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1020. Gideon Defeats the Midianites 1. Today's Passage: Judges 7:1-25 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 4th strategy. Is this a who, what, when, where, or how passage?
1. So Jerub-baal that is, Gideon) and his army got up early and went as far as the spring of Harod. The armies of Midian were camped north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh. 2. The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength. 3. Therefore, tell the people, 'Whoever is timid or afraid may leave this mountain and go home.'" So 22,000 of them went home, leaving only 10,000 who were willing to fight 4. But the LORD told Gideon, "There are still too many! bring them down to the spring, and I will test them to determine who will go with you and who will not." 5. When Gideon took his warriors down to the water, the LORD told him, "Divide the men into two groups. In one group put all those who cup water in their hands and lap it up with their tongues like dogs. In the other group put all those who kneel down and drink with their mouths in the stream." 6. Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream. 7. The LORD told Gideon, "With these 300 men I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Send all the others home." 8. So Gideon collected the provision and rams' horns of the other warriors and sent them home. But he kept the 300 men with him. The Midianite camp was in the valley just below Gideon. 9. That night the LORD said, "Get up! Go down into the Midianite camp, for I have given you victory over them! 10. But if you are afraid to attack go down to the camp with your servant Purah. 11. Listen to what the Midianites are saying, and you will be greatly encouraged. Then you will be eager to attack." So Gideon took Purah and went down to the edge of the enemy camp. 12. The armies of Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels were like grains of sand on the seashore — too many to count! 13. Gideon crept up justa as a man was telling his companion about a dream. The man said, "I had a dream and in my dream a loaf of barley bread came tumbling down into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent, turned it over , and knocked it flat! 14. His companion answered, "Your dream can mean only one thing — God has given Gideon son of Hoash, the Israelite, victory over Midian and all its allies!" 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016
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1019. The Song of Deborah 1. Today's Passage: Judges 5:1-31 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 4th strategy. Is this a who, what, when, where, or how passage?
1. On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: 2. "Israel's leaders took charge, and the people gladly followed. Praise the LORD! 3. "Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you mighty rulers! For I will sing to the LORD. I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel. 4. "LORD, when you set out from Seir and marched across the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the cloudy skies poured down rain. 5. The mountains quaked in the presence of the LORD, the God of Mount Sinai — In the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel. 6. "In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, people avoided the main roads, and travelers stayed on winding pathways. 7. There were few people left in the villages of Israel — until Deborah arose as a mother for Israel. 8. When Israel chose new gods, war erupted at the city gates. Yet not a shield or spear could be seen among forty thousand warriors in Israel! with those who volunteered for war. Praise the LORD! 10. "Consider this, you who ride on fine donkeys, you who sit on fancy saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road. Listen to the village musicians gathered at the watering holes. They recount the righeous victories of the LORD and the victories of his villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD marched down to the city gates. 12. "Wake up, Deborah, wake up! Wake up, wake up, and sing a song! Arise, Barak! Lead your captives away, son of Abinoam! 13. "Down from Tabor marched the few against the nobles. The people of the LORD marched down against mighty warriors. 14. They came down from Ephraim — a land that once belonged to the Amalekites; they followed you, Benjamin, with your troops. From Makir the commanders marched down; from Zebulun came those who carry a commander's staff. 15. The princes of Issachar were with Deborah and Barak. They followed Barak, rushing into the valley. But in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision. 16. Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds — to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks? Yes, in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision. 17. Gilead remained east of the Jordan. And why did Dan stay home? Asher sat unmoved at the seashore, remaining in his harbors. 18. But Zebulun risked his life, as did Naphtali, on the heights of the battlefield. 19. "The kings of Canaan came and fought, at Taanach near Megiddo's springs, but they carried off no silver treasures. 20. The stars fought from heaven. The stars in their orbits fought against Sisera. 21. The Kishon River swept them away — that ancient torrent, the Kishon, March on with courage, my soul! 22. Then the horses' hooves hammered the ground, the galloping, galloping of Sisera's mighty steeds. 23. 'Let the people of Meroz be cursed,' said the angel of the LORD. 'Let them be utterly cursed, because they did not come to help the LORD— to help the LORD against the mighty warriors.' 24. "Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. May she be blessed above all women who live in tents. 25. Sisera asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a bowl fit for nobles, she brought him yogurt. 26. Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg, and with her right hand for the workman's hammer. She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head. With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples. 27. He sank, he fell, he lay still at her feet. And where he sank, there he died. 28. "From the window Sisera's mother looked out. Through the window she watched for his return, saying, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why don't we hear the sound of chariot wheels?' 29. "Her wise women answer, and she repeats these words to herself: 30. 'They must be dividing the captured plunder — with a woman or two for every man. There will be colorful robes for Sisera, and colorful, embroidered robes for me. Yes, the plunder will include colorful robes embroidered on both sides.' 31. "LORD, may all your enemies die like Sisera! But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!" Then there was peace in the land for forty years. Judges 5:1-32 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 1018. Weeping in Jerusalem 1. Today's Passage: Jeremiah 9:17-26 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 5th strategy. A simple strategy: Building Blocks
17.. This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: "Consider all this, and call for the mourners. Send for the women who mourn at funerals. 18. Quick! Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes. 19. Hear the people of Jerusalem. crying in despair, 'We mus tleave our land, because our homes have been torn down.'" 20. Listen, you women, to the words of hte LORD; open your ears to what he has to say Teach one another how to lament. 21. For death has crept in through our windows and has entered our mansions, It has killed off the flower of our youth; Children no longer play in the streets, and young men no longer gather in the squares. 22. This is what the LORD says: "Bodies will be scattered across the fields like clumps of manure, like bundles of grain after the harvest. No one will be left to bury them." 23. This is what the LORD says: "Don't let the wise boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches 24. But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone; that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the LORD, have spoken! 25. "A time is coming," says the LORD, " when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit — 26. the Egyptians, Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, the people who live in the desert in remote places, and yes, even the people of Judah. And like all these pagan nations, the people of Israel also have uncircumcised hearts." Jeremiah 9:17-26 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 1017. Judgment for Disobedience 1. Today's Passage: Jeremiah 9:1-16 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 5th strategy. A simple strategy: Building Blocks
1. If only my head were a pool of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night for all my people who have been slaughtered. 2. Oh, that I could go away and forget my people and live in a travelers' shack in the desert. For they are all adulterers — a pack of treacherous liars. 3. "My people bend their tongues like bows to shoot out lies. They refuse to stand up for the truth. They only go from bad to worse. They do not know me," says the LORD. 4. "Beware of your neighbor! Don't even trust your brother! for brother takes advantage of brother, and friend slanders friend. 5. They all fool and defraud each other; noone tells the truth. With practiced tongues they tell lies; they wear themselves out with all their sinning. 6. They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to acknowledge me," says the LORD. 7. Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says; "See, I will melt them down in a crucible and test them like metal. What else can I do with my people? 8. For their tongues shoot lies like poisoned arows. They speak friendly words to their neighbors while scheming in their heart to kill them. 9. Should I not punish them for this?" says the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?" 10. I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled. 11. "I will make Jerusalem into a heap of ruins,"says the LORD. "It will be a place haunted by jackals. The towns of Judah will be ghost towns, with no one living in them." 12. Who is wise enough to understand all this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it to others? Why has the land been so ruined that no one dares to travel through it? 13. The LORD replies, "This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey what I said. 14. Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them. followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them. 15. So now, this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will fed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. 16. I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely." Jeremiah 9:1-16 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 1016. Jeremiah Weeps for Sinful Judah 1. Today's Passage: Jeremiah 8:18-22 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 5th strategy. A simple strategy: Building Blocks
18. My grief is beyond healing; my heart is broken. 19. Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. "Has the LORD abandoned Jerusalem?" the people ask. "Is her King no longer there?" "Oh why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols and their worthless foreign gods?" says the LORD. 20. "The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone," the people cry, "Yet we are not saved!" 21. I hurt with the hurt of my people. I mourn and am overcome with grief. 22. Is there no medicine in Giead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people? Jeremiah 8:18-22 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 1016. Jeremiah Weeps for Sinful Judah 1. Today's Passage: Jeremiah 9:1-16 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 1st strategy From the Ancients - Lectio Divina 1. If only my head were a pool of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night fora all my people who have been slaughtered OH, that I could go away and forget my people and live in a travelers' shack in the desert. For they are all adulterers — a pack of treacherous liars. 3. My people bend their tongues like bows to shoot out lies. They refuse to stand up for the truth. They only from bad to worse. They do not know me," says the LORD. 4. "Beware of your neighbor! Don't even trust your brother! for brother takes advantage of brother, and friend slanders friend. They all fool and defraud each other; noone tells the truth. With practiced tongues they tell lies; they wear themselves out iwth all their sinning 4. They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to acknowledge me," says the LORD. 7. Therefore this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: "See, I will melt them down in a crucible. and test them like metal. What else can I do with my people?" For their tongues shoot likes like poisoned arrows. They speak friendly words to their neighbors while scheming in their heart to kill them. 9. Should I not punish them for this?"says the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?" I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more. the birds and wild animals have all fled. 11. I aill make Jerusalem into a heap of ruis, says the LORD> "It will be a place haunted by jackals. The towns o fJudah will be ghost towns, with no one liivng int them." 12. Who is wise enough to understand talll this? Who has been instructed by the LOR and can expalin tit to others? Why has the land been so ruined that no one dares to travel through it? 13. The LORD replies, "This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey what I said. 14 Instead =, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them. So no w, this is what the LORD Of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel. says: Look ! I will feedd them with bitterness and give the poison to drink, 16. I will scatter them around the world , in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely Jeremiah 8:1-16 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 1015. Deception by False Prophets 1. Today's Passage: Jeremiah 8:1-17 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 1st strategy From the Ancients - Lectio Divina
1. "In that day," says the LORD, "the enemy will break open the graves of the kings and officials of Judah, and the graves of the priests, prophets, and common people of Jerusalem. 2. They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars — the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like manure. 3. And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send them. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken! 4. "Jeremiah, say to the people, 'This is what the LORD says: "' When people fall down, don't they get up again? When they discover they're on the wrong road, don't they turn back? 5. Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path? they cling tightly to their lies and will not turn around. 6. I listen to their conversations and don't hear a word of truth. Is anyone sorry for doing wrong? Does anyone say, "What a terrible thing I have done"? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse galloping into battle! 7. Even the stork that flies across the sky knows the time of her migration, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane. They all return at the proper time each year. But not my people! They do not know the LORD'S laws. 8. "'How can you say, "We are wise because we have the word of the LORD," when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies? 9. These wise teachers will fall into the trap of their own foolishness, for they have rejected the word of the LORD> Are they so wise after all? 10. I will give their wives to others and their farms to strangers. From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. Yes, even m prophets and priests are like that. They are all frauds. 11. They offer superficial treatments for my people's mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace. 12. Are they ashamed of these disgusting actions? Not at all — they don't even know how to blush! Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered. They will be brought down when I punish them, says the LORD. 13. I will surely consume them. There will be no more harvests of figs and grapes. Their fruit trees will all die. Whatever I gave them will soon be gone. I, the LORD, have spoken!' 14. "Then the people will say, 'Why should we wait here to die? Come, let's go to the fortified towns and die there. For the LORD our God has decreed our destruction and has given us a cup of poison to drink because we sinned against the LORD. 15. We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror' 16. "The snorting of the enemies' warhorses can be heard all the way from the land of Dan in the north! The neighing of their stallions makes the whole land tremble. They are coming to devour the land and everything in it —cities and people alike. 17. I will send thesew enemy troops among you like poisonous snakes you cannot charm. They will bite you, and you will die. I, the Lord, have spoken!" Jeremiah 8:1-17 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 1014. Jesus Feeds Four Thousand 1. Today's Passage: Matthew 15:32-29 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight.
32. Then Jesus called his disciples and told them, "I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry, or they will faint along the way." 33. The disciples replied, "Where would we get enough food here in the wilderness for such a huge crowd?" 34. Jesus asked, "How much bread do you have?" They replied, "Seven loaves, and a few small fish." 35. So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground. 36. Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. He gave them to the disciples, who distributed the food to the crowd. 37. They all ate as much as they wanted. Afterward, the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover food. 38. There were 4,000 men who were fed that day in addition to all the women and children. 39. Then Jesus sent the people home, and he got into a boat and crossed over to the region of Magadan. Matthew 15:52-39 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 1001. Jesus Heals Many People 1. Today's Passage: Matthew 15:29-31 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 9th strategy. Read and summarize each verse into as few words as you can. Goal 1 or 2 words.
29. Jesus returned to the Sea of Galilee and climbed a hill and sat down. 30. A vast crowd brought to him people who were lame, blind, crippled, those who couldn't speak, and many others. They laid them before Jesus, and he healed them all. 31. The crowd was amazed! Those who hadn't been able to speak were talking, the crippled were made well, the lame were walking, and the blind could see again! And they praised the God of Israel. Matthew 15:29-31 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 1012. The Faith of Gentile Women 1. Today's Passage: Matthew 15:21-28 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 3rd strategy For Familiar Passages. Read Anew! Read the passage from Last to First! Sometimes we have read a passage of Scripture so many times we can't see it with new eyes. How can we change the passage without changing the meaning? What would we see if we take a passage and begin with the last verse and read the verses from for example: Read Chapter 3:10-1.
21. Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22. A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely." 23. But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. "Tell her to go away," they said. "She is bothering us with all her begging." 24. Then Jesus said to the woman, "I was sent only to help God's lost sheep — the people of Israel." 25. But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, "Lord, help me!" 26. Jesus responded, "It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs." 27. She replied, "That's true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their master's table." 28. "Dear woman," Jesus said to her, "your faith is great. Your request is granted." And her daughter was instantly healed. Matthew 15:21-28 NLT 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 |
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