Two year Bible reading program.

BEGIN WITH PRAYER "Lord open my eyes and my heart." Read slowly so that you take in. And as you do, turn your heart to God, thanking him for the good you discover and praying his will home for you, your family, your church and the world. Wisdom to chew on Proverbs 19:26 Understanding to grow in To believe in Christ is to be in Christ, which means we are spiritually alive in Christ, seated with Christ in the heavenly realms, and awaiting Christ's return in glory (3v1-4). It is no surprise then, that doing everything for Christ defines the Christian life (3v17). After all, this is the very essence of the coming kingdom. Negatively this is to put to death all that is not of him, and positively to clothe ourselves with everything that is. It is to speak his message, serve him in the family and workplace, and pray that he might be made known. As you read note the challenges to your life. Colossians 3-4 Finish this reading by pausing to ask yourself: 1) Wh...

BEGIN WITH PRAYER "Lord open my eyes and my heart." Read slowly so that you take in. And as you do, turn your heart to God, thanking him for the good you discover and praying his will home for you, your family, your church and the world. Wisdom to chew on Proverbs 19:25 Understanding to grow in It's very easy to be made to feel spiritually lacking as a Christian. Even within the church, people can imply we lack some key insight from outside scripture, that we could gain a greater level of assurance or of victory over sin if we only follow certain rules, or that a deeper experience of God can be ours if we only worship a certain way. This was the case for those Paul wrote this letter to, around AD60. And this draw to something more was leading his hearers away from Jesus himself. Throughout Paul therefore stresses that we have all things in Christ: We "have" been transferred from the kingdom of darkness to that of light. We need nothing but Christ...