Chronological Reading Plan Week 48

Chronological Reading Plan

Week 48
330. Acts 17
331. 1 & 2 Thessalonians
332. Acts 18-19
333. 1 Corinthians 1-4
334. 1 Corinthians 5-8
335. 1 Corinthians 9-11
336. 1 Corinthians 12-14

Grieve as one with hope

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-17

When you've had a bad day

There are times when we don't feel thankful, when we bemoan our lot in life or feel defeated after a bad day. It's easy during those times to pray only for our own needs and not give thanks, not praise Him, and not think of others' needs. During those difficult times, we maybe pray very little, put off reading His Word, maybe even pull away from our church family. It seems to snowball very quickly which makes the initial reason we turned away even more difficult to handle.
That's what happened to me in the early 1980's. The snowball effect was so great that I forgot about Jesus all together and tried to go it alone. For nearly 30 years I tried to handle everything by myself and those 30 years were the worst of my life.
I can tell you from experience that no matter how bad things get, without Jesus the burden is unbearable, but WITH Jesus, all things are possible and He will never give you more than you can bear. He is there for you to give Him all of your problems, worries, struggles. If you pray, He will listen and He will answer. When things are at their worst, it just means you need to be even more fervent in your prayer life, giving thanks for what is good in your life, counting your blessings, praising Him. Be in the Word, be in fellowship with other Christians.

"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV

Please follow along with our prayer group where we come together with one voice during the 7:00 hour to pray for the people around us. Please join with us this week as we give thanks to our Lord and Saviour.

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Read the Bible in a Year - Week 12

I apologize to those of you who are following this weekly post; I didn't get last Sunday's list of daily Bible readings posted (as you probably noticed). So, I used it as a week to try to catch up with my personal Bible reading, although I'm still a little behind. I guess this means we're going to "Read the Bible in a Year and One Week" :)

This is another exciting week because we're reading through six different Chapters of the New Testament!

Week 12
Sunday, March 26             2 Thessalonians 3:1 - 1 Timothy 5:2
Monday, March 27            1 Timothy 5:3 - 2 Timothy 2:26
Tuesday, March 28            2 Timothy 3:1 - Philemon 3
Wednesday, March 29       Philemon 4 - Hebrews 4:16
Thursday, March 30          Hebrews 5:1 - 9:15
Friday, March 31               Hebrews 9:16 - 11:40
Saturday, April 1               Hebrews 12:1 - James 2:13

Read the Bible in a Year - Week 11

It doesn't take much to make me happy, this week's reading list is one of them. In this one week, we'll be reading from SIX different books of the New Testament: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, and 2 Thessalonians! How cool is that?

(Personally, I'm still about two full weeks behind on reading, but when I get to this week, I'll be excited about it!)

Week 11
Sunday, March 12             Galatians 1:11 - 4:20
Monday, March 13            Galatians 4:21 - Ephesians 2:10
Tuesday, March 14            Ephesians 2:11 - 5:21
Wednesday, March 15       Ephesians 5:22 - Philippians 2:24
Thursday, March 16           Philippians 2:25 - Colossians 2:10
Friday, March 17               Colossians 2:11 - 1 Thessalonians 2:20
Saturday, March 18           1 Thessalonians 3:1 - 2 Thessalonians 2:17