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Day 172 - Of Kings and Fools

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https://hroarr.com/article/king-and-fool-the-vier-leger-of-liechtenauers-tradition-and-their-relationship-with-common-medieval-german-archetypes/ My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year | Come join us at any time! Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 6/22/2019      Day 172 Proverbs 25:1 – 26:28 Reflection | Today Today’s readings continue with good sayings for the walk of life: Chapter 25 - Advice for Kings - keep the faith - be trustworthy - Be patient - feed the hungry - do not seek honor Chapter 26 - About fools - don’t answer a fool with their own Stupidity - lame is a fool’s advice - don’t be lazy - speak the truth (God’s Word Translation, 2003) Background | A proverb is a statement of apparent truth that is based on human experience and has endured over time. Attributed to King Solomon but the composition of the book happened over Centuries. Wisdom is a central character of the book along with a wo...

Tuesday - Pentecost 21 - Proper 25 - All Hallowed Eve

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http://all-free-download.com/free-photos/wheat-fields.html Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Book of Common Praye r | Daily Office Readings Days of Pentecost You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but citizens together with the saints and members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19 | Enriching Our Worship 1, p.19 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Tuesday | 31 October 2017 | All Hallowed Eve Ps. 45; Ezra 5:1-17; Revelation 4:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9 Psalm 45 | Background Honor the king and the royal court and they will be remembered forever. Revelation of John 4 | Description of the heavenly court and the creatures and elders; God is worthy of receiving all glory and honor. Matthew 13 | Jesus taught along the sea and got into a boat and told the story of the seeds and the soils. If you have ears, listen. S: HS+; Book of Common Prayer; Mission St Clare; The Episcopal Church i...

Day 250 - Monday after the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Read |  Day 250 | Monday | September 7  Daniel 7: 1-14, 15-28  Daniel 8: 1-14, 15-27  Daniel 5: 1-12, 13-31  Dates| 559 -556 BC Reading | Daniel - dreams and sees four beasts; vision explained; vision of ram and goat and also explained; Gabriel comes and explains further; the Babylonian king sees writing, Daniel explains the writing, king is slain that night. Next |  Day 251 | Tuesday | September 8   Daniel 6: 1-28 Daniel 9: 1-19, 20-27 2   Chronicles 36: 22-23 Ezra 1: 1-11 1   Chronicles 3: 17-19a  +++ Philippians 1:1-11 (NRSV) … Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. It is right f...

Day 201 - Monday after the Eight Sunday after Pentecost

Read |    Day 201 | Monday |July 20   Micah 6: 1-8, 9-16 Micah 7: 1-13, 14-20 2   Chronicles 32: 1-8   2   Kings 18: 13-18 Isaiah 36: 1-3 2   Kings 18: 19-37 Isaiah 36: 4-22  Date | Micah - 703 BC. Background on Micah |  Structure per Wikipedia At the broadest level Micah can be divided into three roughly equal parts: [9] Judgment against the nations and their leaders Restoration of Zion (chapters 4–5, probably exilic and post-exilic, together with the next section); [10] God's lawsuit against Israel and expression of hope (chapters 6–7). Within this broad three-part structure are a series of alternating oracles of judgment and promises of restoration: [11] 1.1 Superscription 1.2–2.11 Oracles of judgment 2.12–13 Oracles of restoration 3.1–12 Oracles of judgment 4.1–5.15 Oracles of restoration 6.1–7.6 Oracles of judgment 7.7–20 Oracles of restoration Reading | God's case against Israel; hope; Lord is compas...

Day 176 - Thursday in the Week after the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Read |  Day 176 | Thursday | June 25 Isaiah 12: 1-6 Isaiah 17: 1-14 2   Chronicles 28: 16-21 2   Kings 16: 10-18 2   Chronicles 28: 22-25 2   Kings 18: 1-8 2   Chronicles 29: 1-2 2   Kings 15: 30-31 2   Kings 17: 1-4 Hosea 1: 1, 2– 2: 1 Hosea 2: 2-13 Date | 730s BC Reading | Isaiah sings a song of salvation; message to Damascus and Israel;Ahaz closes the Temple - bad thing; Hezekiah - Judah - 732 - good; Hoshea - Israel - 732; Hosea rises as prophet - obeys God and marries a harlot name Gomer and has sons with weird names; Hosea charges Israel as an unfaithful wife. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  | Next | Day 177 | Friday |June 26 Hosea 2: 14-23 Hosea 3: 1-5 Hosea 4: 1-19 Hosea 5: 1-15 Hosea 6: 1-11a, 11b– 7: 16 Hosea 8: 1-14 +++ We pray for all visitors and newcomers and newcomers in our midst at church, and for a...

Day 171 - Saturday after the Third Sunday in Pentecost

Read |  Day 171 | Saturday | June 20 2   Kings 14: 1-14  2   Chronicles 25: 1-24  2   Kings 13: 12-13  2   Kings 14: 15-16, 23-27  2   Chronicles 25: 25-28  2   Kings 14: 17-22  2   Kings 15: 1-5  2   Chronicles 26: 1-21  Jonah 1: 1 - 4: 1-11 Date | 800 BC Reading | Amaziah - Judah (800 - 783 BC) - life and battles - pillaged the Temple - did not listen to God; Jehoash rule ends in Israel in 786 BC; Jeroboam 2 takes over Israel and did evil in the sight of God; Uzziah - Judah - 783 to 742 - did what was right in eyes of God execept the high places; Jonah - one who ran from God - took place during the reign of Jeroboam 2 in 760 BC; his prayer in the fish; he goes to Nivevah; tellings Nivevah to repent and they do; Jonah pouts about God's mercy - tree illustration. Background |  Outside his key role in the book of Jonah itself, the prophet Jonah is known to us by one obs...

Day 169 - Thursday after the Third Sunday in Pentecost

Read |  Day 169 | Thursday | June 18   2   Kings 11: 1-3  2   Chronicles 22: 10-12  2   Kings 11: 4-12  2   Chronicles 23: 1-11  2   Kings 11: 13-16  2   Chronicles 23: 12-15  2   Kings 11: 17-21  2   Chronicles 23: 16-21  2   Kings 12: 1-16  2   Chronicles 24: 1-16, 17-22  2   Kings 10: 32-36  Date | 841 - 835 BC Reading | Judah: King Athaliah rules, a revolt, treason, and death; Jeholada religious reforms, 835 BC; Joash - Judah - repair the temple- they were honest; He dies, reforms reversed and people do not worship God, God reduces the size of Israel, King Jehu dies; Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here Next |  Day 170 | Friday | June 19   2   Kings 13: 1-7, 8-9, 10-11  2   Kings 12: 17-21  2   Chronicles 24: 23-27  2   Kings 13: 14-23, 24-25  ...

Day 165 - Third Sunday After Pentecost

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Read |  Day 165 | Sunday | June 14 |   2   Kings 1: 1-18  2   Kings 3: 1-3, 4-27  1   Kings 22: 41-49  2   Chronicles 20: 31-37  1   Kings 22: 50  2   Chronicles 21: 1-4  2   Kings 8: 16-22  2   Chronicles 21: 5-7  Date | 850 - 849 BC Reading | Elijah gets king Ahaziah as the angel of the Lord wipes out the first two groups of 50 men to accompany him to the king; Elijah predicted the king's death and he died; Joram - Israel - 852 BC - good and bad; war between Israel and Moab - Israel won - Elijah there for counsel; Jehosphatat reign reviewed - good in the eyes of the Lord - built ships and established trade; son Jehoram takes over Judah in 848 BC - bad; God did not destroy him because his linage with David. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   Next |  Day 166 | Monday | June 15 | 2 ...