#Readscripture

[dylanseeks]

"In the chronic problem of human beings' felt experience of distance from God, God isn't usually the culprit. God is omnipresent - there is no place God is not. And no time He isn't present either. ‎‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ Our awareness of God is the problem, and it's acute. ‎‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ Could it be that, with a few said exceptions, we're the ones who are absent, not God?" ‎‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ (John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry)

[oneofgodschildren-blog1]

[yesimmortalspiritblog]

True love, knowledge and freedom is found within. When you take a look, you see it is a win win. Ask questions to those who know. You can start with your own soul or with God, Christ and the Holy Spirit. Peace all you majestic souls of love and light!🕊🙏💞💞💞🕊 #truelove #trueknowledge #truefreedom #within #lookwithinyourself #lookinsideyourself #askgod #askchrist #askholyspirit #askyoursoul #askhigherself #readscripture #askquestions #askdivinity #askthedivine #ask #galacticfederationoflight #askthosewhoknow https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch2ZYlWJuka/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[troubledontlast1]

If you don't read the Bible, how will you remember God's promises when you need them? #studygodsword The Bible will not give its riches to those who will not dig. #studythebible You won't know how applicable God's word is to your life if you don't know His word. #knowgodsword You keep looking for a sign from God when you should be looking in Scripture. That's God's Word. He's speaking to you, but how can you hear Him if you don't open Scripture to listen? This is your sign. Get in His Word. #knowinggodsword How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake Him here? #studyingthebible We can encounter God and draw closer to Him in the pages of His Word! Open your Bible! #studyinggodsword 🔥Subscribe to my YouTube channel and podcast,👉🏾"Uplift Past Crossroads"👈🏾🔥 Befriend me on Facebook/LinkedIn = Sean Christopher Jenkins 🔥Follow👉🏾@troubledontlast 👈🏾IG/Twitter/Snap for more🔥 Turn on Post Notification - Like - Comment - Share - Save ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ . . Follow my other Instagram accounts: Subscribe to YouTube(in bio)👉🏾@my_daily_bible👈🏾 Subscribe to podcast(in bio)👉🏾@upliftpastcrossroads👈🏾 YouTube👉🏾@upliftwithdrj👈🏾 Fashion👉🏾@glamourmeetsgq👈🏾 . . 👤 Tag a friend who would like this page ⬇️ ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ #knowyourbible #knowthebible #knowtheword #knowthewordofgod #knowgodsword #readthebible #readingthebible #readtheword #readthewordofgod #readyourbible #wordofgod #godsword #godswords #readscripture #knowgod #knowinggod #relationshipwithgod #relationshipwithchrist #relationshipwithjesus #relationshipwithjesuschrist #spendtimewithgod #spendingtimewithgod #anythingispossiblewithgod #godoftheimpossible #nothingisimpossiblewithgod (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXRS384lF76/?utm_medium=tumblr

[divineconnection77]

Watch and Pray! ✨✨✨Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak. Mark 14:38✨✨✨✨ #biblequotes #bibleverse #bibleforlife #biblereading #mondaymotivation #mondayvibes #readscripture #fallnotintotemptation #spiritiswilling #fleshisweak #prayerchangesthings #prayerispowerful #bewithgod #spiritualawakening #mark14 #goodafternoonpost #watchandpray #haveablessedday #haveagreatweekahead #blessedlife #goodnoon #peace (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC2tsvujRy-/?igshid=1yibagok9mvn

[selactiv]

#ReadScripture #TheBibleProject #BibleProject https://www.instagram.com/p/B2v3vdfp6Sk/?igshid=1w5i02ln7b296

[iamkym01]

Be Great on Purpose!!! Be the best wife, fiancé, girlfriend, side chick, boo cake, mother, sister, and friend you can be... cause when it’s all said and done... your ACCOUNTABLE. You will know who you serve, who you serve, whose got your best interest at heart, and who you are. #godmademepowerful #godmademe #waitongod #accountability #poetic#poetry#flavapoetry #iloveme #blackgirlsrock #blackgirlmagic #relationshipgoals #laughatlife #learning #readscripture #wheresthefatlady #shereigns https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv5aaZtFOHC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f0liva5dx4t6

[nnennem]

Read Scripture by Crazy Love Ministries

[inevitablyimmaculate-blog]

THERE IS NOTHING BIBLICAL ABOUT THE RACIALLY TRIGGERED SEPERATION OF FAMILIES AND DETAINING OF PEOPLE!!! Jesus came to love all and that was his number one goal... you’re not a real Christian if you disagree.

[thebibleproject-blog1]

Read Scripture Week 13

This week, after witnessing the end of Saul’s reign, you will see King David finally enthroned as the first king of a truly unified Israel (albeit he has been the rightful king under persecution since Samuel anointed him in ch. 16). You will see King David coalesce the kingdom of Israel around their new political and spiritual center of the country, Jerusalem (which he calls Zion).

You’ll also bear witness to one of the most important stories in the entire Bible, the establishment of the Davidic Covenant between God and King David (ch. 7). However, as you are riding the highs from the first half of this book, you’ll see a turn in King David, as well as in the book of 2 Samuel. King David gives into temptation and sleeps with Bathsheba (ch. 11), which sets into motion a series of events that bring his kingdom to a grinding halt and destroys his family.

Next week, we will end with a series of poetic reflections by David on the whole storyline of Samuel, and begin with his son, Solomon, the new King of Israel.

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[dylanseeks]

Romans 5:8 says that God shows His love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ‎‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎‎‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ Your worth, value, and God's love for you are not dependent upon your behaviour, your actions, or how you feel. Jesus died for you before you were even aware of your sin. ‎‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎‎‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ And here's the best part - Paul writes that God SHOWS His love for us in Christ dying for us. Active tense, not past. He's still doing it. ‎‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎‎‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ May He show that to you today.

[theupwardcall]

Just like a #fire cannot $burn without #fuel #conflict and #fighting works the same way. Let's #pray and #share the #gospel instead of #gossip and put out the #flames of #conflict and #confusion. #readscripture #study the #Word of #God #Accept #JesusChrist #Repent #Live the #Word of #God #Pray #receive the #Holy #Spirit #Fast #love #jesus is the #way #truth and #life http://theupwardcalling.com/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CSAYKUnlEll/?utm_medium=tumblr

[kurtbennett]

A Better Book Than Mine

A Better Book Than Mine

(If you’re a Love Like Jesus book launch team member, you’ve already received this content and more in my last email.) (more…)

[godspeedts]

Truth 💯 https://www.godspeedts.com/ #knowgod #gettoknowgod #knowledge #themoreyouknow #besmart #amen #repyourfaith #keepinitchristian #smart #apologetics #godspeedts #readscripture #readthebible #knowthebible #praisegod (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqG03BEF4qV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fg4paa11sp9n

[cccto-semi-pro]

Week 2: The Beginning: God's Promise

Daily Reading for Week (HW for next week)

Genesis 19-21, Psalm 6  

Genesis 22-24, Psalm 7

Genesis 25-28, Psalm 8

Genesis 29-31, Psalm 9

Genesis 32-34, Psalm 10  

Genesis 35-37, Psalm 11

Genesis 38-40, Psalm 12

Resources for Week

Recap Video: Genesis 1-11

Read Scripture Video: Genesis 12-50

Read: Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-21, 26:1-5, 35:9-12

Sermon: The Reason for the Bible

1.  CONNECTION AND UNITY EXERCISE (MUTUAL INVITATION)

Share what you need in a group setting for it to feel like a safe space?

Have you learned anything new from our first week of YOBL?

Is there a specific part of Genesis 1-11 that intrigues you?

2. Opening Prayer (Read Psalm 104)

3. INTRO TO DISCUSSION

Last week’s reading took us through Genesis 1-11, what we called the preface to the rest of the story of God. We read about the creation of the world, the first people God created, and their sinful rebellion that led to the spiral of brokenness and corruption which eventually tarnished the entirety of God’s once good creation. This opening picture of a good world that is tragically rotted and rotting because of the introduction of sin is what frames the story from here on out. Sin corrupts the world so deeply that God, in order to preserve good, decides to wipe out almost all of humanity. The preserved family of Noah however goes right back to how things were before the flood. The downward spiral continues, leading to the Tower of Babel story illustrating total societal corruption where humanity in their wickedness tries to build a tower to usurp God.

All of this forms an incredible dramatic moment. Essentially, the conflict and suspense builds throughout Genesis 1-11, leading the reader to wonder how the conflict will be resolved. The beginning of Genesis forces an attentive reader to ask, “How will the world be made right and good again?”And then all of a sudden chapter 12 presents an abrupt pivot, a beginning to the resolution narrative. It opens with, “Now the Lord said to Abram…” In other words, the answer to that question is, this is how: God calls Abram and tells him “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those that bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” God makes Abram, who will later be called Abraham, the point person of a great promise of restoration that will drive the whole rest of the Bible forward. The promise goes from Abraham to his son Isaac, to his grandson Jacob, and then to his 12 great-grandsons who form the nation of Israel.

So Genesis is a story of beginnings, but not just about all of creation. The creation poems of Genesis 1 & 2 and the illustrations of humanity’s corruption in Genesis 3-11 together serve as a prologue to the beginning of a very specific story: The story of God’s grand effort to restore and renew the world through a specific people who will eventually be called Israel. The rest of Genesis is an origin story about how Israel came into existence, and the very important narrative of the beginning of God’s great redemption plan.

Let’s trace the dominant storyline of God making a covenant with Abraham and his family through the book of Genesis.

Read Genesis 12:1-9 & 15:1-21

This is God re-entering the story of the fallen world and proposing a resolution. Through his partnership with Abraham and his wife and future family, God makes a promise to restore the world. He establishes this partnership with a covenant.

Read Genesis 26:1-5

This is God carrying his grand plan and promise forward to Abraham’s long-awaited son, Isaac. The promise is repeated and the covenant is renewed with the next generation.

Read Genesis 35:9-12

This is yet another reiteration of the grand plan and promise, now with Abraham’s grandson Jacob. God then changes his name to Israel, meaning “prevails with God”, and gives him the same directions. Israel goes on to have a huge family with 12 sons who later become the “12 tribes of Israel”. This then is the story of how Israel, the Bible’s second leading character, comes into existence. They will be God’s partner from here on out. Genesis 1-11 begs the question, “how will the world ever be set right?” The story that immediately unfolds from chapter 12 on essentially answers with, “Israel will prevail with God”.

4. LARGE GROUP DISCUSSION

Questions for Basic Understanding

These questions are to help us interpret and understand the text as it was intended to be interpreted and understood.

How would you summarize the portions of Genesis we just read in one or two sentences?

How would you summarize the entirety of Genesis in one or two sentences?

Questions for Interacting with Scripture

These questions are to help us slow down to taste and notice Scripture, savor its richness, and meditate on its complexity of meaning.

God made it his mission to restore the world back to the early times of the Garden. He chose to do so through Abraham and his offspring. The redemptive plan begins with Abraham, who slept with his wife’s servant and pimped his wife away twice to other men to save his own life. It then moves forward though his grandson Jacob, who stole his brother’s inheritance by deceiving him and his father, and through Jacob’s cruel sons who sold their own little brother into slavery and lied to their father about it. In light of all of this, how is God’s redemptive plan going at this point in Genesis?

5. SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

Questions for Self-Examination

These questions are to help us look at ourselves, be aware and honest about who we are in light of our interaction with Scripture and consider any appropriate action.

This is just the 2nd week of the year and we’ve already plowed through 47 chapters of Genesis, trying to understand the major theme and story arch of the Scriptures. Take a minute to pause and reflect. As you read this week, did you notice any of these themes we’ve discussed or was it difficult to sift through?

How has this whole project been for you thus far? Intriguing and stimulating or disorienting and overwhelming? Be honest with yourself. There’s no need to fake it. This year is a marathon, not a sprint, so it’s really important to be thoughtful and reflective as we get going.

6. CLOSING

End your group by praying for one another within your small group.

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