HERE'S HOW:

Grab a Bible. If it fits your style, also grab a journal to write in.
- Which Bible version is best? The one you read! If you don’t have one, let us know! Print, Online, and Apps are available.
- Invite family or friends to join you.
Pray! Ask the Holy Spirit to help you as you read. HE WILL.
Check to see if there is a video to watch today
Look up and read the assigned reading for the day.
Look up the assigned Psalm that day: pray it out loud.
Pray! Ask the Father to apply those readings to your life and to help you join Jesus where He is already working. HE WILL.
Participate in Worship on Sunday!

July 8

Read Jeremiah 45-48, then Pray Psalm 27. Take note of how each of the messages about the enemies of Israel then compares, ultimately (chapter 52) with what will happen to Israel.

July 9

Read Jeremiah 49-50, then Pray Psalm 28. Remember, “Molech” is the false god to which they had been sacrificing children. Hence the question of 41:1.

July 10

Read Jeremiah 51-52, then Pray Psalm 29. God is ALWAYS in control.

July 11

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Lamentations, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The book itself is a collection of five funeral poems offered on behalf of Jerusalem after its destruction by Babylon.

Read Lamentations 1-2, then Pray Psalm 30. This writing is an important reminder that mourning is not something that God ignores nor is it something we should “down play” or limit in our experiences.

July 12

Read Lamentations 3, then Pray Psalm 31. Never ignore or downplay the wrath of God. But always view it in light of what happened to Jesus on the cross! See Hebrews 12:2-12.

July 13

Read Lamentations 4-5, then Pray Psalm 32.

July 14

Watch our Read Scripture video on the first part of the book of Ezekiel, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Among the exiles in Babylon, Ezekiel shows that Israel deserved this judgment, and also that God's justice creates hope for the future.

Read Ezekiel 1-4, then Pray Psalm 33. Ezekiel is a book many avoid because of its obscure language and references to places and people we do not know. However, it is a critical source of understanding the mission of Jesus, His actions in His earthly ministry (John’s Gospel, it has been argued, was written using the vocabulary and imagery of Ezekiel) and for unlocking the symbolism of Revelation.

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