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Read |  Day 32 | Sunday | February 1 | Exodus 1:1 - 2:25; 1 Chronicles 6:1-3a; Exodus 3:1 - 4:17 Dates | Exodus occurred about 300 years after Joseph's death | 1526 BCE or 1360 BCE Background on Exodus |  Complete Jewish Bible with Rashi Commentary - Click here Center for Biblical Studies - Exodus - Click here Like Genesis, Exodus is quite lengthy, and so it might help to break it up into sections. In fact, it is simplest to think of Exodus as a two-part book. Chapters 1-15 describe Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian slavery under Moses. Chapters 16-40 describe the journey to Mt. Sinai and what happens there: the giving of the law and the building of Israel’s portable worship tent, the tabernacle. As we can see, more than half the book takes place at Mt. Sinai. In terms of the broader narrative of Israel’s history (as given in the Pentateuch), Israel will not leave Mt. Sinai until the fourth book of the Pentateuch, Numbers 10. Most of the action in the Pentateuch takes plac

Read |  Day 31|January 31|Job 40:6 – 42:17 Dates |  Dates |2200 BC - 1800 BC | Could have occurred as late as the Exile (600 BC - 582 BC with the deportations) Reading | God continues the discussion with Job = Would you condemn me to justify yourself?; pet Leviathan; Job = I repent; the Lord blesses Job, condemns the "comforters" - they need to atone for their misinformation - Job prays for them; God abundantly blesses him and Job lives to see his fourth generation; And so Job died, an old man and full of years. Source | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   | pp. 117 - 120 Next |  Day 32 | Sunday | February 1 | Exodus 1:1 - 2:25; 1 Chronicles 6:1-3a; Exodus 3:1 - 4:17 +++ For Joy in God's Creation O heavenly Father, who has filled the world with beauty: Open our eyes to behold your gracious hand in all your works; that, rejoicing in your whole creation, we may learn to serve you with gladness; for the sake of him through whom all

Read | Day 30|January 30|Job 38:1 – 40:5 Reading | God shows up and talks to Job = where were you when I laid down the earth's foundation?; Can you control Creation?; on-and-on; Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? [great section of Scripture]; Job = I am unworthy - how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth. Next |Day 31|January 31|Job 40:6 – 42:17 +++ Psalm 40  or  Coverdale 1I waited patiently upon the LORD; * he stooped to me and heard my cry.  2 He lifted me out of the desolate pit, out of the mire and clay; * he set my feet upon a high cliff and made my footing sure.  3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; * many shall see, and stand in awe, and put their trust in the LORD.  4 Happy are they who trust in the LORD! * they do not resort to evil spirits or turn to false gods.  5 Great things are they that you have done, O LORD my God! how great your wonders and your plans for us! * there is none who can be compar

Read | Day 29 | January 29 | Job 35:1 – 37:24 Reading | Elihu = Job, you are arrogant, God is mighty, why should God hear you when you are like this?, God is exalted in God's power, stop and consider the wonders of God, God is beyond your reach - exalted in power, you should revere God. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  | pp. 110 - 113 Next | Day 30 | January 30 |Job 38:1 – 40:5 +++ For Mission Almighty and everlasting God,  by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people  is governed and sanctified:  Receive our supplications and prayers  which we offer before you for  all members of your holy Church,  that in their vocation and ministry  they may truly and devoutly serve you;  through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Source | Mission St Clare | Daily Office in English | Book of Common Prayer | Click here for today

Here are the readings for the first week in February Day 32 | Sunday | February 1 | Exodus 1:1 - 2:25; 1 Chronicles 6:1-3a; Exodus 3:1 - 4:17 Day 33 | Monday | February 2 | Exodus 4:18 - 7:13 Day 34 | Tuesday | February 3 | Exodus 7:14 - 9:35 Day 35 | Wednesday | February 4 | Exodus 10:1 - 12:51 Day 36 | Thursday | February 5 | Exodus 13:1 - 15:27 Day 37 | Friday | February 6 | Exodus 16:1 - 19:25 Day 38 | Saturday | February 7 | Exodus 20:1-22:15 Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  | p 1585 Weekly Reflection Session | Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Grace Parish Hall | 910 am - 940 am local +++ May the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart be acceptable to you O Lord, our strength and our redeemer. Amen 

Read  | Day 29 | January 29 | Job 35:1 – 37:24 Dates |  Dates |2200 BC - 1800 BC | Could have occurred as late as the Exile (600 BC - 582 BC withe the deportations) Reading  | Elihu = Answers Job; God does not listen to complaints; God's justice is beyond human understanding; God does great things; Open your ears and consider God's miracles; Can you do this? Source | God’s Word Translation | Baker, Grand Rapids, Pure Michigan | 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8010-1360-7 |  Click here  find a place to purchase | p. 446 - 449 Next  | Day 30 | January 30 | Job 38:1 – 40:5 +++ The Psalms Psalm 119:49-56 or  Coverdale Zayin  49 Remember your word to your servant, * because you have given me hope. 50 This is my comfort in my trouble, * that your promise gives me life. 51 The proud have derided me cruelly, * but I have not turned from your law. 52 When I remember your judgments of old, * O LORD, I take great confort. 53 I am filled with a burning rage, * because o

Read  Day 27|January 27|Job 30:1 – 31:40 Dates |  Dates |2200 BC - 1800 BC | Could have occurred as late as the Exile (600 BC - 582 BC withe the deportations) Reading  | Job = I am mocked and made fun of even in song; I cry to you Lord ... where are you?; I am innocent; Oh, that someone would hear me..... Source | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  |  pp.  98 -102 Next | Day 28|January 28|Job 32:1 – 34:37 +++ Jubilate Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. Know this: The Lord himself is God; he himself has made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; give thanks to him and call upon his Name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his faithfulness endures from age to age. Source | Morning Daily Office in English | Mission St Clare |  Click here  for tod

Read  Day 26|January 26|Job 26:1 – 29:25 Dates |  Dates |2200 BC - 1800 BC | Could have occurred as late as the Exile (600 BC - 582 BC withe the deportations) Reading | Job continues - 9th speech - response to Bildad - how can you understand God? Who have you helped? Job's final speech - Even though God has denied me justice, my tongue will not utter wickedness Job speaks of wisdom and understanding - humanity can not determine her worth, she is in the eyes of everything, fear the Lord for that is wisdom.  Job continues with reflecting on his loss - everyone has rejected me - people used to listen to me but not now... Source | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  | pp.  98 -102 Next | Day 27|January 27|Job 30:1 – 31:40 +++ For All Sorts and Conditions O God, the creator and preserver of all, we humbly beseech you for all sorts and conditions of people; that you would be pleased to make your ways known unto them, your saving heal

Read | Day 25|January 25|Job 22:1 – 25:6 Dates |2200 BC - 1800 BC | Could have occurred as late as the Exile (600 BC - 582 BC withe the deportations) Reading | Eliphaz third response = accept the instruction from a hidden God; Job's Eight response = God does what ever God pleases, I am terrified in God's presence; Job = why are not the wicked punished?; Bildad's third response = How can the mortal be righteous before God? We are only worms... Next | Day 26|January 26|Job 26:1 – 29:25 +++ Collect of the Day Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. A Collect for Sundays O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give us this day such blessing

Day 24 | January 24 | Job 19:1 – 21:34 Dates |2200 BC - 1800 BC | Could have occurred as late as the Exile (600 BC - 582 BC with the deportations) Reading | Job to his friends = how long will you torment me?; have pity on me for the hand of God has touched me; Zophar = doom of the wicked; Job answers = denies that only wicked suffer. Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 |  click here  | pp. 744 - 746 Next |  Day 25|January 25|Job 22:1 – 25:6 +++ A Prayer of Self-Dedication Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated unto you; and then use us, we pray you, as you will, and always to your glory and the welfare of your people; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. A Collect for Saturdays Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all yo

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Read |  Day 23 | January 23 | Job 15:1 – 18:21 Dates | 2200 BC - 1800 BC or during the Exile | Click here for background Reading | Eliphaz's response to Job = your own mouth condemns you - the wicked suffer torment and elaborates from there...; Job's 5th speech = I have suffered, I am innocent; Bildah responds = humanity suffers because they do not know God. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  | pp. 86 - 90 Next | Day 24 | January 24 | Job 19:1 – 21:34 +++ General Thanksgiving Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awaren

Here are the readings for next week: Day 25 January 25 Job 22:1 – 25:6 Day 26 January 26 Job 26:1 – 29:25 Day 27 January 27 Job 30:1 – 31:40 Day 28 January 28 Job 32:1 – 34:37 Day 29 January 29 Job 35:1 – 37:24 Day 30 January 30 Job 38:1 – 40:5 Day 31 January 31 Job 40:6 – 42:17 Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  |

Read | Day 22|January 22|Job 12:1 – 14:22 Background | See previous posts on Job Reading | Job answers Zophar's first speech: I am a laughstock to my friends, I am not inferior to you, you are all worthless in helping me; let me have silence; God - why do you hide your face from me?; mortals die; God prevails forever. Next | Day 23|January 23|Job 15:1 – 18:21 +++ A  Collect for the Renewal of Life O God, the King eternal,  who divides the day from the night  and turns the shadow of death into the morning:  Drive far from us all wrong desires,  incline our hearts to keep your law,  and guide our feet into the way of peace;  that, having done your will with cheerfulness while it was day,  we may, when night comes,  rejoice to give you thanks;  through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Source | Morning Prayer | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer | Click here for today

Read | Day 21|January 21|Job 8:1 – 11:20 Background | literary history, structure, and contents  Many scholars have proposed that the prose prologue and epilogue reflect a tale about Job older than the poetic dialogues. In the sixth century bce the prophet Ezekiel mentions Job, along with Noah, the hero of the Flood story (Gen 6–9), and Danel, as heroes who saved others by their righteousness (Ezek 14.14,20). The frame of the book is the prose prologue and epilogue (chs 1–2; 42.7–17). Within that frame are the poetic dialogues: first, three cycles of speeches by Job and his friends (chs 3–31) plus the Elihu speeches (chs 32–37), and second, two speeches by the Lord, each followed by a response from Job (38.1–42.6). The third cycle of speeches by Job and his friends presents many problems, and it is possible that the original order of the book  is no longer correctly preserved. It has also commonly been thought that the speeches of Elihu (chs 32–37) and the poem on wisdom (ch 28)

Read | Day 20 | January 20 | Job 5:1 – 7:21 Reading | Friend Eliphaz continues his consult to Job; appeal to God to help you in your troubles and deliver you; Job - what strength to I have to still hope?; Cries to God and speaks of his anguish; why do you not pardon my sin?; I will soon die. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  | pp. 74 -78 Next | Day 21 | January 21 | Job 8:1 – 11:20 +++ For the Human Family O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Source | Morning Prayer | Mission St Clare |

Read Day 19|January 19|Job 1:1 – 4:21 Dates |2200 BC - 1800 BC | Could have occurred as late as the Exile (600 BC - 582 BC withe the deportations) Background |  Job is a fictional story dealing with theodicy—God’s justice in light of human suffering. The book is forty-two chapters long and is framed by a prologue (chapters 1-2) and an epilogue ( 42:7-14 ). Between these bookends is a lengthy series of dialogues between Job and his friends followed by a dialogue between Yahweh and Job. The prologue and epilogue are written in a narrative style and the dialogues in poetic style. More from Center of Biblical Studies -  Click here Reading | Job is rich; Heavenly court and challenge by Satan; Satan destroys Jobs wealth; further discussion in the heavenly court results in further testing of Job; still Job stays with faith in God; three "friends" show up to "comfort" him; Job complains; Eliphaz the Temanite response to says where is your faith? Source | Daily Readin

Read  Day 18 | January 18 | Genesis 47:28 – 50:26 Dates | 1859 BC or 1693 BC Background | The purpose of the Joseph story has many facets: Entertaining story in its own right God is involved in the history of Israel despite their behavior Joseph can be viewed as an ideal leader type for the people Bridges the patriarchal narratives and explains how the people got to Egypt Reforms instituted by Joseph are unique to the past, i.e., tax exemption for priests Tells the story of the context of Israel being under foreign rulers Source | John J Collins | Introduction to the Hebrew Bible - 2nd edition | Fortress Press (c) 2014 | ISBN 978-1-4514-6923-3 | Click here to purchase | pp. 103 - 105 Reading | Jacob's death coming. blessings, Joseph's pledge to him, Joseph takes two younger brothers as his sons, Jacob blesses sons thereby each tribe, Jacob dies, embalmed, mourned by Egypt for 40 days, Joseph reassures brothers, Joseph lives to be 110 years either 1805 BC o

Read | Day 17 | Genesis 45:16 - 47:27 Dates | 1876 BC or 1710 BC Reading | Invitation to stay in Egypt by Pharaoh; Jacob comes; sons of Israel listing; arriving in Goshen; Jacob blesses Pharaoh; Joseph's leadership during famine; 20% payment of all went to Pharaoh. Next | Day 18 | 18 January 2015 | Genesis 47:28 - 50:26 +++ A Collect for Saturdays Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly prepared for the service of your sanctuary, and that our rest here upon earth may be a preparation for the eternal rest promised to your people in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen . A Prayer for Mission Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that

These are the handouts for the Reflection Session for 18 Jan 2015 for GraceFullBible - New Testament in a Year and Bible in Time - Bible in a year. Bible in Time  Reflection Session meets Sundays, 910 am - 940 am, Grace Parish Hall. Click here  for this week's reflection sheet. Click here  for next week's reading list GraceFullBible  Reflection Session meets Sundays, 1130 am - Noon, Grace Jubilee House.  This session will NOT be held this Sunday due to Grace Parish Annual Meeting. Session will meet again next Sunday. Click here  for this week's reflection sheet. Click here  for next week's reading list Grace Episcopal Church, 341 Washington Ave, Traverse City, Michigan, USA is one block south of West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan, North America. Come whether you read or unread, reflect, question, pray, and drink coffee. All times are local in the USA - Eastern Time Zone.