The Third Week of Advent
Sunday Isaiah 42:5-9
Monday 1 Kings 18:17-24, 36-39
Tuesday Isaiah 2:4; 7:14; 9:6-7
Wednesday Jeremiah 23:5-6; 31:31-34
Thursday Daniel 6:10-23
Friday Nehemiah 4:15-23
Saturday Luke 1:5-17
Monday, December 17, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Second Week of Advent
Second Week of Advent
Sunday Genesis 35:9-15
Monday Genesis 37:1-4
Tuesday Exodus 20:1-17
Wednesday Ruth 1:15-18
Thursday I Samuel 16:1-13
Friday II Samuel 5:1-5
Sorry I haven't kept this up-to-date this week. I will try harder. :)
Sunday Genesis 35:9-15
Monday Genesis 37:1-4
Tuesday Exodus 20:1-17
Wednesday Ruth 1:15-18
Thursday I Samuel 16:1-13
Friday II Samuel 5:1-5
Sorry I haven't kept this up-to-date this week. I will try harder. :)
Thursday, December 6, 2007
ADVENT week1 Wednesday & Thursday's Readings
Genesis 6:11-22, 8:6-12
6:11-22
6he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret 7that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.” 8But the Lord was pleases with Noah.
Noah
9-10This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God, 11but everyone else was will in God’s sight, and violence had spread everywhere. 12God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.
13God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all mankind. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds. 14 Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out. 15Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 16Make a roof for the boat and leave a space of 18 inched between the roof and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door in the side. 17I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth wildlife, 18but I will make a covenant with you. Go into the bat with your wife, your sons and their wives. 19-20Take into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal and of every kind of bird, in order to keep them alive. 21Take along all kinds of food for you and for them.” 22Noahdid everything that God commanded.
8:6-12
8After forty days Noah opened a window 7and sent out a raven. It did not come back, but kept flying around until the water was completely gone. 8Meanwhile, Noah sent out a dove to see if the water had gone down, 9but since the water still covered all the land, the dove did not find a place to light. It flew back to the boat, and Noah reached out and took it in. 10He waited another seven days and sent out the dove again. 11It returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water had gone down. 12Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove once more; this time it did not come back.
Thursday week 1
Genesis 12:1-7, 13:2-18
The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives, and your father’s home, and go to a land that I am going to show you. 2I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
3I will bless those who bless you,
But I will course those who curse you.
And through you I will bless all the nations.”
4When Abram was seventy-five years old, he started out from Haran, as the Lord had told him to do; and Lot went with him. 7Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the wealth and all the slaved they had acquired in Haran, and they started out for the land of Canaan.
When they arrived in Canaan, 6Abram traveled through the land until he came to the sacred tree of Moreh, the holy place at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanited were still living in the land.)
13:2-18
2Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goat, and cattle, as well as silver and gold. 3Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where hi had camped before 4asn had built and altar. There he worshiped the Lord.
5Lot alos had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own family and servants. 6And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals. 7So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram’s animals and those who tool care of Lot’s animals. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)
8Then Abram said to Lot, “We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn’t any part of the land you want. You go one way, and I’ll go the other.”
10Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jorden Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the Lord or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11So Lot chose the whole Jorden Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted. 12Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the valley and camped near Sodom, 13whose people were wicked and sinned against the Lord.
Abram Moves to Hebron
14After Lot had left, the Lord said to Abram, “From where you are, look carefully in all directions. 15I am going to give you and your descendents all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever. 16I am going to give you so many descendents that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth! 17Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you.” 18So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
6:11-22
6he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret 7that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.” 8But the Lord was pleases with Noah.
Noah
9-10This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God, 11but everyone else was will in God’s sight, and violence had spread everywhere. 12God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.
13God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all mankind. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds. 14 Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out. 15Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 16Make a roof for the boat and leave a space of 18 inched between the roof and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door in the side. 17I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth wildlife, 18but I will make a covenant with you. Go into the bat with your wife, your sons and their wives. 19-20Take into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal and of every kind of bird, in order to keep them alive. 21Take along all kinds of food for you and for them.” 22Noahdid everything that God commanded.
8:6-12
8After forty days Noah opened a window 7and sent out a raven. It did not come back, but kept flying around until the water was completely gone. 8Meanwhile, Noah sent out a dove to see if the water had gone down, 9but since the water still covered all the land, the dove did not find a place to light. It flew back to the boat, and Noah reached out and took it in. 10He waited another seven days and sent out the dove again. 11It returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water had gone down. 12Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove once more; this time it did not come back.
Thursday week 1
Genesis 12:1-7, 13:2-18
The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives, and your father’s home, and go to a land that I am going to show you. 2I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
3I will bless those who bless you,
But I will course those who curse you.
And through you I will bless all the nations.”
4When Abram was seventy-five years old, he started out from Haran, as the Lord had told him to do; and Lot went with him. 7Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the wealth and all the slaved they had acquired in Haran, and they started out for the land of Canaan.
When they arrived in Canaan, 6Abram traveled through the land until he came to the sacred tree of Moreh, the holy place at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanited were still living in the land.)
13:2-18
2Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goat, and cattle, as well as silver and gold. 3Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where hi had camped before 4asn had built and altar. There he worshiped the Lord.
5Lot alos had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own family and servants. 6And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals. 7So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram’s animals and those who tool care of Lot’s animals. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)
8Then Abram said to Lot, “We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn’t any part of the land you want. You go one way, and I’ll go the other.”
10Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jorden Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the Lord or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11So Lot chose the whole Jorden Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted. 12Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the valley and camped near Sodom, 13whose people were wicked and sinned against the Lord.
Abram Moves to Hebron
14After Lot had left, the Lord said to Abram, “From where you are, look carefully in all directions. 15I am going to give you and your descendents all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever. 16I am going to give you so many descendents that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth! 17Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you.” 18So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
Have a Blessed day!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Advent
This past Sunday was the beginning of Advent and this year I am determined to keep in the season. So we will not be celebrating Christmas UNTIL Christmas! So to help our family focused on the coming of Christ we are trying something new. We are going to do a Jesse Tree. I know this is not something “new” however it is something new to us. We participated in it when we were in formation in Texas but have never actively done one ourselves. So we are embarking on a new challenge and we invite you to join us this year.
Here are the readings for this week:
Sunday 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Monday 1 Genesis 1:24-28
Tuesday Genesis 3:1-24
Wednesday 6:11-22, 8:6-12
Thursday Genesis 12:1-7, 13:6-18
Friday Genesis 22:1-14
Saturday Genesis 27: 41-28:22
Here are the first three days typed out for you to read.
Sunday week 1
1 Samuel 16:1-13
1The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you go on grieving over Saul: I have rejected him as king of Israel/ bur now get some olive oil and go to Bethlehem; to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”
2”How can I do that:” Samuel asked. “If Saul hears about it, he will kill me!”
The Lord answered, “Take a calf with you and say that you are there to offer a sacrifice to the Lord. 3Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will tell you what to do. You will anoint as king the man I tell you to.”
4Samuel did what the Lord told him to do and went to Bethlehem, where the city leaders came trembling to meet him and asked, “Is this a peaceful visit, seer?”
5”Yes,” he answered. “I have come to offer a sacrifice to the Lord. Purify yourselves and come with me.” He also told Jesse and his sons to purify themselves, and he incited them to the sacrifice.
6when they arrived, Samuel saw Jesse’s son Eliab and said to himself, “This man standing here in the Lord’s presence is surely the one he has chosen.” 7But the Lord said to him, “Pay no attention to how tall and handsome he is. I have rejected him, because I do not judge as man judges. Man looks at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart.”
8Then Jesse called his son Abinadab and brought him to Samuel. But Samuel said, “No, the Lord hasn’t chosen him either.” 9Jesse then brought Shammah. “No, the Lord hasn’t chosen him either,” Samuel said. 10In this way Jesse brought seven of his sons to Samuel. And Samuel said to him, “No, the Lord hasn’t chosen any of these.” 11Then he asked him, “Do you have any more sons?”
Jesse answered, “There is still the youngest, but he is out taking care of the sheep.”
“Tell him to come here,” Samuel said. “We won’t offer the sacrifice until he comes.” 12So Jesse sent for him. He was a handsome, healthy young man, and his eyes sparkled. The Lord said to Samuel, “This is the one—anoint him!” 13Samuel took the olive oil and anointed David in front of his brothers. Immediately the spirit of the Lord took control of David and was with him from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.
Monday week 1
Genesis 1: 24-28
24Then God commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small:--and it was done. 25So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw.
26Then God said, “And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small.” 27So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female, 28blessed them, and said, “Have many children, so that your decedents will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Tuesday week 1
Genesis 3: 1-24
The Disobedience of Man
Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the Lord God had made. The snake asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?”
2”We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden,” the woman answered, 3 “except the tree in the middle of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that tree or even touch it; if we do, we will die.”
4The snake replied, “That’s not true; you will not die. 5God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad.”
6The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruits would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it. 7As soon as they had eaten it, they were given understanding and realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and covered themselves.
8That evening they heard the Lord God walking in the garden, and they hid from him among the trees. 9But the Lord God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
10He answered, “I heard you in the garden; I was afraid and hid from you, because I was naked.”
11”Who told you that you were naked?” God asked. “Did you eat the fruit that I told you not to eat?”
12 The man answered, “The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”
13 The Lord God asked the woman, “Why did you so this?”
She replied, “The snake tricked me into eating it.”
God Pronounced Judgment
14Then the Lord God said to the snake, “You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live. 15I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite their heel.”
16And he said to the woman, “I will increase you trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for you husband, yet you will be subject to him.”
17And he said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you. 18It will produce weeds and thorns, and you will have to eat wild plants. 19You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made form soil, and you will become soil again.”
20Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings. 21And the Lord God made cloths out of animal skins for Adam and his wife, and he clothed them.
Adam and Eve Are Sent Out of the Garden
22Then the Lord God said, “Now the man has become like one of us and has knowledge of what is good and what is bad. He must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever.” 23So the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden and made him cultivate the soil from which he had been formed. 24Then at the east side of the garden he put living creatures and a flaming sword which turned in all directions. This was to keep anyone from coming near the tree that gives life.
Here are the readings for this week:
Sunday 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Monday 1 Genesis 1:24-28
Tuesday Genesis 3:1-24
Wednesday 6:11-22, 8:6-12
Thursday Genesis 12:1-7, 13:6-18
Friday Genesis 22:1-14
Saturday Genesis 27: 41-28:22
Here are the first three days typed out for you to read.
Sunday week 1
1 Samuel 16:1-13
1The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you go on grieving over Saul: I have rejected him as king of Israel/ bur now get some olive oil and go to Bethlehem; to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”
2”How can I do that:” Samuel asked. “If Saul hears about it, he will kill me!”
The Lord answered, “Take a calf with you and say that you are there to offer a sacrifice to the Lord. 3Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will tell you what to do. You will anoint as king the man I tell you to.”
4Samuel did what the Lord told him to do and went to Bethlehem, where the city leaders came trembling to meet him and asked, “Is this a peaceful visit, seer?”
5”Yes,” he answered. “I have come to offer a sacrifice to the Lord. Purify yourselves and come with me.” He also told Jesse and his sons to purify themselves, and he incited them to the sacrifice.
6when they arrived, Samuel saw Jesse’s son Eliab and said to himself, “This man standing here in the Lord’s presence is surely the one he has chosen.” 7But the Lord said to him, “Pay no attention to how tall and handsome he is. I have rejected him, because I do not judge as man judges. Man looks at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart.”
8Then Jesse called his son Abinadab and brought him to Samuel. But Samuel said, “No, the Lord hasn’t chosen him either.” 9Jesse then brought Shammah. “No, the Lord hasn’t chosen him either,” Samuel said. 10In this way Jesse brought seven of his sons to Samuel. And Samuel said to him, “No, the Lord hasn’t chosen any of these.” 11Then he asked him, “Do you have any more sons?”
Jesse answered, “There is still the youngest, but he is out taking care of the sheep.”
“Tell him to come here,” Samuel said. “We won’t offer the sacrifice until he comes.” 12So Jesse sent for him. He was a handsome, healthy young man, and his eyes sparkled. The Lord said to Samuel, “This is the one—anoint him!” 13Samuel took the olive oil and anointed David in front of his brothers. Immediately the spirit of the Lord took control of David and was with him from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.
Monday week 1
Genesis 1: 24-28
24Then God commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small:--and it was done. 25So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw.
26Then God said, “And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small.” 27So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female, 28blessed them, and said, “Have many children, so that your decedents will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Tuesday week 1
Genesis 3: 1-24
The Disobedience of Man
Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the Lord God had made. The snake asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?”
2”We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden,” the woman answered, 3 “except the tree in the middle of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that tree or even touch it; if we do, we will die.”
4The snake replied, “That’s not true; you will not die. 5God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad.”
6The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruits would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it. 7As soon as they had eaten it, they were given understanding and realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and covered themselves.
8That evening they heard the Lord God walking in the garden, and they hid from him among the trees. 9But the Lord God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
10He answered, “I heard you in the garden; I was afraid and hid from you, because I was naked.”
11”Who told you that you were naked?” God asked. “Did you eat the fruit that I told you not to eat?”
12 The man answered, “The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”
13 The Lord God asked the woman, “Why did you so this?”
She replied, “The snake tricked me into eating it.”
God Pronounced Judgment
14Then the Lord God said to the snake, “You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live. 15I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite their heel.”
16And he said to the woman, “I will increase you trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for you husband, yet you will be subject to him.”
17And he said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you. 18It will produce weeds and thorns, and you will have to eat wild plants. 19You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made form soil, and you will become soil again.”
20Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings. 21And the Lord God made cloths out of animal skins for Adam and his wife, and he clothed them.
Adam and Eve Are Sent Out of the Garden
22Then the Lord God said, “Now the man has become like one of us and has knowledge of what is good and what is bad. He must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever.” 23So the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden and made him cultivate the soil from which he had been formed. 24Then at the east side of the garden he put living creatures and a flaming sword which turned in all directions. This was to keep anyone from coming near the tree that gives life.
I pray that this Advent season brings you much peace.
God Bless, Melinda
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