Today's Reading: Micah 5:2-4Although there are many more Old Testament prophecies concerning the birth of Jesus, this is the last one we'll look at for a while.Here Micah reveals that the Messiah will come from the tribe of Judah, confirming what we saw previously in Jacob's blessing. But he also gives us some additional detail. The Messiah will come from Bethlehem, a small village located five mi...  Read More

Today's Reading: Isaiah 9:6-7; Isaiah 11:1-5 We looked at the passage from Isaiah 9 in some detail in the sermon last Sunday. God promised to send His light into the world in the form of a baby - but not just any baby! That baby would be 100% man - he would be "born" - and 100% God - the names He is given belong to God alone.In Isaiah 11, we get a further description of that light. He will be from...  Read More

Today's Reading: Genesis 49:8-12 In this chapter, we read Jacob's blessings that he pronounced on each of his sons.Our reading is his blessing on his son Judah. In contrast to his older brothers - Reuben, Simeon and Levi - Judah receives a favorable blessing. Every line of this blessing is prophetic and points ahead to Jesus, the Messiah. It is God's promise that the Messianic seed of the woman fr...  Read More

Today's Reading: Luke 1:1-4We're going to switch things up a bit for our Advent Bible reading plan. Most of the passages we'll be reading will be fairly short, so we'll have a reading for every day now through Christmas Day. I want to encourage you to consider reading these daily passages together as a family and discussing their significance. This is a great way to keep the focus on the real mean...  Read More

Today's Reading: Psalm 149:1-9Read the passage and answer these two questions:What does this passage teach me about God and His attributes?How should that understanding about the nature of God impact the way that I live my life?Today we wrap up this reading plan. I hope that you have enjoyed focusing on the attributes of God as much as I have. As you continue your Bible reading beyond this plan, I...  Read More

Today's Reading: Psalm 147:1-20Read the passage and answer these two questions:What does this passage teach me about God and His attributes?How should that understanding about the nature of God impact the way that I live my life?My thoughts on Psalm 145:This Psalm is just full of the attributes of God - most of which we've covered at some point in this reading plan. What really strikes me here is ...  Read More

Today's Reading: Psalm 145:1-21Read the passage and answer these two questions:What does this passage teach me about God and His attributes?How should that understanding about the nature of God impact the way that I live my life?My thoughts on Psalm 139:God knows everything about me. He formed in my mother's womb. He planned out all the days of my life before I was born. That means that I can be 1...  Read More

Today's Reading: Psalm 139:1-24Read the passage and answer these two questions:What doe this passage teach me about God and His attributes?How should that understanding about the nature of God impact the way that I live my life?My thoughts on Psalm 136:It's pretty easy to pick out an attribute of God in this Psalm, right? We've commented before on God's hesed - His enduring love. Hesed describes a...  Read More

Today's Reading: Psalm 136:1-26Read the passage and answer these two questions:What doe this passage teach me about God and His attributes?How should that understanding about the nature of God impact the way that I live my life?My thoughts on Psalm 130:In this passage we are reminded that we have a God who delights in forgiving and redeeming those who will humble themselves before Him and accept t...  Read More

Today's Reading: Psalm 130:1-8Read the passage and answer these two questions:What doe this passage teach me about God and His attributes?How should that understanding about the nature of God impact the way that I live my life?Happy Thanksgiving!I'm going to take a break from my usual commentary today. As we've been reading through a number of the Psalms and focusing on the attributes of God, we h...  Read More

Today's Reading: Psalm 125:1-5Read the passage and answer these two questions:What doe this passage teach me about God and His attributes?How should that understanding about the nature of God impact the way that I live my life?My observations from Psalm 121:Here we see that not only is God the creator of all, He is actively involved in the operation of that creation. He knows and sees all. And He ...  Read More

Today's Reading: Psalm 121:1-8Read the passage and answer these two questions:What doe this passage teach me about God and His attributes?How should that understanding about the nature of God impact the way that I live my life?My observations from Psalm 99:This Psalm focuses on the idea that God is holy. As we've discussed before the word "holy" means to be "set apart". It means that God is not ju...  Read More