I was asked to give my testimony at the Ladies' Christmas Tea this year. This post includes a video and the speaker notes.
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Zephaniah
Next up in the Blue Letter Bible chronological reading list is Zephaniah.
...continue reading "Zephaniah"Isaiah 63, 64, and 65:1-16
Isaiah 63 through the first part of 65 gives the formula for the blessings we've been reading about: Judgment; Confession; Repentance.
...continue reading "Isaiah 63, 64, and 65:1-16"Isaiah 40
We now enter a new section of Isaiah. Most commentators distinguish two "halves" of the book. The dire prophetic judgements of the "Old Testament" half, with the tragic end of Israel and much of Judah by the Assyrians, and the more hopefully, Messianic, "New Testament" half in which Isaiah has amazingly accurate prophesies regarding Babylon. This second second begin with chapter 40.
...continue reading "Isaiah 40"My Walk with the Lord
A reflection on where God met me and who I am now, in Him.
...continue reading "My Walk with the Lord"Hosea 11 (Israel and All of Us)
The tone from God changes, starting in this chapter; and hope blooms on the horizon.
...continue reading "Hosea 11 (Israel and All of Us)"Isaiah 13 (Babylon)
After another pass at II King 16 & 17 and II Chronicles 27 & 28, Israel has fallen and has been hauled away. God has orchestrated a priest to come back and teach His ways, but the people just add that to their previous worship. Meanwhile Judah is still alive, but not thriving under Ahaz. Both book passages end with the death of Ahaz and the introduction of his successor, his son Hezekiah.
Now the Blue Letter Bible chronological reading list sends us back to Isaiah. Previously in Isaiah, he was prophesying about the end of Israel and two beautiful chapters about the Messiah.
...continue reading "Isaiah 13 (Babylon)"Micah 5 (Judah)
Micah has brought the bad news of Judah's fall and captivity and the message of its deliverance through a remnant spared by the Lord; but now we're looking forward to the last days when the nations come together to try and crush Israel; but are destroyed by the Lord.
...continue reading "Micah 5 (Judah)"Jonah 4
So Jonah finally gets to Nineveh and the people believe God's message and genuinely repent- from the king to the nobles, to the servants. So God relents and keeps them from destruction. All's well that ends well, right? Not if you are Jonah.
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