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Read |  Tuesday | March 31 | Judges 1:1 – 3:30 Date | From the Conquest to the Kings, the period of the Judges extends some 200 to 300 years. Background | Book of Judges |  Judges is the seventh book of the Old Testament, and it tells story of the time from Joshua’s death to the beginning of Israel monarchy under Saul. During that time “judges” ruled Israel.  Contrary to what a modern reader might expect from their title, these judges were not settlers of legal disputes but warrior kings. After Joshua’s conquest had ended, these judges continued to lead Israel to their complete possession of the land. Ultimately, Israel’s judges were acting on behalf of Yahweh, Israel’s true judge and deliverer ( Judges 11:27 ).  More - Click here  from the Center of Biblical Studies. Reading | Judah chosen by God to defeat the Canaanites and Perizzites; some failures in driving the enemy out of the land; angel shows up - why have you disobeyed the Lord? Israelites wept and made sacrifice to

Read |  Monday | March 30 | Joshua 22:1 – 24:33 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History -  Click here Reading | Eastern tribes return after the conquest; build an altar; Joshua's final address to Israel - be strong, obey God, remember God's promises, don't affiliate with conquered; renewal of covenant; burial of heroes of faith. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   Next| Tuesday | March 31 | Judges 1:1 – 3:30 +++ Psalm 51  or  Coverdale 1  Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness;* in your great compassion blot out my offenses. 2  Wash me through and through from my wickedness* and cleanse me from my sin.  3  For I know my transgressions,* and my sin is ever before me.  4  Against you only have I sinned* and done what is evil in your sight.  5  And so you are justified when you speak* and upright in your judgment.  6  Indeed, I have been wicked from my birth,* a sinner fro

Bible in Time Click here  – reflection session handout Click here  – next week’s readings Reflection Session: Sundays | 9:10 am – 940 am local | Grace Parish Hall Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Pure Michigan | USA Blog Site for daily reflection and prayer -  Click here +++ Another reading plan – GraceFullBible Click here  –  this week's handout Click here  – next week’s readings Reflection Session is now a  Virtual Class.  Note the blog for more information, thoughts, reflections, insights, prayers, etc. Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Pure Michigan | USA |  Click here Blog Site for daily reflection and prayer –  Click here The Peace of the Lord be with you always!

Read | March 29 |  Joshua 19:49 - 21:45; 1 Chronicles 6:54 - 81 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History -  Click here Reading | More promised land being divided; Land to Joshua; cities of refuge - a place free of revenge; towns and territory to the Levites.  Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here    Next  | Joshua 22:1 - 24:33 +++ Daily Office in Audio | Episcopal Parish of Garrent County Maryland | via Mission St Clare | Today - click here

Read |   Saturday | March 28 |  Joshua 18:1 – 19:48 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History -  Click here Reading | Division of the promised land; land of Benjamin; land division to Simeon, Zebulun, Issachur, Asher, Nphtall, Dan Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here    Next  | Joshua 19:49 - 21:45; 1 Chronicles 6:54 - 81 +++ Collect of the Day: The Fifth Sunday in Lent Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. For Mission Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embr

Read |  Friday | March 27 | Joshua 15:20 – 17:18 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History -  Click here Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here    Reading |  the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah;  allotment of the Josephites;  Then allotment was made to the tribe of Manasseh;  tribe of Joseph complains over the work they have to do to clear the land to Joshua  . Next  | Saturday | March 28 |  Joshua 18:1 – 19:48 +++ The Lord’s Prayer or  traditional  | music:  video  |  choir Our Father in heaven,  hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come,your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen. Suffrages Show us your mercy, O Lord; And grant us your salvation. Clothe your ministers with righte

Bible in Time is reading the Bible each day with reflections of the text and prayers. The readings are on somewhat of a chronological calendar reflecting the history and salvation of the people of God. This coming week’s readings include: Sunday | March 29 | Joshua 19:49 – 21:45 ; 1 Chronicles 6:54-81  Monday | March 30 | Joshua 22:1 – 24:33 Tuesday | March 31 | Judges 1:1 – 3:30 Wednesday | April 1 | Judges 3:31 – 6:40 Thursday | April 2| Judges 7:1 – 9:21 Friday | April 3 | Judges 9:22 – 11:28 Saturday | April 4 | Judges 11:29 – 15:20 Bible in Time is a worldwide ministry of Jesus Christ, training disciples to read the Bible and pray daily in order to reflect on their calling and service to Almighty God and the world. BIT originates from a center of mission at Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City, Michigan, USA. This mission center is one block from the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan, North America. Pure Michigan. Come and see.

Read |  Thursday | March 26 | Joshua 12:7 – 15:19 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History -  Click here Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here    Reading | Victories in the promised land; Joshua getting old and still much to be conquered; tribal division of the trans-Jordan; allotments; more conquest; boundaries; heroes  Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 |  click here  | pp. 338 -341 Next  |  Friday | March 27 | Joshua 15:20 – 17:18 +++ 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, w

Read |  Day 84 | Wednesday | March 25 | Joshua 10:1 – 12:6 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History -  Click here Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here    Reading | defeat of the Amorite alliance; Divine intervention and hailstones; execution of the kings; capture of cities and "herem" to God; summary of conquest to date; defeat of Canaanite coalition; summary of northern conquest; summary of all of the conquest; defeat of the kings told. Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 |  click here  | pp. 332 - 336 Next | Thursday | March 26 | Joshua 12:7 – 15:19 +++ 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 i

Read | Day 83 | Tuesday | March 24 | Joshua 7:1; 1 Chronicles 2:7; Joshua 7:2-9:27 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History -  Click here Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here    Reading | Conquest of Achen and the sin of one is the sin of all; herem defined; conquest of Ai and the slaughtering; covenant renewal as land grant - Shechem; Joshua builds an altar to the Lord on Mt Ebal with the Ark; Southern conquest; Gibeon deception and false treaty with Israel. Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 |  click here  | pp. 329 - 332 Next | Day 84 | Wednesday | March 25 | Joshua 10:1 – 12:6 +++ 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 bon

Read | Day 82 | Monday | March 23 | Joshua 3:1 – 6:27 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History - Click here Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here    Reading | Joshua is in charge; Most of this section deals with the crossing of the Jordan River and entering into the promised land; the Jordan is a river and a symbol of a new age and relationship with God; creation of the crossing memorial that represented the 12 tribes; Jericho is captured by following God's instructions - a noisy affair for seven days; Walls come down, Rahab's family protected. Day 83 | Tuesday | March 24 | Joshua 7:1; 1 Chronicles 2:7; Joshua 7:2-9:27 +++ The Psalms Psalm 118 or  Coverdale 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; * his mercy endures for ever. 2 Let Israel now proclaim, * "His mercy endures for ever." 3 Let the house of Aaron now proclaim, * "His mercy endures for ever." 4 Let those who fear the LO

Read | Sunday | March 22 |  Deuteronomy 33:1 – 32:52 & Joshua 1:1 – 2:4 Date | 1405 or 1239 BCE Reading | Moses sings a song of blessing to all and every tribe of Israel - really beautiful; Moses climbs Mt Nebo and sees the whole promised land and dies; The Lord selects Joshua as leader and commissions him to take the people across the Jordan and take the land; Joshua gives marching and break camp orders; Rehab protects the spys and protects her family. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here     | pp. 305 - 310 Next | Monday | March 23 | Joshua 3:1 – 6:27 +++ Collect of the Day Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who l

Read | Day 80 | Saturday | March 21 | Deuteronomy 31:30 – 32:52;  Psalm 90 Reading | Moses sings - The Lord will vindicate God's people; prediction of Moses death; Psalm 90 probably Moses wrote at end of his life. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here     | pp. 301 - 305 Next |  Sunday | March 22 | Deuteronomy 33:1 – 32:52 & Joshua 1:1 – 2:4 +++ Venite   Psalm 95:1-7 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: Come let us adore him. Come, let us sing to the Lord; * let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: Come let us adore him. For the Lord is a great God, * and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * and the heights of the hills are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, * and his hands have molded the dry land.

Bible in Time Click here  – reflection session handout Click here  – next week’s readings Reflection Session: Sundays | 9:10 am – 940 am local | Grace Parish Hall Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Pure Michigan | USA Blog Site for daily reflection and prayer -  Click here +++ Another reading plan – GraceFullBible Click here  – reflection session handout Click here  – next week’s readings Reflection Session is now a  Virtual Class.  Note the blog for more information, thoughts, reflections, insights, prayers, etc. Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Pure Michigan | USA |  Click here Blog Site for daily reflection and prayer –  Click here The Peace of the Lord be with you always!

Read |  Day 79 | Friday | March 20 | Deuteronomy 29:2 – 31:29 Date | 1405 or 1239 BCE Reading | Moses reminds the people of the covenant of God and the promise of the land; return to God with your love and faith; choose life; Joshua becomes leader; priests - read the Law to the people at least every 7 years; Lord predicts disobedience of Israel's people. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   | pp. 297 - 300 Next | Day 80 | Saturday | March 21 | Deuteronomy 31:30 – 32:52;  Psalm 90 +++ Collect of the Day: The Fourth Sunday in Lent Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. For Mission Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross