5 Day Weekly Bible Reading Plan (See Description Below)

Week 35 ( August 29 – September 4)

Isaiah 23-25; 1 Corinthians 3

Isaiah 26-29; Psalm 65; 1 Corinthians 4

Isaiah 30-32; 1 Corinthians 5

Isaiah 33-35; 1 Corinthians 6

2 Chronicles 28; 2 Kings 17; Psalm 66; 1 Corinthians 7

2021 5 Day Bible Reading Program

• Read the entire Bible or just the New Testament in 2021!
• Chronological reading plan helps the Bible make sense!

This special Bible reading system allows you to read the entire Bible (or just the New Testament) in one year while only reading five times a week.  Five readings a week gives room to catch up or take a day off to focus on other Bible reading or spiritual disciplines, and makes daily Bible reading practical and do-able.  Many people have successfully reached their goal of regular Bible reading using the Schedule and you can too!

The Old Testament readings are placed as chronologically as possible (even the Psalms are read where they belong in Israel’s history when feasible, and this is why some prophets appear to be “out of order”). The only exception is Job, probably the oldest book in the Bible, but placed at the Schedule’s end because it is hard to fit elsewhere. The New Testament readings space the Gospels out throughout the year to keep the reader constantly coming back to the life and teachings of Jesus.

Always do the reading in the order it appears on the Schedule.  For example, if a reading from Chronicles appears before Kings, read from Chronicles first. Check off each day’s reading, and then check off each week in the Weekly Progress Register.  You will be amazed at how soon you are deep into the year and still reading your Bible regularly! God’s blessings rest with those who will read, understand, and live by His Word. May this guide help you to that noble end. “Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path” (Psalms 119:105).

5 Day Weekly Bible Reading Plan (See Description Below)

Week 34 ( August 22 – 28)

Isaiah 7-10; Psalm 22; Matthew 26

Isaiah 11-13; Psalm 118; Matthew 27

Isaiah 14-16; Matthew 28

Isaiah 17-19; Psalm 62; 1 Corinthians 1

Isaiah 20-22; 1 Corinthians 2

2021 5 Day Bible Reading Program

• Read the entire Bible or just the New Testament in 2021!
• Chronological reading plan helps the Bible make sense!

This special Bible reading system allows you to read the entire Bible (or just the New Testament) in one year while only reading five times a week.  Five readings a week gives room to catch up or take a day off to focus on other Bible reading or spiritual disciplines, and makes daily Bible reading practical and do-able.  Many people have successfully reached their goal of regular Bible reading using the Schedule and you can too!

The Old Testament readings are placed as chronologically as possible (even the Psalms are read where they belong in Israel’s history when feasible, and this is why some prophets appear to be “out of order”). The only exception is Job, probably the oldest book in the Bible, but placed at the Schedule’s end because it is hard to fit elsewhere. The New Testament readings space the Gospels out throughout the year to keep the reader constantly coming back to the life and teachings of Jesus.

Always do the reading in the order it appears on the Schedule.  For example, if a reading from Chronicles appears before Kings, read from Chronicles first. Check off each day’s reading, and then check off each week in the Weekly Progress Register.  You will be amazed at how soon you are deep into the year and still reading your Bible regularly! God’s blessings rest with those who will read, understand, and live by His Word. May this guide help you to that noble end. “Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path” (Psalms 119:105).

“What is Joy According to the Bible? 

(By Lessons From Home)

The idea of studying joy came to me when I was reading Nehemiah and studying the “joy of the Lord is my strength” verse. 

Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10) 

The story behind the verse is important. The children of Judah had been exiled to Babylon due to their idolatry. Here they lived among the heathen with no land to call their home. When the years of their punishment are finished, God stirs in the hearts of his faithful servants to start a movement to return home to the land their forefathers had been taken from. 

They endure multiple trials, but they strive to rebuild what was destroyed. They ask Ezra the prophet to read to them the Law. 

He stands on a wooden platform with hundreds of Jews gathered around him and begins to read the words written centuries before. With thirsty souls the people listen and suddenly the greatness of their sin and disobedience falls upon them and their hearts begin to mourn. The people cry out in repentance. 

What a beautiful scene. A whole multitude of people, whose desire is to return to the Lord, raise up their voices as one and repent! 

After this, Ezra and Nehemiah declare the day holy and tell the people to rejoice and be glad. They tell them to feast and be happy. Why? Because God has heard them! 

What is the difference between joy and happiness? What exactly is the joy of the Lord? 

I would first like to point out that happiness is an emotion and that is not what I am referring to when I say joy. Emotions are our natural reactions to situations around us. 

I wholeheartedly believe that our joy is not dependent on our circumstances. Joy is the ability to be content believing that God is working all things for our good.

 There is a difference between joy and happiness and while we all love the high we get from happiness, true joy is steady and dependable. It is like maturity lol wrought from experience, with a little heartache and faith mixed in.” 

 

( I really like that.  Anger, and fear abounds but when we look up, our hearts can feel peace and the joy that only Christ can provide.  Lois)

                              Brown Bag Sunday Lunch

                                      August 15, 2021

Last month, we had our first fellowship together for lunch, as a church body in over a year.

On Sunday, August 15th, we’ll have our second BROWN BAG SUNDAY LUNCH.

Prepare your favorite lunch munchies and bring your own Bag Lunch to church

and after service we’ll fellowship together.

We’ll have chilled sports bottle water for everyone.