August 9 Esther 3-5 Psalm 89:38-45 Proverbs 20:3-4 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 In The Twinkling Of An Eye “Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raise incorruptible, and we will be changed. For this corruptible must put on the incorruptible, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this corruptible puts on the in

August 8 Esther 1-2 Psalm 89:27-37 Proverbs 20:1-2 1 Corinthians 15:20-34 Queen Esther “And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she advanced in favor and lovingkindness before him more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.” Esther 2:17 LSB Esther was a young, Jewish, orphan girl. Esther’s father, Abihail, and her mother had died and she went to live with her cousin, Mordecai and

August 7 Nehemiah 12-13 Psalm 89:19-26 Proverbs 19:28-29 1 Corinthians 15:1-19 First Importance “Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed as good news to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I proclaimed to you as good news, unless you believed for nothing. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the

August 6 Nehemiah 10-11 Psalm 89:8-18 Proverbs 19:26-27 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 Discipline “Cease listening, my son, to discipline, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.” Proverbs 19:27 LSB None of us are beyond the need for discipline. As children we can’t wait till we are adults so that we can do what we want and our parents can’t punish us. But when we are adults we realize that isn’t really how it works. The discipline we experienced as a child was noth

August 5 Nehemiah 8-9 Psalm 89:1-7 Proverbs 19:24-25 1 Corinthians 14:1-25 The Lord’s Great Love “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make Your faithfulness known through all generations. I will declare that Your love stands firm forever, that You have established Your faithfulness in Heaven itself…The heavens praise Your wonders, Lord, Your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. For who in the skies above can compare with the

August 4 Nehemiah 6-7 Psalm 88:13-18 Proverbs 19:21-23 1 Corinthians 13 The Greatest Of These Is Love “But now abide faith, hope and love—these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 LSB Paul followed his discussion about the Body of Christ in chapter 12 with a description in chapter 13 of love. Paul understood that functioning within a group of people can be difficult. Because God created each of us with different interests, likes, dislikes,

August 3 Nehemiah 4-5 Psalm 88:6-12 Proverbs 19:19-20 1 Corinthians 12 The Body Of Christ “For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For also by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 LSB The Body of Christ includes all Christians who have accepted

August 2 Nehemiah 1-3 Psalm 88:1-5 Proverbs 19:17-18 1 Corinthians 11 God’s Plan “Then the king said to me, ‘What would you request?’ So I prayed to the God of Heaven. I said to the king, ‘If it is good for the king, and if your servant is good before you, send me to Judah, to the city of my father’s tombs, that I may rebuild it.’” Nehemiah 2:4-5 LSB Nehemiah was a contemporary of Ezra. He served as cupbearer to King Artaxerxes of Persia living in the citadel of Sus

August 1 Ezra 9-10 Psalm 87 Proverbs 19:15-16 1 Corinthians 10 All For The Glory Of God “Whether then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense either to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God; just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved.” 1 Corinthians 10:31-33 LSB This passage is a part of Paul’s teaching about liberty versus legalism that we have

July 31 Ezra 7-8 Psalm 86:11-17 Proverbs 19:12-14 1 Corinthians 9 Quarrelsome Or Prudent? “A foolish child is a father’s ruin and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof. Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.” Proverbs 19:13b-14 NIV These verses describe two different types of homes. One provides a life of joy and peace and the other makes life pure drudgery. The first home has a child who is desc

July 30 Ezra 5-6 Psalm 86:5-10 Proverbs 19:10-11 1 Corinthians 8 Stumbling Blocks “But see to it that this authority of yours does not become a stumbling block to the weak. For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be built up to eat things sacrificed to idols? For through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. And in that way, by sinning against the brother

July 29 Ezra 3-4 Psalm 86:1-4 Proverbs 19:8-9 1 Corinthians 7:17-40 Joy And Weeping “And they sang, praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, saying, ‘For He is good, for His lovingkindness endures forever upon Israel.’ And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised Yahweh because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid. Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of the father’s households, the old men who had seen the first house of Yahweh, were

July 28 Ezra 1-2 Psalm 85:8-13 Proverbs 19:7 1 Corinthians 7:1-16 Sovereignty “In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing. This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of Heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the Earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for Him at J

July 27 2 Chronicles 35-36 Psalm 85:1-7 Proverbs 19:5-6 1 Corinthians 6 Beneficial “’I have the right to do anything,’ you say –but not everything is beneficial. ‘I have the right to do anything’ –but I will not be mastered by anything.” 1 Corinthians 6:12 LSB This verse is a part of a longer teaching about sexual immorality, but it can be applied to many areas of our lives. Whether we are allowed to do something is not the most important question we need to ask ourse

July 26 2 Chronicles 33-34 Psalm 84:8-12 Proverbs 19:3-4 1 Corinthians 5 A Day In Your Courts “For better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would choose to stand in the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For Yahweh God is sun and shield; Yahweh gives grace and glory; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk blamelessly. O Yahweh of hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!” Psalm 84:10-12 LSB

July 25 2 Chronicles 31-32 Psalm 84:1-7 Proverbs 19:1-2 1 Corinthians 4 Our God Is Greater “He also put military commanders over the people and gathered them to him in the square at the city gate, and spoke to their hearts, saying, ‘Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the multitude that is with him; for the One with us is greater than the one with him. With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is Yah

July 24 2 Chronicles 29-30 Psalm 83:13-18 Proverbs 18:22-24 1 Corinthians 3 All Glory To God “I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. Now He who plants and He who waters are one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.” 1 Corinthians 3:6-9 LSB This pas

July 23 2 Chronicles 26-28 Psalm 83:9-12 Proverbs 18:19-21 1 Corinthians 2 What God Has Prepared “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 LSB God has a plan for my life and for your life. He loves us and knows what is best for us. He created us and so He knows what will give us the most fulfilling, meaningful life possible. We cannot even im

July 22 2 Chronicles 24-25 Psalm 83:1-8 Proverbs 18:17-18 1 Corinthians 1 God’s Chosen People “O God do not remain at rest; do not be silent and, O God, do not be quiet. For behold, Your enemies roar, and those who hate You have lifted up their heads. They make shrewd plans against Your people and conspire together against Your treasured ones. They have said, ‘Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more.’ For they have con

July 21 2 Chronicles 21-23 Psalm 82:5-8 Proverbs 18:15-16 The Romans Road As we conclude Romans it seems fitting to share the Romans Road to salvation. It is a way of explaining the good news of Jesus Christ using verses from the Book of Romans. It is a simple yet effective method of explaining why we need salvation, how God provided salvation, how we receive salvation and the results of salvation. 1. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Rom