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Noah's Ark  Dreamstime 2024 Read the Bible in a Year January 3, 2024 Readings for Today: Genesis 6:1 - 9:17 Day 3 - Flood and Noah Prayer: Creator God, Thanks for the rainbows and promises, Waters and lands, And creatures in the water and on the land. Wake us up to our responsibility for the care of this earth before we lose it to our neglect. As you have blessed us so may we bless this small island we call home and earth. In the name of Jesus, Amen Background: The story today has many themes. Some are creation, God, humanity, behavior of humanity, consequences, family, promises, second chances, making things new, etc. Humanity has blown it in the eyes of God’ post-garden of Eden. It has gotten so bad that God will wipe it out but not entirely. Noah is a righteous man and will be spared from this judgment with his family. The story's details are like any great saga…destruction is coming, Noah is spared, a large boat is built, a cubit is 18 inches (45 cm), and pairs of animals...

Opening Sentence From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts. + Malachi 1:11 By Jerry MagnuM Porsbjer (www.magnumphoto.se) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Read | Tuesday | 19 January 2016 | Ps. 26 28; Ps. 36 39; Gen. 9:1–17; Heb. 5:7–14; John 3:16–21 Reflection | Psalm 26  -  Literary type | Individual Thanksgiving  |  click here . Vindicate me, O Lord; I don't associate with evil doers; save me! Genesis 9 - God blesses and makes promises to Noah, his family, and us; be fruitful; God promises never to wipe out humanity and the earth by water; rainbow to remember. Hebrews 5  - You don't understand that Jesus prayed and suffered for us; ...