BIBLE STUDY 30.6.

PSALM 104

If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life—

I AM FILLED UP WITYH THE SPIRIT OF GOD!

The glory of God—let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation! He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. 33-35 Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live! Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God. But clear the ground of sinners— no more godless men and women!
O my soul, bless God!
I AM EXPECTING THE GLORY OF GOD TO COME OUT IN THIS SITUATION!

titus 2
Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness. By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children, be virtuous and pure, keep a good house, be good wives.

11-14God's readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation's available for everyone! We're being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.

BIBLE STUDY 29.6.

AMOS 4
You women! Mean to the poor, cruel to the down-and-out!Indolent and pampered, you demand of your husbands, 'Bring us a tall, cool drink!'
2-3"This is serious—I, God, have sworn by my holiness! Be well warned: Judgment Day is coming!

I SHOULD STOP ORDERING PASCAL AROUND LIKE THIS!

You know, don't you, that I'm the One who emptied your pantries and cleaned out your cupboards,Who left you hungry and standing in bread lines? But you never got hungry for me. You continued to ignore me."

LET ME BE HUNGRY FOR GOD!

He brings everything out of nothing,


like during cereation, he called things by name and they came thus into being!


AMOS 5

Seek me and live.

Because you run roughshod over the poor and take the bread right out of their mouths,You're never going to move into the luxury homes you have built.

THE POOR HERE, THE POOR ELSEWHERE, in africa...

Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it.I want fairness—rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want.

AMOS 6

3-6Woe to you who are rushing headlong to disaster! Catastrophe is just around the corner!Woe to those who live in luxury and expect everyone else to serve them!Woe to those who live only for today, indifferent to the fate of others!Woe to the playboys, the playgirls, who think life is a party held just for them!Woe to those addicted to feeling good—life without pain! those obsessed with looking good—life without wrinkles!They could not care less about their country going to ruin.

PSALM 86

Help your servant—I'm depending on you! You're my God; have mercy on me. I count on you from morning to night.

Every time I'm in trouble I call on you, confident that you'll answer.

11-17 Train me, God, to walk straight; then I'll follow your true path. Put me together, one heart and mind; then, undivided, I'll worship in joyful fear. From the bottom of my heart I thank you, dear Lord; I've never kept secret what you're up to. You've always been great toward me—what love!
GOD, FORGIVE ME. I AM FULL OF ANGER THAT I AM IN THIS SITUATION BUT I WANT TO PUT MY TRUST IN YOU AND YOUR WORD! MY FAITH WORKS FOR ME AND MAKES ME WHOLE, HALLELUJAH!

But you, O God, are both tender and kind, not easily angered, immense in love, and you never, never quit. So look me in the eye and show kindness, give your servant the strength to go on, save your dear, dear child! Make a show of how much you love me
I'M LONGING FOR THIS KIND OF LOVE!

BIBLE STUDY 28.6.

PSALM 80

3 God, come back! Smile your blessing smile: That will be our salvation.

We will never turn our back on you; breathe life into our lungs so we can shout your name!
THIS IS ALSO MY CONVENANT WITH GOD!
GOD, I WILL NEVER TURN MY BACK ON YOU,
FILL ME WITH YOUR LIFE FORCE AND HEAL ME SO I CAN PRAISE YOU!

BIBLE STUDY 27.6.

2. CHR. 25
Instead, you go by yourself and be strong. God and God only has the power to help or hurt your cause
I DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON SOMEONE ELSE'S ANOINTING

BIBLE STUDY 26.6.

2 Timothy 2
Simple Faith and Plain Truth
1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Savior God wants us to live.

8-10Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray—not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions but doing something beautiful for God and becoming beautiful doing it.

But this salvation only comes to those who continue in faith, love, and holiness, gathering it all into maturity. You can depend on this.
FOR HEALING I NEED TO LIVE IN FAITH, LOVE AND HOLINESS

bible study 24.6.

2. CHR. 24

You can't live this way! If you walk out on God, he'll walk out on you."

1. TIM. 6

6-8A devout life does bring wealth, but it's the rich simplicity of being yourself before God. Since we entered the world penniless and will leave it penniless, if we have bread on the table and shoes on our feet, that's enough.

obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage—to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, they'll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life.

BIBLE STUDY 23.6

TIM 5
You can tell a legitimate widow by the way she has put all her hope in God, praying to him constantly for the needs of others as well as her own

THIS APPLIES TO EVERY CHRISTIAN! DO I DO THAT?

16Any Christian woman who has widows in her family is responsible for them.

BIBLE STUDY 22.6

TIM. 4

God's Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy.

Exercise daily in God—no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. You can count on this. Take it to heart. This is why we've thrown ourselves into this venture so totally. We're banking on the living God, Savior of all men and women, especially believers


Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, by love, by faith, by integrity

Cultivate these things. Immerse yourself in them. The people will all see you mature right before their eyes! Keep a firm grasp on both your character and your teaching. Don't be diverted. Just keep at it. Both you and those who hear you will experience salvation.

BIBLE STUDY 21.6.06

2. CHRONICLES 20

You hold all power and might in your fist—no one stands a chance against you!

THE DEVIL AND THIS DISEASE STAND NO CHANCE AGAINST YOU!

pray out our pain and trouble, we know that you will listen and give victory


LORD, GRANT ME THIS CONVICTION AND LET ME EXPECT YOUR GLORY!

You won't have to lift a hand in this battle; just stand firm, Judah and Jerusalem, and watch God's saving work for you take shape. Don't be afraid, don't waver. March out boldly tomorrow—God is with you."

REMEMBER: LET GOD DO THE HEAVY LIFTING! I CAN'T HEAL MYSELF!

worshiping God to praise God, the God of Israel; they praised at the top of their lungs!


I WANT TO PRAISE YOU AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS!

Believe firmly in God, your God, and your lives will be firm! Believe in your prophets and you'll come out on top!

Give thanks to God, His love never quits.
22-23 As soon as they started shouting and praising, God set ambushes against

BIBLE STUDY 19.6.06

2. KINGS 1

God's word: Because you sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, as if there were no God in Israel to whom you could pray, you'll never get out of that bed alive—already you're as good as dead.

LESSON TO BE LEARNED: PRAY TO GOD, DO NOT BYPASS HIM!

31 Even then, though, Jehu wasn't careful to walk in God's ways and honor the God of Israel from an undivided heart.

LET ME WALK IN YOUR WAYS WITH AN UNDIVIDED HEART!

PSALM 82
HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS: You've got the whole world in your hands!

1. TIM. 1
5-7The whole point of what we're urging is simply love—love uncontaminated by self-interest and counterfeit faith, a life open to God. Those who fail to keep to this point soon wander off into cul-de-sacs of gossip. They set themselves up as experts on religious issues, but haven't the remotest idea of what they're holding forth with such imposing eloquence.

LIEBE IST DIE WICHTIGSTE TUGEND VON ALLEN!

Grace mixed with faith and love poured over me and into me. And all because of Jesus
I NEED TO FIX MY EYES ON JESUS

19Here's a word you can take to heart and depend on: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. I'm proof—Public Sinner Number One—of someone who could never have made it apart from sheer mercy. And now he shows me off—evidence of his endless patience—to those who are right on the edge of trusting him forever. Deep honor and bright glory to the King of All Time— One God, Immortal, Invisible, ever and always. Oh, yes!
BASED ON THE ORIGINAL GREEK SAVED ALSO MEANS HEALED, JESUS DIED NOT ONLY FOR OUR SINS BUT ALSO FOR OUR DISEASES, SO MY HEALING WILL BE EVIDENCE OF HIS GLORY!

BIBLE STUDY 19.6.06

2. KINGS 1

God's word: Because you sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, as if there were no God in Israel to whom you could pray, you'll never get out of that bed alive—already you're as good as dead.

LESSON TO BE LEARNED: PRAY TO GOD, DO NOT BYPASS HIM!

31 Even then, though, Jehu wasn't careful to walk in God's ways and honor the God of Israel from an undivided heart.

LET ME WALK IN YOUR WAYS WITH AN UNDIVIDED HEART!

PSALM 82
HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS: You've got the whole world in your hands!

1. TOM. 1
5-7The whole point of what we're urging is simply love—love uncontaminated by self-interest and counterfeit faith, a life open to God. Those who fail to keep to this point soon wander off into cul-de-sacs of gossip. They set themselves up as experts on religious issues, but haven't the remotest idea of what they're holding forth with such imposing eloquence.

LIEBE IST DIE WICHTIGSTE TUGEND VON ALLEN!

Grace mixed with faith and love poured over me and into me. And all because of Jesus
I NEED TO FIX MY EYES ON JESUS

BIBLE STUDY 17.6

2. CHRONICLES 17
he was a seeker and follower of the God
GOD, LET ME BE A SEEKER AND FOLLOWER OF YOU!

2. CHR. 18
"But before you do anything, ask God for guidance."

2. CHR 19
Be bold and diligent. And God be with you as you do your best."

COLOSS. 3

But you know better now, so make sure it's all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.

12-14So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it

15-17Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way.

The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.

BIBLE STUDY 17.6

2. CHRONICLES 17
he was a seeker and follower of the God
GOD, LET ME BE A SEEKER AND FOLLOWER OF YOU!

2. CHR. 18
"But before you do anything, ask God for guidance."

2. CHR 19
Be bold and diligent. And God be with you as you do your best."

COLOSS. 3

But you know better now, so make sure it's all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.

12-14So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it

15-17Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way.

BIBLE STUDY 16.6.06

1 KINGS 17

21-23 Three times he stretched himself out full-length on the boy, praying with all his might, "God, my God, put breath back into this boy's body!" God listened to Elijah's prayer and put breath back into his body—he was alive! Elijah picked the boy up, carried him downstairs from the loft, and gave him to his mother. "Here's your son," said Elijah, "alive!"

1 KINGS 18

36-37 When it was time for the sacrifice to be offered, Elijah the prophet came up and prayed, "O God, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make it known right now that you are God in Israel, that I am your servant, and that I'm doing what I'm doing under your orders. Answer me, God; O answer me and reveal to this people that you are God, the true God, and that you are giving these people another chance at repentance."
38 Immediately the fire of God fell and burned up the offering, the wood, the stones, the dirt, and even the water in the trench.

42-43 Ahab did it: got up and ate and drank. Meanwhile, Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bowed deeply in prayer, his face between his knees. Then he said to his young servant, "On your feet now! Look toward the sea."
He went, looked, and reported back, "I don't see a thing."
"Keep looking," said Elijah, "seven times if necessary."
44 And sure enough, the seventh time he said, "Oh yes, a cloud! But very small, no bigger than someone's hand, rising out of the sea."

LESSONS TO BE LEARNED: PRAY MIGHTILY AND KEEP PRAYING AND LOOKING!

COLOSSIANS 2

Then you will have minds confident and at rest, focused on Christ, God's great mystery.

BIBLE STUDY 15.6

2. CHR. 15

God will stick with you as long as you stick with him. If you look for him he will let himself be found; but if you leave him he'll leave you.

Then they bound themselves in a covenant to seek God, the God of their fathers, wholeheartedly, holding nothing back

.The whole country felt good about the covenant promise—they had given their promise joyfully from the heart. Anticipating the best, they had sought God—and he showed up, ready to be found. God gave them peace within and without—a most peaceable kingdom!

I WANT TO SEEK GOD WHOLE HEARTEDLY, HOLDING NOTHING BACK!

COLOSSIANS 1

The lines of purpose in your lives never grow slack, tightly tied as they are to your future in heaven, kept taut by hope.

As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray that you'll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.

but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.

I'M BROKEN AND NEED TO BE HEALED BY HIS BLOOD!

The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, so therefore you can look forward to sharing in God's glory. It's that simple. That is the substance of our Message.

CAN I EXPECT HIS GLORY IN THIS PRESENT LIFE?

BIBLE STUDY 14.6.

1. KING 15

But he was well-intentioned—his heart was in the right place, in tune with God

2. CHRONICLES 13

We continue doing what God told us to in the way he told us to do it

GOD, PLEASE TELL ME YOUR WAYS, HELP ME TO TRUST YOU AND TO LIVEV IN TUNE WITH YOU

The army of Judah won hands down because they trusted God

LEAD ME TO VICTORY!

"O God, you aren't impressed by numbers or intimidated by a show of force once you decide to help: Help us, O God; we have come out to meet this huge army because we trust in you and who you are. Don't let mere mortals stand against you!"

I WANT TO TRUST YOU LORD!

PHILLIPIANS 4

Don't waver. Stay on track, steady in God.

6-7Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

8-9Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.

THERE IS A LOT TO PRAISE FOR IN MY LIFE!

You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus. Our God and Father abounds in glory that just pours out into eternity. Yes.

I EXPECT GOD'S GLORY TO MANIFEST IN MY SITUATION

23Receive and experience the amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, deep, deep within yourselves.

I'M LONGING TO EXPERIENCE HIS GRACE AND MERCY!

BIBLE STUDY 12.6.06

PHIL.2

Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.
5-8Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself.

Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure

14-16Do everything readily and cheerfully
Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God.

BIBLE STUDY 10.6.06

SONG 1

The whole world's a choir—and singing!

I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THIS! LOOK FOR ITS RELEVANCE, BUT LIKE THIS IMAGE!

SONG 7

Come, dear lover— let's tramp through the countryside.Let's sleep at some wayside inn, then rise early and listen to bird-song.Let's look for wildflowers in bloom, blackberry bushes blossoming white,Fruit trees festooned with cascading flowers.And there I'll give myself to you, my love to your love!

I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT WITH PASCAL!


Ephesians 6

1-3 Children, do what your parents tell you. This is only right. "Honor your father and mother" is the first commandment that has a promise attached to it, namely, "so you will live well and have a long life." 4Fathers, don't exasperate your children by coming down hard on them. Take them by the hand and lead them in the way of the Master.

5-8Servants, respectfully obey your earthly masters but always with an eye to obeying the real master, Christ. Don't just do what you have to do to get by, but work heartily, as Christ's servants doing what God wants you to do. And work with a smile on your face, always keeping in mind that no matter who happens to be giving the orders, you're really serving God. Good work will get you good pay from the Master, regardless of whether you are slave or free.

MAKES ME THINK OF SHIRLEY AND THE BOARD!

10-12And that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong. So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them to use so you will be able to stand up to everything the Devil throws your way. This is no afternoon athletic contest that we'll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.
13-18Be prepared. You're up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it's all over but the shouting you'll still be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation are more than words. Learn how to apply them. You'll need them throughout your life. God's Word is an indispensable weapon. In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other's spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out.

PRAYING AND GETTING IN THE WORD!

PHIL. 1

All along you have experienced with me the most generous help from God.

GOD HELPED ME LOADING THE DISHWASHER!

Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover's life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.

MY LOVE AND LIFE CERTAINLY DO NOT MAKE JESUS ATTRACTIVE TO ALL!

speaking out fearlessly about God, about the Messiah

I DO NOT DO THAT EITHER, THE WAY I BEHAVE IS CERTAINLY NO ADVERTISEMENT FOR BEING A CHRISTIAN!

as your growth and joy in this life of trusting God continues

BIBLE STUDY 9.6.06

ECC. 11

2 Don't hoard your goods; spread them around. Be a blessing to others. This could be your last night.

DEAR GOD, LET ME A BLESSING TO OTHERS TODAY!

Even if you live a long time, don't take a single day for granted. Take delight in each light-filled hour,

CARPE DIEM!

ECCL. 12

12-13 But regarding anything beyond this, dear friend, go easy. There's no end to the publishing of books, and constant study wears you out so you're no good for anything else. The last and final word is this: Fear God. Do what he tells you.

PLEASE HELP ME TO HEAR YOUR VOICE!

PSALM 94

12-15 How blessed the man you train, God, the woman you instruct in your Word, Providing a circle of quiet within the clamor of evil

GOD, PLEASE LET THE HOLY SPIRIT
BE MY TEACHER, INSTRUCTING ME IN YOUR WORD!
"CIRCLE OF QUIET" THIS IMAGE REALLY SPEAKS TO ME!

If God hadn't been there for me, I never would have made it. The minute I said, "I'm slipping, I'm falling," your love, God, took hold and held me fast. When I was upset and beside myself, you calmed me down and cheered me up.

LORD,LET ME BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR MERCY AND LET ME PUT TRUST IN YOU INSTEAD OF IN MY OWN STRENGTH!

Ephesians 5
Wake Up from Your Sleep 1-2Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.

Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, those who follow Jesus have better uses for language than that.

Thanksgiving is our dialect.

5You can be sure that using people or religion or things just for what you can get out of them—the usual variations on idolatry—will get you nowhere, and certainly nowhere near the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God.

I'M AFRAID I AM USING RELIGION EXACTLY FOR THIS, FOR WHAT I CAN GET OUT OF IT! I DO NOT LOVB GOD FOR WHAT HE IS, BUT FOR WHAT HE CAN GIVE TO ME!

Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.

Sing songs from your heart to Christ. Sing praises over everything, any excuse for a song to God the Father in the name of our Master, Jesus Christ.

22-24Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ.

BIBLE STUDY 9.6.06

ECC. 11

2 Don't hoard your goods; spread them around. Be a blessing to others. This could be your last night.

DEAR GOD, LET ME A BLESSING TO OTHERS TODAY!

Even if you live a long time, don't take a single day for granted. Take delight in each light-filled hour,

CARPE DIEM!

bible study 7.6.06

ECCLESIASTES 4

12 By yourself you're unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn't easily snapped.

Ecclesiastes 5
God's in Charge, Not You 1 Watch your step when you enter God's house. Enter to learn. That's far better than mindlessly offering a sacrifice, Doing more harm than good. 2 Don't shoot off your mouth, or speak before you think. Don't be too quick to tell God what you think he wants to hear. God's in charge, not you—the less you speak, the better.

Make the Most of What God Gives 18-20 After looking at the way things are on this earth, here's what I've decided is the best way to live: Take care of yourself, have a good time, and make the most of whatever job you have for as long as God gives you life. And that's about it. That's the human lot. Yes, we should make the most of what God gives, both the bounty and the capacity to enjoy it, accepting what's given and delighting in the work. It's God's gift! God deals out joy in the present, the now. It's useless to brood over how long we might live.

FIND THIS VERY FATALISTIC, WHAT ABOUT HEALING, EXPECTING THE GLORY?

Psalm 18

1-2 I love you, God— you make me strong.

6 A hostile world! I call to God, I cry to God to help me. From his palace he hears my call; my cry brings me right into his presence— a private audience!

20-24 God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start. Now I'm alert to God's ways; I don't take God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works; I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.

28-29 Suddenly, God, you floodlight my life; I'm blazing with glory, God's glory!

OH, HOW I'M LONGING FOR THIS!

my free and freeing God, towering

PLEASE SET ME FREE FROM THIS DEBILITATING ILLNESS AND LET MY HEALING BE MANIFESTED ON THE OUTSIDE!

EPHESIANS 3

When we trust in him, we're free to say whatever needs to be said, bold to go wherever we need to go

TRUSTING GOD KEEPS COMING UP!

20-21God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Glory to God in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus! Glory down all the generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!

BIBLE STUDY 5.6.06

PROVERBS 30

5-6 The believer replied, "Every promise of God proves true; he protects everyone who runs to him for help.


GOD, PLEASE LET MY HEALING BE MANIFESTED ON THE OUTSIDE

PROVERBS 31



Hymn to a Good Wife

10-31 A good woman is hard to find, and worth far more than diamonds.Her husband trusts her without reserve, and never has reason to regret it.Never spiteful, she treats him generously all her life long.

She shops around for the best yarns and cottons, and enjoys knitting and sewing.She's like a trading ship that sails to faraway places and brings back exotic surprises.She's up before dawn, preparing breakfast for her family and organizing her day.She looks over a field and buys it, then, with money she's put aside, plants a garden.First thing in the morning, she dresses for work, rolls up her sleeves, eager to get started.She senses the worth of her work, is in no hurry to call it quits for the day.She's skilled in the crafts of home and hearth, diligent in homemaking.She's quick to assist anyone in need, reaches out to help the poor.She doesn't worry about her family when it snows; their winter clothes are all mended and ready to wear.She makes her own clothing, and dresses in colorful linens and silks.Her husband is greatly respected when he deliberates with the city fathers.She designs gowns and sells them, brings the sweaters she knits to the dress shops.Her clothes are well-made and elegant, and she always faces tomorrow with a smile.When she speaks she has something worthwhile to say, and she always says it kindly.She keeps an eye on everyone in her household, and keeps them all busy and productive.Her children respect and bless her; her husband joins in with words of praise:"Many women have done wonderful things, but you've outclassed them all!"Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades. The woman to be admired and praised is the woman who lives in the Fear-of-God.Give her everything she deserves! Festoon her life with praises!

GOD, MY SPIRIT NEEDS TO BE RENEWED

PSALM 33

He loves it when everything fits

no one gets by on muscle alone.

18-19 Watch this: God's eye is on those who respect him, the ones who are looking for his love. He's ready to come to their rescue in bad times; in lean times he keeps body and soul together.

LORD, I WANT TO LOVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE, NOT FOR WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR ME!

20-22 We're depending on God; he's everything we need. What's more, our hearts brim with joy since we've taken for our own his holy name. Love us, God, with all you've got— that's what we're depending on.

EPHESIANS 1

I greet you with the grace and peace poured into our lives by God our Father and our Master, Jesus Christ.

had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love

I DON'T FEEL LOVED BY GOD AT ALL, I HAVE A VERY HARD TIME TO BELIEVE THIS!

11-12It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
13-14It's in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This signet from God is the first installment on what's coming, a reminder that we'll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.

grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength!

GOD, HELP ME TO EXPECT YOUR GLORY IN MY LIFE!


, no name and no power exempt from his rule

GOD IS NOT GOING TO BE OUTDONE BY THE DEVIL!

BIBLE STUDY SUNDAY 04.06.06

24 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.PROVERBS 23

13-14 Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won't kill them.A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.

17-18 Don't for a minute envy careless rebels; soak yourself in the Fear-of-God—That's where your future lies. Then you won't be left with an armload of nothing.

PROVERBS 24

Strategic planning is the key to warfare; to win, you need a lot of good counsel.

10 If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place.

God-loyal people don't stay down long;Soon they're up on their feet,

15 Patient persistence pierces through indifference; gentle speech breaks down rigid defenses.

24 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.
DON'T LET ME BE A NAGGING SPOUSE

Proverbs 27
You Don't Know Tomorrow

1 Don't brashly announce what you're going to do tomorrow; you don't know the first thing about tomorrow.

2 Don't call attention to yourself; let others do that for you.

15-16 A nagging spouse is like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;You can't turn it off, and you can't get away from it.

18 If you care for your orchard, you'll enjoy its fruit; if you honor your boss, you'll be honored

19 Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart.

ROMANS 14

6-9What's important in all this is that if you keep a holy day, keep it for God's sake; if you eat meat, eat it to the glory of God and thank God for prime rib; if you're a vegetarian, eat vegetables to the glory of God and thank God for broccoli. None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. It's God we are answerable to—all the way from life to death and everything in between—not each other. That's why Jesus lived and died and then lived again: so that he could be our Master across the entire range of life and death, and free us from the petty tyrannies of each other.

So tend to your knitting. You've got your hands full just taking care of your own life before God


17-18God's kingdom isn't a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness' sake. It's what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you'll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.


22-23Cultivate your own relationship with God, but don't impose it on others

If the way you live isn't consistent with what you believe, then it's wrong.

HAD THIS REVELATION YESTERDAY WHILE READING BRIAN MCLAREN'S BOOK, THAT WHAT I BELIEVE HAS LITTLE CONSEQUENCES FOR HOW I LIVE!

ROMANS 15
Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, "How can I help?"

6That's exactly what Jesus did. He didn't make it easy for himself by avoiding people's troubles, but waded right in and helped out. "I took on the troubles of the troubled," is the way Scripture puts it. Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it's written for us. God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next. May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all. Then we'll be a choir—not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus!

7-13So reach out and welcome one another to God's glory. Jesus did it; now you do it!

so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit

made whole and holy by God's Holy Spirit

Pray strenuously with and for me—to God the Father, through the power of our Master Jesus, through the love of the Spirit


PSALM 60

11-12 Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless. In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good.

BIBLE STUDY SUNDAY 04.06.06

24 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.PROVERBS 23

13-14 Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won't kill them.A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.

17-18 Don't for a minute envy careless rebels; soak yourself in the Fear-of-God—That's where your future lies. Then you won't be left with an armload of nothing.

PROVERBS 24

Strategic planning is the key to warfare; to win, you need a lot of good counsel.

PSALM 60
11-12 Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless. In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good.



10 If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place.

God-loyal people don't stay down long;Soon they're up on their feet,

15 Patient persistence pierces through indifference; gentle speech breaks down rigid defenses.

24 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.
DON'T LET ME BE A NAGGING SPOUSE

Proverbs 27
You Don't Know Tomorrow

1 Don't brashly announce what you're going to do tomorrow; you don't know the first thing about tomorrow.

2 Don't call attention to yourself; let others do that for you.

15-16 A nagging spouse is like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;You can't turn it off, and you can't get away from it.

18 If you care for your orchard, you'll enjoy its fruit; if you honor your boss, you'll be honored

19 Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart.

ROMANS 14

6-9What's important in all this is that if you keep a holy day, keep it for God's sake; if you eat meat, eat it to the glory of God and thank God for prime rib; if you're a vegetarian, eat vegetables to the glory of God and thank God for broccoli. None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. It's God we are answerable to—all the way from life to death and everything in between—not each other. That's why Jesus lived and died and then lived again: so that he could be our Master across the entire range of life and death, and free us from the petty tyrannies of each other.

So tend to your knitting. You've got your hands full just taking care of your own life before God


17-18God's kingdom isn't a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness' sake. It's what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you'll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.


22-23Cultivate your own relationship with God, but don't impose it on others

If the way you live isn't consistent with what you believe, then it's wrong.

HAD THIS REVELATION YESTERDAY WHILE READING BRIAN MCLAREN'S BOOK, THAT WHAT I BELIEVE HAS LITTLE CONSEQUENCES FOR HOW I LIVE!

ROMANS 15
Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, "How can I help?"

6That's exactly what Jesus did. He didn't make it easy for himself by avoiding people's troubles, but waded right in and helped out. "I took on the troubles of the troubled," is the way Scripture puts it. Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it's written for us. God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next. May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all. Then we'll be a choir—not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus!

7-13So reach out and welcome one another to God's glory. Jesus did it; now you do it!

so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit

made whole and holy by God's Holy Spirit

Pray strenuously with and for me—to God the Father, through the power of our Master Jesus, through the love of the Spirit

BIBLE STUDY SUNDAY 04.06.06

24 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.PROVERBS 23

13-14 Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won't kill them.A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.

17-18 Don't for a minute envy careless rebels; soak yourself in the Fear-of-God—That's where your future lies. Then you won't be left with an armload of nothing.

PROVERBS 24

Strategic planning is the key to warfare; to win, you need a lot of good counsel.

10 If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place.

God-loyal people don't stay down long;Soon they're up on their feet,

15 Patient persistence pierces through indifference; gentle speech breaks down rigid defenses.

24 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.
DON'T LET ME BE A NAGGING SPOUSE

Proverbs 27
You Don't Know Tomorrow

1 Don't brashly announce what you're going to do tomorrow; you don't know the first thing about tomorrow.

2 Don't call attention to yourself; let others do that for you.

15-16 A nagging spouse is like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;You can't turn it off, and you can't get away from it.

18 If you care for your orchard, you'll enjoy its fruit; if you honor your boss, you'll be honored

19 Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart.

ROMANS 14

6-9What's important in all this is that if you keep a holy day, keep it for God's sake; if you eat meat, eat it to the glory of God and thank God for prime rib; if you're a vegetarian, eat vegetables to the glory of God and thank God for broccoli. None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. It's God we are answerable to—all the way from life to death and everything in between—not each other. That's why Jesus lived and died and then lived again: so that he could be our Master across the entire range of life and death, and free us from the petty tyrannies of each other.

So tend to your knitting. You've got your hands full just taking care of your own life before God


17-18God's kingdom isn't a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness' sake. It's what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you'll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.


22-23Cultivate your own relationship with God, but don't impose it on others

If the way you live isn't consistent with what you believe, then it's wrong.

HAD THIS REVELATION YESTERDAY WHILE READING BRIAN MCLAREN'S BOOK, THAT WHAT I BELIEVE HAS LITTLE CONSEQUENCES FOR HOW I LIVE!

ROMANS 15
Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, "How can I help?"

6That's exactly what Jesus did. He didn't make it easy for himself by avoiding people's troubles, but waded right in and helped out. "I took on the troubles of the troubled," is the way Scripture puts it. Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it's written for us. God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next. May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all. Then we'll be a choir—not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus!

7-13So reach out and welcome one another to God's glory. Jesus did it; now you do it!

so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit

made whole and holy by God's Holy Spirit

Pray strenuously with and for me—to God the Father, through the power of our Master Jesus, through the love of the Spirit

BIBLE STUDY SUNDAY 04.06.06

PROVERBS 23

13-14 Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won't kill them.A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.

17-18 Don't for a minute envy careless rebels; soak yourself in the Fear-of-God—That's where your future lies. Then you won't be left with an armload of nothing.

PROVERBS 24

Strategic planning is the key to warfare; to win, you need a lot of good counsel.

10 If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place.

God-loyal people don't stay down long;Soon they're up on their feet,

15 Patient persistence pierces through indifference; gentle speech breaks down rigid defenses.

2. JUNI

PROVERBS 22

4 The payoff for meekness and Fear-of-God is plenty and honor and a satisfying life.

15 Young people are prone to foolishness and fads; the cure comes through tough-minded discipline.

PROVERBS 23

13-14 Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won't kill them.A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.

17-18 Don't for a minute envy careless rebels; soak yourself in the Fear-of-God—That's where your future lies. Then you won't be left with an armload of nothing.