Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Hosea 3 and 4.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 37.
The Greek Testament reading is in Acts 12.
ESSENTIAL STUDIES.
Hosea 4, Knowledge that gives life
Additional studies: Hosea Index
Knowledge that preserves us is both factual and relational; it’s head knowledge entwined with heart knowledge. We learn what the Law says (head) → we walk in what we have learned (heart) → we return to fresh reading in the Law so we do not forget (head). Daily nourishment in the “pure milk of the Word” fuels our growth as God’s children, and the cycle continually renews us.
This is the full knowledge we perish without. When the cycle is broken—when knowing about doesn’t have its counterpart in lived obedience; or when relational experience drifts unmoored from the anchor of the written Word, or when both are absent—we perish from its lack.
Psalm 37, Chiastic structure
Additional studies: Psalms Book One: 1-41 Index
Burning with anger or impatience always bears evil fruit (vs. 37:8). How much better to settle the heart and mind on the inevitibility of YHVH’s action (vs. 37:5)!
Acts 12, Constant prayer
Additional studies: Acts Index
“Constant” in Greek is ektenes, and it means, intent, earnest, or assiduous. The prayer the Church offered up for Peter was intent, earnest, and assiduous prayer. So then I had to look up the word assiduous: it means, marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application. That we would develop the habit of intent, earnest, and assiduous prayer in our lives and our homes and our churches, and then we will see what God will do!
THREE-YEAR BIBLE.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in Psalm 119:1-56.
Suggested study: Psalm 119:1-56, Bible for Beginners.
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