Michael’s Bible Journal December 15-21
Title: Fresh Bread – Gospel of John 1 Good morning Church of God, As I sit in the cold this morning, I’m thinking about the warmth of this sea...
Title: Fresh Bread – Gospel of John 1 Good morning Church of God, As I sit in the cold this morning, I’m thinking about the warmth of this sea...
1 Timothy 5:6 6 But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives. I believe Timothy is speaking about 2 things here, I believe God is speaking th...
Title – Giving Thanks Always Scripture – 1 Thessalonians 1:2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in o...
Title: If the Lord had not been on our side Entry: This week, I feel somber and grateful as I read the words of Psalm 124, “If the Lord had not ...
1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. Pa...
Title – Open Their Eyes S – Scripture – Acts 26:18 (To whom I and sending you) To open their eyes so that they may turn from darkne...
In Job 9:29, Job, an afflicted righteous man shares, “If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?” This verse certainly strikes a chord with b...
6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” 7 ...
Nehemiah 3:1-32 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. ...
You Know Who I am Scripture – John 6:20 But Jesus called out to them, “Don’t be afraid, you know who I am” Observation –...
Ephesians 6:1 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with...
1 Corinthians Chapter 4 Scripture- 1 Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. 2 For he who speaks in a tongue do...
S – 2 Corinthians 1:20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are yes in Christ. And so through Him the amen is spoken by us to The ...
John 7:1-8 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the Jews’ Fe...
Scripture- Mark 4:10-11 But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. And He said to them, “To you it has bee...
Scripture- Acts 24:14 But this I confess to you, that according to the way which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everyt...
Scripture – Luke 15:6 “You nullify the word of God for the sake of your own tradition.” Observation – Tradition does not always refl...
Tell others what Jesus has done for you Scripture – Luke 8:39 Return home and tell how much God has done for you. So the man went away and told ...
Overcoming Temptation S – Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation, the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is we...
2 Corinthians 9:10-11 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the h...
149 1 Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise in the assembly of saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of...
Mark 4:10-11 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God h...
Nehemiah 6:8-9 I sent him this reply: “Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are just making it up out of your head.” They were all...
The Seal of God Scripture – Revelation 9:4 – They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plants of any tree, but only t...
Psalms 118 Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” 3 Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures foreve...
We’ve been reading the book of Jeremiah this month and I’ve really been challenging myself to consider this book’s implications for us in the ne...
John 10:1-14 “…the sheep hear His voice and He calls His own sheep BY NAME and leads them out…I came that they might have life, and have it abun...
John 4:13-18 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Inde...
Title : God Turned Back time Scripture – Isaiah 38:8 – “Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with t...
Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us What the prophet Isaia...
Isaiah 7:10-12 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, “Ask the LORD your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights. ” But Aha...
2 Chronicles 25:6-10 He also hired a hundred thousand fighting men from Israel for a hundred talents of silver. But a man of God came to him and said,...
2 Kings 4:1-7 “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.” Sometimes our provision seems like nothing...
Title = Complete Joy S- Scripture = Philippians 2:2 Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, inten...
Eccl. 3:11 states: “Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot s...
Romans 11:30-32 Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead. Now...
1 Kings 8:41-43 “Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a far country for Your name’s sake (for the...
S is for Scripture: Psalm 91: 9-16 If you make the Lord your refuge, If you make the Most High your shelter, No evil will conquer you; no plague will ...
Psalm 32: 3-5 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was ...
The Parable of Unforgiveness Scripture – Matthew 18:35 So also my Heavenly Father will do to everyone of you if you do not forgive your brother from...
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungr...
Do Hard Things, Selflessly, Kindly and Often The book of Ruth, a short 4 chapter book: It’s a story of a poor, young widow; an even poorer old widow...
Judges 20:23-25 The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and they inquired of the LORD. They said, “Shall we go up again to fi...
1 Corinthians 14:26 What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelati...
Title – Jesus – The God Who Stops Time S- Joshua 10:13-14 So the sun stood still and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its ene...
Galatians 6:7-9 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destr...
Deuteronomy 1:2 NIV (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.) It took the Israelites a week and 4 days to tra...
The final paragraph of Numbers 6 is referred to as “the priestly blessing”. If you didn’t know, the prayer that Pastor Samuel uses to end every ...
Scripture Mark 4: 30-32How shall we picture the kingdom? It is like a mustard seed, which when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the s...
Acts 16:31-34 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved —you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to ...
Scripture – Exodus 33:18-19 Moses said please show me your glory and He said I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim be...
“Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground. Exodus 3:5 In this Scripture we see that...
In Genesis chapters 40-41, God spoke to me quite a bit about Joseph’s supernatural spiritual gifting to interpret dreams. Consider the following ver...
Reading Genesis has been full of life reminders for me as I read about the first humans on the planet and God’s special love and care for them. I do...
As I was reading through our bible reading plan this week I was intrigued by this passage from Genesis 3:6. “When the woman saw that the fruit of th...