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Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
Isaiah 60:1, ESV
The Light of the world has come to us, and when we believe in His grace and salvation, His light grows in and through us.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2, ESV
We can’t truly know the eternal love of God with our fallen hearts and minds until we learn what it means to love Him with all of our heart, soul, and mind. The Holy Spirit is the one who renews and transforms our minds. Seek God and let him change you to love God.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
Psalm 143:10, ESV
God wants what is best for us, being good and love. He gives us His Word and Holy Spirit to help us do what is good and loving.
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11, ESV
God’s Law is based on His character, who He is. When we truly take in His Word by the power of the Holy Spirit, it will change our character, our inner-selves, to be more like our holy and righteous God.
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
James 1:25, ESV
God’s Law is not a set of arbitrary rules but based on His character, so He came as one of us to perfectly obey.
Now He helps us by His Holy Spirit to love in Christ’s obedience when we believe in His death and resurrection.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1, ESV
We see an eternal, All-powerful, personal, loving God from the very beginning. He didn’t need to create us, but He did. Perfectly. And He has a plan.
Trust in Him.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11, ESV
God has planned every day of history, and He has planned on our full redemption. He has come and is coming again, and we all have a desire for eternal life.
Seek God now, and find eternal life in Christ.
The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
Psalm 103:19, ESV
God is in control. He is beyond time and space yet holds it all together in His might. Give Him all glory.
I joined a “Bible in a year” plan with a group 7 years ago. Last year, I started a group plan in my congregation. It has grown for this next year. We are doing one of those chronological readings, this year with some Old snd New Testament readings each day. The feedback so far is that doing it as a group motivates consistency in reading, and they feel more inclined to think about what they’ve read.
We also see more how the whole Bible is connected and how much God is in control!
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: This Sunday at Church: Make it your Goal to read the whole Bible for the year.
This Sunday at Church: Make it your Goal to read the whole Bible for the year
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Isaiah 40:29, ESV
Our God became one of us to show His power, lifting up we who were powerless on our sin into His righteousness. He invites us to walk with Him in faithfulness.
a simple man of God 