Week 38
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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.
Pause and Ponder - How amazing God has given you, as a believer, “every spiritual blessing in Christ.” Note each eternal gift bestowed on us: we’re chosen, made holy, adopted, redeemed, forgiven, included in Christ, sealed by the Holy Spirit and granted a guaranteed inheritance to come! Why? Because God wanted to do that - the NLT says “it gave him great pleasure!”
All this expresses his grace towards us. Paul makes it clear we could never deserve this, we were dead in our sins, alive only to evil, the world and the desires of our flesh. How amazing to be rescued by such a generous father – rejoice, lift up your voice and boast in Him and the “incomparable riches of His grace." - Hilary Dalziel, LRC Market Harborough
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.
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.
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.
Pause and Ponder - In this section of teaching in John 13-15, Jesus teaches us in a way that builds and builds upon similar arguments. Ultimately all of which points to both what was about to happen on the cross, but more importantly the ramification this would have on the world moving forward. Jesus was setting in place the Kingdom mandate.
One area that would be great for us to consider would be how Jesus teaches on relationships. Read through the scripture once you get familiar with the themes and context, then review each area where Jesus discusses relationships. Whether that be between ourselves as believers or between the son and the Father. Once you have highlighted these areas, study the products of each relationship. What does each relationship reveal? How does it function? Why are relationships at the heart of the Kingdom direction? - Isaac Dransfield, LRC Stoney Stanton
