Psalm: 60 Meditation 2 Samuel: When considering David, the first rule of thumb is: “the LORD has sought out a man after His own heart.” (1 Sam. 13:14). Ahithophel gave Absalom very good advice while Absalom was pursuing David his father. The LORD sought “to frustrate the good advice of Ahithophel to bring disaster on …
Category: Daily Reading Guides
Saturday, August 15
Psalms: 60 Meditation Acts: From the earliest times in Jewish history we see that God had called the Jews to be His special people: “For you are a people holy (separate) to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to …
Friday, August 14
Psalms: 22 Meditation Mark: Mark’s gospel is the shortest and perhaps lighter on details. This is a “no frills” report on the healing of a blind man, Bartimaeus, by name. Here, Jesus simply says “Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately… In another gospel an unnamed blind man had to wash out the mud made …
Thursday, August 13
Psalm: 102 Meditation 2 Samuel: Absalom, now heir-apparent, though he was the 3rd born son to David. You may remember that Absalom executed his older brother Amnon for raping Tamar, Absalom’s sister. The second son born to David was Kileab who is believed to have died in his youth. The truth is we just don’t …
Wednesday, August 12
Psalms: 119:121-144 Meditation Acts: Paul has returned to Jerusalem which ends his Third Missionary Journey. Paul, in accordance with what James and the elders in Jerusalem urged, submitted to the rite of purification, principally to give the Jews no reason to imprison nor kill him. Perhaps this rite will prepare Paul for the various judicial …
Tuesday, August 11
Psalm: 17 Meditation Mark: For many people this is a difficult passage: the question of divorce. Today, unfortunately, even Christians tend to be cavalier about marriage. Perhaps Jesus didn’t mean what He said. That is a very dangerous thought because then we may second-guess everything He said. The next paragraph shows Our Lord welcoming children …
Monday, August 7
Psalm: 27 Meditation 2 Samuel: David’s sorrows begin. His first-born son, Amnon, was wickedly vile. He schemed to get his half-sister, Tamar, to attend him as he feigned illness. Amnon then raped Tamar and then threw her to the curb, as we say today. Absalom, Tamar’s full brother, sought revenge on Amnon, and as revenge …
Sunday, August 9, 2020
Psalm: 92 Meditation Romans: Paul is exhorting the Roams Christians to exhort each other (don’t you hate that?) using the same word twice to describe what we are supposed to do? Anyway, it only means to encourage one another – “so that through endurance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” (v4) The “Scriptures” …
Saturday, August 8, 2020
Psalm: 87 Meditation Mark: ”Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because He was teaching His disciples.” Jesus is slowly making His was to Jerusalem for a rendezvous with His death, so I imagine He had many “last minute” things to talk to His disciples about. First off, He tells them He will …
Friday, August 7, 2020
Psalm: 88 Meditation This recounts Nathan’s bold rebuke of David. This was wonderfully courageous. If you’re going to call out your king about adultery and murder, you had best know our audience. David had the power of life and death over his subjects. We saw how he dispatched Uriah the Hittite the hapless husband of …
