My Daily Bible Reading
Today’s Life Journal Reading is from:
John 9,10,11
Scripture
39 And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains. (John 9:39-41, New King James Version)
Observation:
I pulled up MHC and wanted to share what it says:
He reproves the Pharisees.
Christ came into the world to give sight to those who were spiritually blind. Also, that those who see might be made blind; that those who have a high conceit of their own wisdom, might be sealed up in ignorance.
The preaching of the cross was thought to be folly by such as by carnal wisdom knew not God. Nothing fortifies men’s corrupt hearts against the convictions of the word, more than the high opinion which others have of them; as if all that gained applause with men, must obtainacceptance with God.
Christ silenced them. But the sin of the self-conceited and self-confident remains; they reject the gospel of grace, therefore the guilt of their sin remains unpardoned, and the power of their sin remains unbroken.
Our pastor spoke a powerful sermon yesterday that I will share more after the holidays; Right now it’s a time of reflection on remembering that our Saviour and Lord was born a tiny babe and through that miracle, was a gift to all mankind, by our Heavenly Father for the sacrifice of Him, for our sins so that all will be saved through salvation.
However, this reading, is something that even as I noted to go back and share my reflections, is a reminder this holiday season, that in the midst of everything going wrong, and it does, that what is essentially important is remembering at heart what our Lord and Saviour has done for all of us and not just a select few.
It’s so easy to get caught up in the holidays and so focus on our family and friends, to forget that we have a bigger family to think of too and a Father who is above us all.
Application:
I pray and hope our Heavenly Father keeps my heart on straight and my heart always focused on Him and not on anyone else. It’s so easy to get caught up in personal glory that we lose focus and the truth is, we are small wheels in the bigger picture, it’s all about Him and nothing else but about Him.
It’s not about numbers; It’s not about who we know, it’s about “Do we know about Him, Abba, our Father in Heaven and have we called to Him and allow Him to be our Saviour and Lord”?
Men’s hearts are fickle and go everywhere which way and it’s like water that is poured out and with no direction, goes everywhere, but when we do what we do, for Him and only Him and give Him the credit and not focus on us, our lives, our hearts, our worships, are like a river that is directed in one direction, to Him.
Prayer:
Lord, Thank You for everday a powerful reminder of You, Heavenly Father and I pray and hope that You chastise me, give me strength and discernment and help us all remember, all is to and for Your Glory not us.
It’s a struggle for we all want to feel accepted and feel a part of something that is really smaller than what You are doing and I thank You for forgiving us like children who are slowly learning and maturing and pray as a loving parent, You continue to guide us, and give us discernment and lay on our hearts, the directions, YOU want us to take and we don’t supercede with what WE want.
In Your Name, I pray.
Amen
****Purpose of this post****
Gentle Readers, There are days that I will read a verse or passage and just feel pulled to share here, but there are days when I will read something and just feel, I need to spend the day, in personal contemplation of what is being convey and may just post via Twitter, what passages I have read that day and post nothing on here.
That is what bible reading is about; It’s not about having to write something down everyday; There maybe days when you are reading say, Numbers and it’s just lineages, but other days, you may find yourself dealing with a “powerhouse verse” of the moment and have to just go “WOW” and seek God in personal time and prayer to understand what He is sharing.
I will try to post daily, but particularly on weekends, if I’m sick or I’m just completely in awe of what I’m reading or maybe I am trying to understand what I am reading, I may not post here, I may just write in my Life Journal (hardcopy), because I will find myself having to seek His Word and/or the Commentary and just seek in prayer to understand what our Father in Heaven is seeking to reveal.
Either way.
Reading His Word, is about getting to know Him better and developing your Christian growth and maturity. Do what is right and good for you.
If you do use the Life Journal and participate in the daily readings, I would like to hear from you and your perspective on each day’s reading, when I do have a post up, or feel free to comment on a previous “Daily Bible Reading post” or send me a quick email.
Please feel free to join in the linky that I post below, so others too, who uses the Life Journal/or SOAP method to read the bible can participate.
Don’t feel obligate to have to blog about each passage to be read, but if anything, feel free to share those passages that have the most impact on you that day.
There maybe some days that you may read your daily reading and find nothing to jot down in your journal or on your blog and that’s okay, but there maybe other days, that you will find yourself inspire.
This is about you being encouraged to have a personal relationship with our Heavenly Father, and spending each day with Him, You and Him.
It is my prayer and hope that this will be an encouragement to establish a personal daily reading as well.
To find out more about using the S.O.A.P. method, here’s a link to an ehow article and here’s the link to the Life Journal to find out more what it is, and how you can use it for your own daily bible readings. If you don’t want to order the journal or if it’s not available through your local church, another method is simply, buy a journal or notebook or even blog about your life journal readings.
Disclaimer: I am not personally affiliated with the church that the link goes to, but merely share it as a resource of what the Life Journal is, how to order it.
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