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SN1987a-1 NASA Web Gallery   2024 Read the Bible in a Year Monday, January 1, 2024 Day 1: In the Beginning God Created Prayer: Creator God,  You have given us to live in a wondrous place. Thanks for whales, and birds, and ducks. The air we breath and the discoveries we make. For people we love and for all things we need. Help us continually have the courage to change the world to a place like Eden even though we may never see it ourselves. In the name of Jesus! Amen Song: A Beautiful City Background: Genesis 1:1-3:24 is a significant passage in the Bible, encapsulating the creation narrative in the Book of Genesis. The passage opens with the powerful statement, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). This succinct proclamation lays the foundation for the rest of the narrative, emphasizing the divine origin and purpose behind the universe's existence. The subsequent verses detail the process of creation, unfolding in six days. Each...

NASA My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 1/1/2019 Day 1 Genesis 1:1 - 3:24 Reflection We begin our reading the Bible in a year at the beginning.  Our reading will take us through about 3 chapters a day, a verse to meditate upon, a reflection from one of the church greats, and a closing prayer. When I study I always have a composition book near me so that I write down what strikes me about the text. Hint: Read in your study bible or the internet on how the Hebrew Bible was formed. Genesis is the first of five books commonly known as the Pentateuch. As you read you will see different stories and ways of describing the situation. Here in the beginning we have two different Creation stories, How humanity fell or sinned, childbirth, and more. The first story of Creation was probably written by what the Priestly writer. Hint: Must Read - this will tell you about the Documentary Hypo...

Read |  Day 175 | Wednesday |June 24 Isaiah 8: 1-10, 11-22 Isaiah 9: 1-7, 8– 10: 4 Isaiah 10: 5-19, 20-34 Isaiah 11: 1-16 Date | 740 BC Background |  The prophet Isaiah lived in the eighth and early seventh centuries BC. He was from Jerusalem and began his ministry in 740 BC, the year of King Uzziah’s death. The bulk of his ministry took place under Ahaz and Hezekiah. For most of the history of Judaism and Christianity, it was assumed that Isaiah wrote all sixty-six chapter of the book named after him. Beginning in the eighteenth century, biblical scholars began to argue, however, that the book shows clear signs of having been written over a longer period of time. Scholars are now nearly in universal agreement that there were three separate authors for the book, known as First, Second, and Third Isaiah. The First Isaiah wrote most of chapters 1-39 and is the prophet for whom the entire work is named. His influence was so great that he had disciples who carrie...

Read Genesis 1:1 – 3:24 Dawn of Creation and early history of the world - undated NASA Daily Image Gallery of sun and earth near gulf of Mexico from space station - 14 December 2014 7 days of creation - all was good; creation of humanity; man and woman in the garden; sin; broken relationship with God; banishment from Eden. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  for a place to purchase. Next | 1/2/2015 | Day 2 | Genesis 4:1 – 5:32, 1 Chronicles 1:1-4, Genesis 6:1-22 +++ Prayer for the Day Eternal Father, who gave to your incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus to be the sign of our salvation: Plant in every heart, we pray, the love of him who is the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen. Source | Mission St Clare | Morning Daily Office in English | Click here for today