Jesus taught that all scripture testifies about him so that in him we might have life (John 5v39-40). King David taught that it is only by living according to God's word that we're kept on the right path (Psalm 119v9). What then could be better than reading the entire Bible? Click the menu to read about the program, choose a month or Bible book - or just work through the blog posts day by day.
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 The wife of nobel character... Proverbs 31:17 Understanding to grow in Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament, being written a short time after the temple was rebuilt in 516BC. It begin asserting just how unconditional God's love for his people is. He has loved those descended from Jacob, whereas he deals with Edom, descended from his brother Esau, according to his justice. Yet despite this love, the Lord's priests dishonour him by bringing faulty offerings, and showing favouritism in how they administer God's law. And the men sin by marrying those who worship other gods or divorcing their wives without good reason and so being unfaithful to them (perhaps they did the latter in order to ...