New Bible Reading Plan

I decided to start a new Bible reading challenge. I selected the 'God Is Bigger' challenge. The description provided is: "You need the reminder that God is bigger? Use this Bible reading plan to confirm his promises in your heart!" It seems to be a 31-day reading plan - one bible verse for each day.

The first verse is: Job 26:1-6 (Book from the Holy Bible: Job, Chapter: 26, Verse: 1 through 6).

Looking into the first verse (Day 1).....

I searched for Job 26 online at BibleGateway.com: 

Then Job replied:

2
“How you have helped the powerless!
    How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3
What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
    And what great insight you have displayed!
4
Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?

5
“The dead are in deep anguish,
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6
The realm of the dead is naked before God;
    Destruction[a] lies uncovered. 

 

My first impression is that these verses deal with death (I saw the word dead first). After reading the full text, I think that it deals with God's help to the powerless, weak, dumb (those without wisdom), and mute. In verses 2 and 3, it seems like Job is speaking/replying to God himself, but I am not sure who he is addressing in verse 4. I am not sure how the dead fits in. So I decided to look at the previous chapter - chapter 25. 

Chapter 25 is by a different person/speaker so it doesn't help much. 

I remember that Job is a biblical character who suffered a lot. At the start of the book of Job, he loses everything - his possessions, his children, and so on. There was a lot of suffering, but God restored him to former glory. 

I looked up the book of Job. I searched Google for "importance of the book of job"

 

  

I tried but was never able to finish the book of Job. It is difficult to read. For me, this book is important because it changed my thinking on why people suffer. I always believed that people suffered (they were born with defects or they experience suffering) because they, or maybe their parents, did something wrong - they sinned. The book of Job tells us that Job was an innocent sufferer. 

Maybe this Bible reading challenge is about believing God is bigger than your struggles and suffering. I like it.

Truth

The truth should be simple (it should be clear what is true and what is untrue/false), but sometimes it is complicated. One issue is the perspective/knowledge/insight of the person. A person who witnesses an accident, such as a car accident, may see  something (a detail) that another witness did not see. Maybe because of his or her location/angle of viewing. So there will be different "versions of the truth." A person may know more about what he or she is seeing, which could lead to: (1) more understanding and insight into what occurred (with better explanations), or (2) some bias because the additional knowledge leads him or her to believe there is a particular cause or issue (or maybe he/she paid attention to particular things while missing others).

This is an interesting issue...and just a fact of life. People are different. People will notice different things, highlight different things, and so on. It is even in the Bible (My intention is not to criticize or say that the stories are false. I believe they are true). An example is the information on Jesus' "arrest" in the Bible....

In the book of Matthew, the author explains that Judas kissed Jesus to give the others a sign (so that they would know who Jesus is). Jesus said "Friend, wherefore art thou come from" and they took him. (Holy Bible KJV, Matthew 26:50). There is information that Jesus could ask the Father for twelve legions of angels to assist.

In the book of Luke, in chapter 22, there is information that Jesus dealt with Judas by asking "Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?" In verse 5, there is information that a maid and two others reported that Peter was one of them. Peter denied it and the cock crew. 

In the book of John, the author reported that Jesus asked "Whom seek ye?" when Judas and the other men showed up. They answered "Jesus Christ of Nazareth" and then Jesus said "I am he" (Holy Bible KJV, John 17:4-5). There is no mention of the kiss in the chapter. There is no mention of a maid as one of the people who said Peter was one of them. Chapter 26 mentions that the servant and kingsman of the high priest whose ear Peter cut off did.

(It is my understanding that these authors were inspired by Almighty God to write).
The different details do not diminish the importance of the story. Maybe it makes it more believable because this is normal.

Truth is so simple yet complicated. 

Interesting series by Benny Hinn

I just noticed an interesting series by Benny Hinn - The Names and Nature of God. I will review the details when I have time.

I attended a Benny Hinn crusade/conference over 5 years ago in Baltimore. A friend recommended it (and it was good!). That was a long time ago - I was not feeling well and really needed to go out more. I remember taking a break during the conference to get some air.

Benny Hinn. Did you notice that his each of his names has double letters - like mine?

(I will add to Pinterest)

Old headers

I found some old posts/updates showing headers with the quote from Jeremiah 17:7-8

(https://www.facebook.com/fahmeena.moore/posts/10205222318295745)

(https://www.facebook.com/fahmeena.moore/posts/10206445981686565)

(https://www.facebook.com/fahmeena.moore/posts/10209526751743891)

Some others:
http://fmooresignatureassignment3.blogspot.com/2016/07/work-continues.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/BG7QvAriyP2/

Good day

Today started a little shaky, but turned out great. I made a lot of progress on my signature assignment (I made important edits, added about 2 pages, and so on - see http://qualresearchdesignmoorefo1.blogspot.com/2017/03/end-of-work-for-today.html and http://qualresearchdesignmoorefo1.blogspot.com/2017/03/currently-working.html).

I like the field nearby (see https://www.facebook.com/fahmeena.moore/posts/10212199154312285). I can go out there to relax, think, "take in some sun," and so on.

Video of the field: https://youtu.be/VPWK1-m9EL8.


I am now reading the verses for today from the God Our Rock bible reading challenge. The verses are very interesting. Almighty God is very angry and will punish the nation in the worst way (even make other nations do really well so that the people are envious). It seems to me that Almighty God is angry because the people abandoned him and because of a whole lot more...maybe the behavior went on for a long while. Maybe the "whole lot more" is the real reason he is angry. I am reminded of the story of the prodigal son who abandoned his father. When the son returned, the father welcomed him with open arms. He was not an angry father who wanted to punish his son in the worst way.

It is interesting that the highlighted bible verse today (verse of the day) on BibleGateway.com is Jeremiah 17:7-8. I used that quote on my social media profiles for a while. I need to add it to my list of favorite verses.

Started new online bible reading plan today

I started a new bible reading plan today (additional information at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z5J9zgx7lmNDyqsxxLZz8rWf8hooIXYGyFNPGktZgi8/edit?usp=sharing). The ladies at church also have some reading planned. I have to review the details. I will join if I can make the sessions. (I hope my "dead" phone does not spoil things!)

Some interesting links I stumbled upon:
http://www.fromhispresence.com/how-to-break-unholy-soul-ties/
http://www.fromhispresence.com/how-to-cleanse-your-house/

Prayer Bible Study

I reviewed the remaining verses from the 31-day prayer challenge. There was not much new information. Luke 11:13 has the example prayer from Jesus (on how to pray to his heavenly father - Almighty God). All in all, the challenge was excellent! I learned a lot. I hope I remember all those verses!

Maybe I'll write an article on prayer...what I learned.

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Day 1

I decided to learn more about the Holy Bible and prayer by following a 31-day scripture writing challenge I found in Pinterest. I just completed the verses for Day 1.

Link: https://www.pinterest.com/fahmeenaodetta/holy-bible-details-prayersquotes-from-bible/