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How Big is God - Day 93 Month 4-3 Week 14-2

Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) Numbers 5:11-6:21 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%205%3A11-6%3A21&version=NASB1995 Psalm 75 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2075&version=NASB1995 Isaiah 66:1-9 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2066%3A1-9&version=NASB1995 Luke 8:40-9:11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%208%3A40-9%3A11&version=NASB1995 How Big is Your God 1. God says in Isaiah 66:1  “Heaven is My throne and earth is My footstool.”  So, how big is your God? Sometimes we confine God.  I went off caffeine this week.  It’s the second time I have done this.  I really did not think I was drinking much coffee but I’ve recently (last few months) been anxious and had some heart palpitations.  As I did the last time I went off caffeine, I analyzed how many cups of coffee I was drinking and realized it was 4 to 6 cups.  And I’m talking about 12 oz cups.  Compared wi...
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A Quarter Through the Journey - Day 92 Month 4-2 Week 14-1

Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) Numbers 4:29-5:10 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%204%3A29-5%3A10&version=NASB1995 Psalm 74:12-23 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2074%3A12-23&version=NASB1995 Isaiah 65:13-25 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2065%3A13-25&version=NASB1995 Luke 8:16-39 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%208%3A16-39&version=NASB1995 A Quarter Through the Journey Good Morning Friends.  I do not say friends lightly because you’ve been travelling with me and listening to my thoughts, meaning you know me as deep or deeper than many I’ve grown to develop friendships with outside of this blog.  If you have been tracking with me since I started this reading year, I’m pleased to let you know that we have just completed the first ¼ of the Bible.  I have found the Bible come alive through the words I have read and because I’ve been going slowly and writing each day, I am findin...
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Who Loves More - Day 91 Month 4-1 Week 13-7

Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) Numbers 3:40-4:28 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%203%3A40-4%3A28&version=NASB1995 Psalm 74:1-11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2074%3A1-11&version=NASB1995 Isaiah 65:1-12 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2065%3A1-12&version=NASB1995 Luke 7:40-8:15 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%207%3A40-8%3A15&version=NASB1995 Who Loves More? I think we Canadians are fortunate that we have public health care.  That means we don’t have to worry about money or carry expensive health insurance in the circumstance that anyone close to us is sick.  It doesn’t mean that someone visiting Canada gets free health care.  I read, just recently, that someone was visiting family here in Canada and did not have travel medical insurance.  She became very ill while she was here and spent several days in intensive care.  The family ended up with a bill over $100,000 ...
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Remembering and Rethinking - Day 90 Month 3-31 Week 13-6

Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) Numbers 3:1-39 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%203%3A1-39&version=NASB1995 Psalm 73:15-28 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2073%3A15-28&version=NASB1995 Isaiah 63:15-64:12 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2063%3A15-64%3A12&version=NASB1995 Luke 7:18-39 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%207%3A18-39&version=NASB1995 Remembering and Rethinking 1. In Psalm 73:26 it says “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”  We are reminded that God is eternal.  Though our lives on earth will end at some point  we have eternal life available to us with God -  body, spirit and soul all intact but in perfect form and balance. The minister that performed Sylvia’s and My wedding passed away a few days back.  His name was John Rush.  John walked with me through some of the most deep and painful times of...
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The Awe We Often Forget - Day 89 Month 3-30 Week 13-5

Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) Numbers 1:47-2:34 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%201%3A47-2%3A34&version=NASB1995 Psalm 73:1-14 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2073%3A1-14&version=NASB1995 Isaiah 63:1-14 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2063%3A1-14&version=NASB1995 Luke 6:46-7:17 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%206%3A46-7%3A17&version=NASB1995 The Awe We Often Forget In Luke 7:9 Jesus says “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”  He was referring to a gentile who was a Centurion.  Jesus had the disciples around Him, had just finished His “sermon on the plain,” and was walking to Capernaum.  So if He was surrounded by His followers why did He say what He did about the Centurion?  I think there are probably several reasons but here’s a few that come to mind: The Centurion recognized his unworthiness likely due to the fact that he wasn't Jewish....
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A Good Tree - Day 88 Month 3-29 Week 13-4

Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) Numbers 1:1-46 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%201%3A1-46&version=NASB1995 Psalm 72 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2072&version=NASB1995 Isaiah 62 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2062&version=NASB1995 Luke 6:20-45 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%206%3A20-45&version=NASB1995 A Good Tree We have some fruit trees and berry bushes in our yard.  It’s really only 1 fruit tree -  an apple tree.  All of the berry bushes and the apple tree are out of control.  As far as berries are concerned, we have strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, current and some poison ones.  We don’t eat the poison ones.  The apple tree is a little east from our house close to the shoulder of Shore Road.  The neighbours told us it’s a crabapple tree and the NS Power guys last year laughed at the “crabapple” tree when they were trimming it (really butchering it...
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The Great Divider - Day 87 Month 3-28 Week 13-3

Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) Leviticus 27 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2027&version=NASB1995 Psalm 71 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2071&version=NASB1995 Isaiah 61 passage Luke 6:1-19 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%206%3A1-19&version=NASB1995 The Great Divider 1. In Isaiah 61, Isaiah speaks this prophecy. “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord”(NASB1995) This may sound familiar because after repeating this in Luke 4, Jesus sets the book down and makes the following statement:  “Today, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”  Shortly afterward, the people of His town tried to throw Him off a cliff.  We’ll get more direct clarification on this as we read on in th...
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