Week 34
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Welcome to this week's Daily Bread. We're looking forward to diving into God's Word together. Below you'll find a range of resources designed to help you get the most out of this week's readings. You'll need this email each day for the different content. Alternatively, you can access all the new and previous content by going to the Daily Bread Website.
Monday Meditation
Mondays are about making time not just to read but to prayerfully think and consider the Scripture you're reading. Read through it a few times, slowly and ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you.
Trumpet Tuesday
Tuesday's focus is on the major prophets in the Scripture. Full of imagery, promises and challenge. The context of prophetic writing is very important. Understanding who they were writing to and what was happening to God's people at the time will help us to apply these writings today.
Wednesday Wisdom
The book of James tells us that if any of us lack wisdom we can ask for it and God will give it to us. As we read the wisdom literature in the Bible let's trust God is going to teach us what His wisdom looks like.
Pause and Ponder - When we work through Proverbs it is always helpful to understand that at the heart of the Book there are two things going on (particularly in these Chapters). One: it is revealing to us principles that we can apply in our lives that in turn highlight what living righteously is. Two: it is revealing the heart of the Father behind these instructions. In using both of these we can see how God leads us to live a life pleasing to him in complete submission. Some even do both! An example here is : Chapter 14:27: “The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death”. Here we can see the principle at work as well as the deeper relationship it has to the attributes of God. Try finding another one of these pieces of wisdom scripture and think about how it can relate both to ourselves practically and also how we relate to the Father. - Isaac Dransfield, LRC Stoney Stanton
Thanksgiving Thursday
The Psalms are full of human emotion, some full of rejoicing and joy, others confusion and questions. All of them agree though, whatever the circumstances, God must be praised! Let's join our voices with the psalmists on these days to praise whatever our circumstances.
Pause and Ponder - Psalm 90 and 91 form an amazing pair of psalms that work elegantly together, both revealing something of the character and attributes of God whilst it in turn forms the basis of our relationship with God. Here in Psalm 90, we see the eternal attribute of God in its stark relation to the things of this world. When we then combine this to Psalm 91, which highlights the love and protection that God has for us, we see how both psalms are elevated to take on a whole new level of understanding. An example of this would be Psalm 90:4 - “For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night” with Psalm 91:14- “‘Because you love me’, says the Lord, ‘I will rescue you; I will protect you, for you acknowledge my name”. Here we see that this claim is not a promise that may run out in a few years, but that God will never break a promise. And that we can know that the love that God has for us stays with us even in our most difficult trials. - Isaac Dransfield, LRC Stoney Stanton
Friday Feast
The practice of reading big chunks of Scripture is really helpful when understanding the context of what is happening in the stories. If finding time to read all of this in one go is difficult maybe break it into a smaller times of reading through the day.
Saturday Study
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Simple Sunday
For centuries Scripture has been predominantly read amongst families and community. In recent times reading the Bible and praying has gained a more personal focus. On these days where possible, why not read these Scriptures out loud and with others? Pray and reflect on God's Word together.
