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These books will help guide your daily Bible reading with insights into each passage you read. This series is a practical, passionate, Biblical mentoring journey for individuals, small groups, leadership teams and congregations who desire to win their world for Christ.

These journals will help you keep track of your daily reading and prayer requests.
Hope Enabler is the real-life story of one Christian parent’s struggle with a runaway child and the hope that God enabled her to have during the darkest moments of that struggle.
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Reframing Commitment
By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith Over the course of the past 2 years I have been thinking about the alarming statistics concerning the American Church. My friend, Len Sweet, says that 75% of the churches in America are dying, 23% … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged Bible, character, Christian, commitment, freeloaders, ownership, renters, spiritual growth
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Jeremiah: God’s Message of the Coming Babylonian Invasion to the Defiant Nation of Israel!
Artwork Credit: seekingyahweh.wordpress.com Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Bible study, Jeremiah, Old Testament, rebellion, repent, repentance
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Route No. 4: Listening to God’s Warnings Through His Messengers!
Artwork Credit: kaneva.com Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, bible reading, Bible study, Daniel, ezekiel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, lamentations, Old Testament, prophets
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Ecclesiastes: Understanding the Futility of a Life Lived for Self
Artwork Credit: foundationsforfreedom.net Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
Proverbs – Becoming a Virtuous Wife (Proverbs 31:10-31)
Artwork Credit: lacy.obeyingthetruth.com Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Reading, christian life, finances, Just Read It!, Stewardship
Tagged Bible, bible reading, Bible study, chef, clotheir, commodity broker, godly, importer, manual labor, marriage, mother, Old Testament, partner, philanthropist, political iad, Proverbs, retailer, staff manager, trusted partner, virtuous wife, virtuous woman, wealth, wife, woman
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Proverbs – Real Life Lessons from Solomon and Others! (Proverbs 10 – 31)
Artwork Credit: deskofbrian.com Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
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Psalms: Gritty Expressions of Agony and Woe! (Book 3)
Artwork Credit: thespiritualcoach.com Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
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Tagged Agony, Bible, Bible study, Book 3, Christian, Despair, Old Testament, pain, Psalm Book 3, Psalms, Woe
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Psalms: Understanding Hebrew Poetry!
Artwork Credit: web.cn.edu Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Bible study, Chiasm, Chiastic, Christian, Hebrew Poetry, Old Testament, Parallelism, Psalms, Strophe
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Psalms: Worship Manual for Life!
Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the Bible in general. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Bible study, Christian, difficulties, Old Testament, problems, psalm, Psalms, suffering
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Job: God Is Always Just (Job 32-37)
Photo Credit: elca.org Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, Just Read It!
Tagged Bible, Bible study, caricature, character, charity, Christian, compassion, complaints, condemnation, goodness, injustice, Job, justice, majesty, pride, suffering
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