarah died at age 127. He buried her in the cave of the field of Machpelah. He bought the place to bury her from Ephron. Genesis 24…Abraham was old. He wanted a servant to go find a wife for his son, Isaac, but not a Canaanite. Abraham wanted Isaac to marry a woman from his own people. Abraham said to his servant that God would send an angel ahead of him. Then if the woman would not follow him back, it would not be the servant's fault. The servant went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor. The servant made the camels kneel down at the well during the same time the women went out to draw water. The servant prayed that when the women came out that when he asked for water, the "chosen" woman would give him water and also give his camels a drink too. That is how he would know that this was the one that was meant to be Isaac's wife. Before he got through speaking, Rebekah came to draw water from the well. She was very pretty and a virgin. The servant asked her for a drink of water. She gave it to him and also gave the camels water too. The servant gave her a golden earring, 2 bracelets and 10 shekels of gold. He asked who her father was and if he had a place that he and his camels could spend the night. She told him there was room for him and straw for the camels too. The servant bowed his head and worshipped the Lord. Rebekah ran home and told what had happened. Rebekah's brother, Laban came out and invited the servant in and called him ‘blessed of the Lord". The servant told the family who he was and of all the blessings that Abraham had that would be Issac's…all of his camels and servants and riches. He told them the story of how he had prayed, all that had happened by the well and how he was to find Isaac a wife. Laban listened and said he could take Rebekah back to marry Isaac. He stayed all night and took her back with him. Before they even got to Abraham's camp, Rebekah and Isaac saw each other. Isaac ran to meet Rebekah and she lighted off the camel and covered herself with a veil. Rebekah became Isaac's wife and loved her.
Day 20 --- Genesis 25-26 (read 5/31/06) Abraham took another wife who gave him sons. Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. Abraham lived 175 years and died and was buried with Sarah. Ishmael's descendants lived in hostility toward all his brothers. Rebekah had twins. Esau, then Jacob.  Isaac loved Esau (a hunter), Rebekah loved Jacob (a gardener). Esau was starving one day and sold his birthright to Jacob for some food.
Day 21 --- Genesis 27-29 (read 5/31/06) Isaac was old and blind. Rebekah heard him tell Esau to hunt some meat and cook it for him and he would bless him before he dies. Esau was hairy so Rebekah took hairy animal skins and put them on Jacob so that he might fool his father into thinking he was Esau and get his blessing.
Jacob loved Rachel but his father-in- law tricked him into working 7 years for her sister Leah as a wife, then 7 more years for Leah.
Day 22 --- Genesis 30-31 (read 6/1/06) Rachel and Leah have a child bearing contest. They let their maids sleep with their husband and the maids have several children by Jacob. Finally, Rachael has a son for Jacob, Joseph. Jacob and his father in law make a deal. Jacob gets all the livestock with stripes. Jacob "marks" the livestock by using sticks that are striped. After 20 years of working for his father in law, Jacob leaves and takes his wives, Rachel and Leah and his children and flocks back to his father's country.
Day 23 --- Genesis 32-34 (read 6/05/06)  Genesis ch 32 Jacob travels back to the country where his brother Esau is. He was afraid Esau would be angry. During his journey he wrestled with an angel Genesis ch 33 Jacob saw Esau coming and expected Esau to attack him. Instead, Esau embraced Jacob. Jacob settled his family, servants and flocks nearby. Genesis ch 34 Leah and Jacob's daughter, Dinah, was defiled because a man of that country, Shechem, lay with her. He loved her and wanted to marry her. Dinah's brothers were angry. Shechem's people made an agreement with Jacob's people that if the men were circumcised, like Jacob's people, they would intermarry and trade with one another. The men agreed and were circumcised. While they were still sore and weak, Jacob's sons attacked and killed them and took all their belongings
Day 24 --- Genesis 35-37 -(read 6/29/2006) Gen 35 God told Jacob to go back to Bethel so he did. God changed Jacob's name to Israel. Rachael had Joseph and after Benjamin was born, she died. Israel's sons were 12 tribes.
Gen 36 tells of Esau's descendants and of the kings that ruled before any Israelite kings ruled.
Gen. 37 Joseph was Israel's favorite son. Joseph's brothers hated him because his father loved him more. His father made him a coat of many colors. Joseph dreamed that his brothers would bow down to him. When the brothers heard his dreams, they hated him more. Israel sent Joseph to see about his brothers who were tending flocks in another place. Reuben, his brother, talked the other brothers out of killing Joseph. He said, lets throw him in a pit. Reuben planned to go get him out of the pit when his brothers didn't know. The brothers took his coat and threw him in a pit. The they sold him to the Midianite merchants, who took Joseph to Egypt. When Ruben came back to get him from the pit, he was gone. They had dipped his coat in goats blood and took it to his father and showed it to him. He thought that a wild beast must have devoured him. He mourned for his son, Joseph, and could not be comforted.
Day 25 --- Genesis 38-40 (read 06/30/06)  Gen. 38 Judah left his brothers and got married. His wife had 3 sons. The name of one of the sons was Er. When Er had a son, he was wicked in the Lord's eyes so the Lord put him to death. Judah told Er's brother to sleep with Er's wife so she could have children for Er. When the brother did sleep with her, he spilled his semen on the ground. This was wicked in the eyes of the Lord so the brother died. Judah told his daughter in law, Tamar, to live as a widow until his other son grew up. She put on widows clothes and went to live at her father's house.
Judah's wife died. When he was done grieving he went up to a town where his men were shearing his sheep. When his daughter in law found out, she put a veil over her face and sat at the gate of that town and posed as a prostitute. She was in disguise so her father in law didn't know her. He offered her a sheep to sleep with him and she accepted but wanted something to keep just in case he didn't' come back with the sheep. She asked for his seal and cord and staff. He left it with her. She slept with him and got pregnant. When the men came to deliver her sheep, she was gone. 3 months later, men came to Judah and told him that his daughter in law had been doing prostitution. When she brought the seal, cord and staff to him, Judah said that she was more righteous than him because he didn't give her his younger son to have a child with. Judah's daughter in law had twins. During the birth, one stuck out his hand and the woman that delivered the baby tied a red string around it. The baby drew it back in and the other twin came first. Gen 39 Joseph, Judah's brother, was sold in Egypt to the one of Pharaoh's officials. The Lord was with him and blessed whatever he did so the official put Joseph in charge of all his household and everything he owned. Joseph was handsome so the official's wife enticed Joseph to sleep with her but he wouldn't because he didn't want to sin against the Lord or to take advantage of his Egyptian master. One day she grabbed him and he ran and as he did, he ran off and left his cloak in her hand. Then she told that he tried to rape her and when she screamed for help he ran and left his cloak. The Egyptian master was angry with Joseph and put him in prison. But the Lord was with him again and the prison warden put Joseph in charge of everything there. Gen 40 Two of Pharaoh's servants were in prison with Joseph and they each had a dream that Joseph interpreted. Joseph told one that he would be restored to his position with Pharaoh and Joseph asked him to remember him when he was restored. The other, Joseph interpreted that he would be hanged. It came to pass one was hanged but the one that was restored didn't remember Joseph or put in a good word for him with Pharaoh.
Day 26 --- Genesis 41-42 (read 67/1/06) Gen 41. After 2 years, the Pharaoh had dreams and no one could interpret them. Then the man finally remembered Joseph and told Pharaoh about him. Joseph interpreted the dreams and Pharaoh made him second in command over the whole land of Egypt. The dreams had foretold 7 years of plenty and then 6 years of famine. When the 7 years of famine came, Joseph and stored up enough grain for Egypt and the lands around Egypt.
Gen 42.. The famine was in the land of Canaan, where Joseph's father and brother were. Joseph's brothers, all except Benjamin, went to Joseph to ask for grain. When Joseph saw them he recognized them but they didn't recognize him. Joseph accused them of being spies. He kept one of the brothers and sent the others back to bring the youngest brother, Benjamin to him. He filled their sacks with grain and put their money back into their sack without them knowing. They were afraid when the found their money was put back in their sacks.
Day 27 --- Genesis 43-45 (read 07/02/06) Again their father sent them back to Egypt to get more food. They took the silver that they had found in their sacks and more for food and gifts for Joseph and they took their brother Benjamin because Joseph had said not to come without him. Joseph had a meal prepared for them at his home.
Gen 44 Joseph told his servant to put the food and silver they had brought into the brothers sacks and  cup that Joseph used into Benjamin's sack. Then sent them on their way home. Joseph sent his men to catch up with the brothers and accuse them of stealing his silver cup. When they found it, they took to brothers back to Joseph. The brothers begged for him not to keep Benjamin as a slave, saying it would kill their father because he loved Benjamin so much. Gen 45 Joseph finally let his brothers know who is was and wept and embraced his brothers. Pharaoh heard and sent word for Joseph's father and brothers and all his family to come and live in the best part of Egypt so they could be fed. and sent new clothes for them silver for his father. Joseph's father was revived and said he would go to see his son.
Day 28 --- Genesis 46-47  Gen 46. God told Jacob to go down to Egypt and take his people and belongings. Joseph met him and briefed him on how to answer Pharaoh.  Gen 47.  Jacob settled in Goshen and Pharaoh gave them food. The people of Egypt and Canaan had used up all the money but still needed food so Joseph told them to bring their livestock to pay for food.  After the livestock was gone, there was nothing to pay for food except their land and themselves. So they sold their land and put themselves into the bondage of Pharaoh. Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years and felt that it was time for him to die. He made Joseph promise not to bury him in Egypt but take him back to Canaan to bury him.
Day 29 --- Genesis 48-50  (Read 7/12/2006) 48 Jacob (Israel) was old and he blessed Joseph's son, Ephraim by putting his right hand on his head instead of Manasseh, the first born. 49 Israel blessed all his sons (the 12 tribes of Israel), and then died. 50 Israel died and was taken to Canaan just as he had made Joseph promise. Pharaoh's men with him to take him there. Joseph's brothers were afraid Joseph would remember what they had done to him and told him that their father wanted Joseph to forgive them and not harm them. Joseph reassured them spoke kindly to them. When it came time for Joseph to die, he told his brothers to take his bones up out of Egypt. When he died, they embalmed him and put him in a coffin in Egypt.
GENESIS COMPLETE
Day 30 --- Exodus 1-3  (Read 7/14/2006) After Joseph and all those generations died, the Israelites multiplied and became exceedingly numerous. The new Pharaoh of Egypt didn't know Joseph or anything about his family. He just noticed how large the number of Israelites there was and was afraid that if they ever went to war, there were so many, they might overpower Egypt. Pharaoh put slave masters over the Israelites and oppressed them and made slaves of the Israelites. It seems the more they were oppressed, the stronger they became and multiplied more. There were midwives that helped during childbirth of the Israelites. The new Pharaoh ordered the midwives to kill the boy babies when the were born. The midwives feared God and let the boys live. When the Pharaoh asked the midwives about it, they said that the Hebrew women were vigorous and gave birth before the midwives even arrived to help. The Pharaoh ordered the boys to be thrown into the river, Nile.
2 A baby boy was born, one of the descendants of Levi. His mother did not throw him in the river, but kept him home until he was getting to old to hide. She made a basket and fixed it so it wouldn't sink and put him in it. The baby's older sister watched as it floated along the Nile. Pharaoh's daughter found it. She recognized it was a Hebrew baby and felt sorry for him. The baby's sister asked Pharaoh's daughter if she would like a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby and she did. She took the baby to his own mother to nurse. When the baby was older, he was taken back to Pharaoh's daughter. She named him Moses..
When Moses grew up, he went out to see his own people. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave. Moses killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand. He didn't think anyone saw him. Later, the word got back to the Pharaoh what Moses, Pharaoh tried to have Moses killed. Moses had to leave. He went to Midian where he helped the daughters of Reuel by rescuing and watering their sheep. Moses stayed with them and married Zipporah and they had a son, Gershom. After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Lord heard the cries of the Hebrew slaves and remembered his promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
3 Moses was tending is father in law, Jethro's sheep when he saw a burning bush and went to take a closer look. Then God spoke to him out of the burning bush and told him to go and lead the children of Israel out of bondage and into a land flowing with milk and honey.
Day 31 --- Exodus 4-6 (read 7/16/2006) God showed Moses how to make miraculous signs to make the Egyptians believe him. Moses argued with God that he was not a good speaker so God told him to take his brother, Aaron with him to do that. So Moses, his wife and sons went back to Egypt.
Day 32 --- Exodus 7-9 (read 8/17/2006 God made plagues come on Egypt, through Moses and Aaron, but each time Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the Israelites go.
Day 33 --- Exodus 10-12 (read 8/18/2006) God caused more plagues and finally, the last plague was when the death angel passed over Egypt and the first born of everything and everyone died that didn't observe the Passover. Israelites marked their door facings with the blood of a lamb so their first born's were all safe. Then Pharaoh finally told the children of Israel to leave.
Day 34 --- Exodus 13-15 (read 8/19/2006) When all the Israelites left Egypt, Moses took the bones of Joseph with them as promised by the sons of Israel. When they traveled, God led them. By day, they followed a pillar of cloud and by night, a pillar of fire. When the Israelites were camped at the Red sea, the Egyptians changed their minds and started to go bring the Israelites back to Egypt.  Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and it parted, letting the Israelites go to the other side, on dry land but when the Egyptians were coming through the parted waters, Moses stretched out his hand again and the water went back together and drowned all the Egyptians. When they came to a place to camp, the water was bitter, so Moses threw a chunk of wood into the water and it became sweet.
Day 35 --- Exodus 16-18 (read 8/20/06) God gave the people, manna. It rained this food every morning. The people were to gather 1/10th of an ephah (half a bushel) every day except the 6th day of the week, then they were to gather enough for the 7th day too. The Israelites grumbled because they were thirsty and didn't have any water. So the Lord told Moses to strike a rock and water would come out, and it did. The Israelites were attacked by the Amalekites. During the battle Joshua fought, when Moses held up his hands, Israel was winning. When he let his hands down, the Amelekites were winning. Aaron and Hur held up Moses hands so the Israelites won the battle. Moses father in law, Jethro, came to Moses from his own land and brought Moses sons and wife. When Jethro saw all the Moses was having to do...being judge over all the disputes that the people had, he suggested that Moses have some honest men to help him. From then on, they only took the difficult cases to Moses to judge.
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS..........................
Day 36 --- Exodus 19-21 (Read 8/21/2006)The Israelites camped at the foot of Mount Sinai. God called Moses to come up the mountain but the people where not to touch even the foot of the mountain or they would die. God was in a cloud on the mountain. The people could see the cloud and hear thunder and that made them very afraid. When Moses was on the mountain, God gave him his commandments and laws.
Day 37 --- Exodus 22-24  (Read 8/22/2006) God continues to give his rules to the people. He tells them what to do if certain things happen.  He make a covenant with Moses. Moses and some of the elders went up on the mountain. God told Moses to come on up with him and leave the others so God could give him tablets of stone with the laws and commandments. Moses went up and stayed 40 days and 40 nights. The mountain, at the top where Moses was, looked like a consuming fire.
Day 38 --- Exodus 25-27  (read 8/24/06) God gives the specifics on how to make a sanctuary/tabernacle and all the articles used in the service of the tabernacle. So he can dwell with the people.
Day 39 --- Exodus 28-29  (read 8/25/06) God told Moses to make garments for Aaron and his sons because they were to serve God as priests. and told Moses how to consecrate and ordain them. God told how consecrate the tent and alter.
Day 40 --- Exodus 30-32 God told Moses how to make an incense alter, a washing basin.... how to do things for atonement for entering the holy place. God appointed certain artists and craftspeople to do the work on the tabernacle. God instructs them to observe the Sabbath.  After God gave all these instructions to Moses, he also gave him two tablets of stone with all these things engraved on them. God knew that the people were sinning, down below the mountain and He was about to destroy them, but Moses begged Him not to. The people didn't know what had happened to Moses because he had been gone up on the mountain for so long.  So Aaron helped them make an idol to worship. They pulled off all their gold earrings and jewelry and melted it down and made a golden calf to worship and sacrifice burnt offerings. When Moses finally came down from the mountain and saw what the people were doing, he threw the stone tablets and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
Day 41 --- Exodus 33-35   (Read 9-11-06) God made more stone tablets with his commandments. Threatened to leave the people because they were stiffnecked. Gave specifics on the tabernacle
Day 42 --- Exodus 36-38  (Read 9-11-06) more specifics
Day 43 --- Exodus 39-40  (Read 9-11-06) more specifics.
EXODUS COMPLETE
Day 44 --- Leviticus 1-4  (Read 9-12-06) God tells Moses how to make offerings.
Day 45 --- Leviticus 5-7  (Read 9-13-06) More regulations on how to make offerings to the Lord.
Day 46 --- Leviticus 8-10 (Read 9-14-06) Moses did the ceremonial things, ordained Aaron and his sons and did burnt offerings. As God had told him to.  Moses assembled the people and they had an offering ritual that God had told them to. After the sacrifices, the glory of the Lord appeared to the people. Fire came out from the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the people shouted with joy and fell on their faces. 2 of Aaron's sons did something unauthorized and the fire consumed them and they died. Aaron stayed silent about it.
Day 47 --- Leviticus 11-13 (Read 10-8-06) God told Moses and Aaron how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten. He tells how a woman will purify herself after childbirth or period. He tells them how to tell if a skin condition is clean or unclean and how to tell if clothing has mildew and whether to burn it.
Day 48 --- Leviticus 14-15 (read 10-8-06) more on how to handle infectious skin diseases, mildew etc. 15. tells about bodily discharge and ceremonial uncleanliness.
Day 49 --- Leviticus 16-18 (read 10-19-06) God tells Moses how Aaron is to make atonement for his sins and the Israelites. God tells them not to eat blood. God says what is detestable when it comes to sexual relations. He speaks of homosexual relations.
Day 50 --- Leviticus 19-21 (read 10-19-06) God speaks of respecting mother and father, making idols, leaving food in the gardens for gleaners. He speaks of stealing, lying deceiving, slander, bearing grudges, mating things of the same kind. divination or sorcery, cutting bodies and tatoos. Mediums and spiritists. respect elderly. Foreigners.Honesty.  God abhorred these things that the other nations did. He tells what should be done with people who disobey these regulations. He is getting is people ready to go into a new land. He didn't want them to be like the ones who occupied the land before. God told Moses all the rules of the priests. Moses told all this to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites.
Day 51 --- Leviticus 22-23 (read 10-20-06) God told Moses more regulations to tell the Israelites, and when and how to do the feasts to the Lord.
Day 52 --- Leviticus 24-25 (read 10-20-06) Tells about doing the oil and bread. Also it tell about the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father getting into a fight. He blasphemed the Name and the Lord told them to stone him.  chapter 25 tells how the Israelites are to treat each other according to servants and slaves. 25:25 of the NIV version tells about kin and the buying of property.
Day 53 --- Leviticus 26-27 (read 10/22/06) God tells of the rewards and punishment if the Israelites obey or do not obey Him.  He instructs them further.  These are the commands the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.
Day 54 --- Numbers 1-2 (read 10/24/06) The first draft. God ordered a census. The men from each tribe who were 20 years old or older were all numbered and totaled, except the tribe of Levi who were to take care of the tabernacle of the Testimony. God tells how to arrange the camps according to the tribes.
Day 55 --- Numbers 3-4 (read 10/26/06) God tells who was responsible for all that had to be taken care of regarding the tent of meeting/tabernacle.
Day 56 --- Numbers 5-6  (read 10/28/06) God is still giving regulations and rules to the Israelites. When a man suspected his wife of sleeping with another man, this chapter 5 tells of a test with bitter water to see if the accusation is true or not. God tells how to make a special vow, a vow of separation to the LORD as a Nazirite. God tells Moses and Aaron how to bless the Israelites by saying " ' "The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
Day 57 --- Numbers 7  (read 10/29/06) Twelve days and twelve of the leaders came to bring their offerings. This chapter tells what each one brought.

Day 58 --- Numbers 8-10  (10/30/06) God tells Moses how to face the lamps. The Levites were purified and the Lord claimed them as his own. The Israelites celebrated the passover. There was a cloud that looked like fire that settled over the tabernacle. The Israelites would camp. When the cloud lifted, they set out. They were obeying the Lord. They were to make trumpets and blow different sounds for different occasions. There was an order of how they were to march.
Day 59 --- Numbers 11-13  (11/01/06) The Israelites were craving meat, being tired of the manna that fell for them to eat every day. Moses has too much burden taking care of the whole of Israel so seventy elders were to help him. God promised meat. A wind went from the Lord and blew in quail from the sea, three feet deep and miles around the camp. The Lord was angry and made a plague on the people. Miriam and Aaron talked about Moses and were called up before the cloud that the Lord was in. God was angry and turn Miriam leprous. Moses and Aaron begged God to cure her. He told her to go outside the camp for 7 days. The people waited and didn't travel until she was brought back. Moses sent scouts to the land of Caanan, the same land that God was giving to the Israelites. The scouts said they didn't think they could take the land because the people who lived there were powerful and the cities were large. It was a land flowing with milk and honey but they didn't think they could take it. The Caleb silenced them and said they should go take it.
Day 60 --- Numbers 14-15 - Psalm 90 (read 11/06/06)  The men made a bad report of the land and the people all grumbled against the Lord. So God told them they would wander for 40 years and only 2 of them, Caleb and Joshua, would actually see the new land. Some went to conquer the inhabitants, but the Lord was not with them and they were beat back. He gives more rules offerings. The find a man gathering wood on the Sabbath and God tells them to stone him to death. God tells them to make tassels to remind them of His commands. Psalms 90 Moses prays for the people.
Day 61 --- Numbers 16-17 (read 11/11/06) There were 3 men that rose up against Moses and Aaron. The Lord caused the earth to open and swallow them and all their households and close back so they were no more. Then God caused fire to consume 250 more who were against Moses and Aaron. A plague began and was stopped. The Lord told Moses to get 12 staffs. The one that spouted and even produced almonds was Aaron's. This was to put an end to the grumbling. The Israelites were asking if they were all going to die.
Day 62 --- Numbers 18-20 (read/11/11/06) The Lord gave Aaron his duties and told him what of the things that were devoted to the Lord was his. The Levites and Aaron were the only ones to come near to the tent of meeting. The Lord tell of tithing one-tenth. Chapter 10 tells how to sacrifice and purify an unclean person by water being sprinkled. Miriam died and was buried in Kadesh. There was no water there. The Lord to told Moses to speak to a rock and it would give water. Moses was aggravated with the Israelites for grumbling so much and he struck the rock. Water gushed out of the rock but the Lord told Moses, because he had not honored him in the bringing of the water, that he would not bring the children of Israel into the land that was promised. Moses asked the king of Edom to let the Israelites pass through that land, but the Kind said no. Again Moses asked but Edom said no, they may not pass so Israel turned away from them. Aaron died up on Mount Hor. Israel mourned for him for 30 days. His garments were put on Aaron's son Eleazar.
Day 63 --- Numbers 21-22  (read 12/18/06) God helped the Israelites to take possession of land by winning battles.
One man went out to see certain people. He was riding his donkey. An angel stood in the way with is sword drawn and the donkey turned away each time the angel appeared.
Day 64 --- Numbers 23-25 (read 1/8/07)
Day 65 --- Numbers 26-27 (read(1/9/97) another census. God appointed Joshua as the leader to take the place of Moses and lead the children of Israel to their new land.
Day 66 --- Numbers 28-30  (read 1/9/07) God instructs on offerings, when, how, how much and what to make as an offering. He specifically says to make sure they are without defects. It was very complicated and tedious. There was much to be remembered and observed. I understand why the people needed priests to do their sacrifices and atonements.
Day 67 --- Numbers 31-32 (read 2/22/07)
Day 68 --- Numbers 33-34 (read 2/22/07)
Day 69 --- Numbers 35-36 (read 2/22/07)|
NUMBERS COMPLETE
Day 70 --- Deuteronomy 1-2 (read 2/22/07)
Day 71 --- Deuteronomy 3-4  (read 2/22/07)
Day 72 --- Deuteronomy 5-7  (read 2/23/07)
Day 73 --- Deuteronomy 8-10 (read 2/23/07)
Day 74 --- Deuteronomy 11-13  (read 2/23/07)
Day 75 --- Deuteronomy 14-16  (read 2/23/07)
Day 76 --- Deuteronomy 17-20 (read 2/26/07) Ch 18: 10. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in ^{[a] the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD. v.20 is the famous "eye for eye, tooth for tooth" verse.}
Day 77 --- Deuteronomy 21-23 (read 3/2/07)
Day 78 --- Deuteronomy 24-27 (read 3/5/07)
Day 79 --- Deuteronomy 28-29 (read 4/13/07)
Day 80 --- Deuteronomy 30-31 (read 4/13/07)

Day 81 --- Deuteronomy 32-34 - Psalm 91 (read 4/13/07) In Deuteronomy 34 Moses climbed a mountain and saw the promised land. He died without entering it. Josusha became the leader of the Israelites.
DEUTERONOMY COMPLETE
Day 82 --- Joshua 1-4   (read 4/19/07)God puts Joshua in charge of the Israelites. 2....They sent out spies and woman hid the spies on her roof. She told them how she feared them because of all God did for them. She tied a cord in the window as a sign not to harm her and those that dwell in that house. 3....When the priests carried the Ark of the covenant into the Jordan river, the water stopped running and became dry ground.  4...the people went across the river and picked up rocks, according to the 12 tribes of Israel. When they were all across on dry land, the priests carried the ark on and the river started running again.
Day 83 --- Joshua 5-8 (read 4/19/07) 5 There was another circumcision of males. The manna stopped and the people ate from the produce of Cannan. When Joshua was near Jericho, there was a soldier in the road with his sword drawn. He was from the army of the Lord. He told Joshua to take off his shoes because he was on holy ground and he did. 6 He told him how to march around the city 6 days and blow trumpets and shout at a certain time on the 7th day, and the wall of the city would collapse. And it did. and they took over the city. Joshua spared the life of the woman who hid the spies and her family. 7 Joshua sent spies to look at a city called Ai. They came back and said that it could be taken with two or three thousand men. But when they went some where killed. The Lord told Joshua, Israel had sinned and took things that were devoted. to remove the devoted things that they shouldn't have taken. Joshua's son was one who took some things. His son was stoned to death. 8: God told Joshua to ambush the city of Ai and set it on fire. When they met in battle, Israel fled and Ai pursued the Israel soldiers and left the city unguarded. When Joshua held out his javelin, the men from the ambush rushed and took over the city and set it on fire. Israel did carry off the livestock and plunder because the God told them to this time.
Day 84 --- Joshua 9-11  (read 4/24/07) Joshua 9: One of the countries, Gibeon, near, heard about how God had been on the side of the Israelites and let on like they had traveled a long way to make a treaty with the Israelites. The Israelites ask for God's guidance on that, but went ahead and promised not to kill them. Instead, they became servants to the Israelites. Joshua 10: Other countries, 5 kings, heard about the treaty and attacked Gibeon but Israel took up for them. The Lord was with them. Hail fell and killed. The sun stood still and moon stopped during the battle until Joshua won the battle. The Kings hid in a cave until Joshua asked for them to be brought to him. The kings were hanged and their bodies thrown back into the caves where they were hiding. Joshua took all the countries and their kings and left no survivors, just as God had commanded. Joshua 11: The king of Hazor heard about it and attacked Israel. But God made Israel strong and they destroyed Hazor completely. Joshua destroyed the people and took all the land that God had promised. Then the land had rest from war.
Day 85 --- Joshua 12-15 (read 4/27/07) 12 gives a list of the king that was taken over. God told Joshua he is old but still needs to take over a lot more land. God said he would take over part of the land for the Israelites. Some of the land still had it's original inhabitants and they lived there. One of the spies that was sent out earlier came to Joshua and told him that Moses had promised him a certain land for following the Lord with his heart. and he was given Hebron. 15 gives the boundaries of allotments of land and towns
Day 86 --- Joshua 16-18 (read 4/27/07) More boundaries and inheritances of land and towns. Some of the original inhabitance remained but were forced to do labor. More territories, boundaries etc. The people of Joseph said they were many and needed more and Joshua gave them the hill country and forest and told them to drive out the Canaanites and use the land for themselves. The tribe of Benjamin inherited Jerusalem.
Day 87 --- Joshua 19-21 (read 4/27/07) More allotments of territories and boundaries. God told Joshua to designate cities of refuge where one could go for protection until he gets a trial. The Levities approached and said they were due towns to live in and pasture for livestock So they were given that out of other's inheritance. The Lord gave them all he had promised the forefathers and gave them rest.
Day 88 --- Joshua 22-24  (read 4/27/07) The Reubenites and the Gadites built a replica alter, like the original one. The other tribes thought it was in rebelion or disobedience and wanted to go to war. But they said it wasn't. It was built as a witness and not of burnt offerings. They all decided it was not an unfaithful act. And the Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name: A Witness Between Us that the LORD is God. When Joshua was old he gathered the people. Told them to be sure obey the things that were written in the laws of Moses. Not to intermarry with other inhabitants. Not to bow down to their gods. Joshua assembles the people and tells them what God has done for them all down through the generations. Tells them to choose to serve. Joshua said "as me me and my house, we will serve the Lord". The people said "we too will serve the Lord". And Joshua made a covenant with them. He set a stone to be a witness. Joshua died.
Also Joseph's bones that were carried out of Egypt was buried in the promised land.
JOSHUA COMPLETE
Day 89 --- Judges 1-2 (read 4/28/07) God appointed the men of Judah to fight for the land and cities. This chapter tells of some of the cities that were taked over by Judah. 2. The people disobeyed what the Lord had told them so he didn't drive out some of the people and said that they would be a thorn in their side. Generations past and the later generation didn't know about the Lord and what he had done for the Israelites. They worshiped other gods. God handed them over to their enemies. The Lord maded judges for the people. but they violated the covenent of the forefatheres. So the Lord stopped driving out their enemies.
Day 90 --- Judges 3-5 (read 4/29/07) 3 The Israelites married the inhabitants of other lands worshipped other gods. Since they disobeyed, God put them into the hands of enemies for 8 years. When when they cried out, the Lord gave them a deliverer who was Caleb's younger brother. Then the land had peace for 40 years until he died. The Israelites did wrong again and God made them to be under the power of the King of Moab for 18 years. They cried out again and the Lord gave them a left-handed man of Benjamin's desendents. His name was Ehud. He made a double-edged sword and straped it to his right side. He was talking to him in room. He told the kink of Moab that he had a secret message for him. The King excused his servants. When they were gone, Ehud told him the message was from the Lord. Then he drew his sword with his left hand and plunged it into the kings belly, all the way through, burrying the handle into his fat stomach and the blade was sticking out his back. Ehud left the sword in the kings body and there was so much fat, it just sort of swallowed up the sword. Ehud went out on the porch and closed the doors and locked them after him. When the servants tried to open the door they found them locked so they though the king was just in the restroom. It was such a long time they were embarrassed and unlocked the doors and found him dead. Ehud had slipped away while the servants were waiting. Ehud went and gathered the people then, and took over Moab and became rulers over that country. They had peace for 80 years. Then there was Shamgar who killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
After Ehud died, the Israelites did evil again. So the Lord put them into the hands of Jabin, a King of Canaan. They were oppressed for 20 years. Deborah was the leader of Israel at that time. She told Barak a plan to ambush Jabins army. Deborah went with Barak to Kadesh. When the time came she told Barak to go fight. The commander of the enemy army was Sisera. When battle started, Sisera got out of his chariot and ran on foot to the tent of Jael, who was the wife of a Kenite. She covered him. He said he was thirsty and she gave him a drink. When he went to sleep from exhaustion, she got a tent peg and drove it through his temple. Barak came by trying to find Sisera and she showed him lying there with a peg through his temple, dead.
Israel grew stronger against Jabin and destroyed him. On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang. Then there was peace for 40 years.

This got long. About 1/4th of the bible so I divided it. Here is section 2  

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