Malachi 1:1-2:17 Revelation 21:1-27 Psalm 149:1-9 Proverbs 31:10-24 Revelation 21:1-5 "Then I saw 'a new heaven and a new earth,' for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with t

Zechariah 14:1-21 Revelation 20:1-15 Psalm 148:1-14 Proverbs 31:8-9 We worry about a lot of things. We have a lot of things on our minds. And it's really cool that God cares about all of them...because He really really doesn't have to. He doesn't have to care because He's on such a different level than we are...but also because the things we worry about so do not matter. We don't even need to worry about the things we worry about. When I read about the day "the Lord will be k

Zechariah 10:1-11:17 Revelation 18:1-24 Psalm 146:1-10 Proverbs 30:33 Did you catch that?! 100 days! What can I say? I'm proud of myself for reaching this milestone. Besides my past couple sick days...I've read the Bible now for 100 days in a row. And it's also a cool thing for me that I've blogged 100 days in a row now! I'd be lying if I said that blogging hasn't become a burden that I didn't expect...but it's a really good burden. I'm happy to carry this burden. I don't kno

Zechariah 8:1-11:17 Revelation 16:1-18:24 Psalm 144-146 Proverbs 30:29-33 On Christmas Day I woke up feeling a little bit sick. We had a wonderful Christmas morning with the family cooking breakfast together and giving each other gifts. We stayed home all day watching Christmas movies by the fire and playing board games. But by the end of the day I had a very high fever and it became very clear that I wouldn't be able to keep my eyes open long enough to read and I definitely

Finally, here we are. After reading destruction prophecy after end times talk after destruction prophecy after end times talk here I get to write about Christmas. The culmination of it all: Jesus. The Bible, everything it says, points to this: Jesus. Jesus, the humble, unfathomably compassionate, miracle-working, personal Savior God in human baby form lying in a smelly itchy manger in the cold Bethlehem air. Poor. Newborn. God. The baby that changed the world, inside and out.

Zechariah 6:1-7:14 Revelation 15:1-8 Psalm 143:1-12 Proverbs 30:24-28 This evening we had a worship service at my church. I really enjoyed singing and praising Jesus' Name...Joy to the World...Angels we have heard on high....Silent Night....O Holy Night....worship leading is my certainly job but worshiping Jesus is most certainly my joy in life. During Christmas time may it be our job and joy in life to worship Jesus' Name. Christmas time is a very worshipful time that merely

This Christmas Eve please humor me and take a moment to read this Santa story that isn't really about Santa at all. If you are like me, even though I'm supposed to be a grown-up, you are waiting in anticipation for Christmas morning, gift giving, breakfast, time spent with family...tonight sometimes feels like it is all about Santa. But even now, it's not really about Santa at all. This is from C.S. Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lu

Zechariah 4:1-5:11 Revelation 14:1-20 Psalm 142:1-7 Proverbs 30:21-23 In the bustle of getting ready for Christmas Eve tomorrow, cleaning the house, wrapping gifts, working on my Christmas Eve worship service, cooking dinner....I sat down to finally read the Bible before bed and my mind was still spinning from the rush of it all. What I read today did not grab me. But I actually can't say that I wasn't really thinking about God today...I probably could have more, I always can

Zechariah 2:1-3:10 Revelation 13:1-13:18 Psalm 141:1-10 Proverbs 30:18-20 Here we go again with Satan the accuser, but this time it's in Zechariah. "Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him." I'm not even going to pretend to understand all the details of this, though I'm sure they all hold crazy significance...I could look it up but I'm needing to start getting ready to go to a wedding t

Zechariah 1:1-21 Revelation 12:1-17 Psalm 140:1-13 Proverbs 30:17 I'm intrigued by this name for Satan in Revelation 12, "the accuser of our brothers and sisters." He "accuses them before our God day and night." It seems strange that God would be calling him an accuser, when hasn't God accused us of a lot too? Thus far in this project I've read A LOT of God's accusations.... He's been very frank about the wrongs we have done and therefore the punishment we deserve. But I gues