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Thursday, September 19th, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Exodus 14:1-31 — Chapter 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall encamp by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children
1 Kings 10:1-29 — Chapter 10 Now the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon and so she came to Jerusalem with a very great company of people, camels, spices, a lot of gold, and precious stones: and as she came to Solomon, she communed everything that was in her
1 Kings 3:1-28 — Chapter 3Now Solomon begins the gathering of wives of which it seemed had no end. He made an affinity with the Pharaoh of Egypt, and he took the Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her to the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house,
Psalms 105:1-45 — Psalms 105:1-45 : O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk of all of his wondrous works ( Psalms 105:1-2 ). Now we are exhorted here to several things. First of
Psalms 44:1-26 — Psalms 44:1-26 Psalms 44:1-26 : We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in times of old. How you did drive out the heathen with thy hand, and you planted them; and how you did afflict the people,
Proverbs 13:1-25 — Chapter 13In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the scorner, the transgressor and the good man. A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scorner does
Isaiah 11:1-16 — Shall we turn to Isaiah, chapter 11, for the beginning of our study this evening.In the tenth chapter, the closing part of chapter 10 of Isaiah, and again, let me remind you that the chapter distinctions were made by men, not by the authors. But years
Jeremiah 50:1-46 — Shall we turn now to Jeremiah chapter 50.Chapter 50 begins with the words, The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet ( Jeremiah 50:1 ). The end of chapter 51 declares, "And thou shalt
Ezekiel 28:1-26 — Chapter 28Now as we get into chapter 28, the attention now is directed against the king of Tyre. Chapter 26 against the city of Tyre, chapter 27 against the merchandising of Tyre, chapter 28 now is directed against the king or the prince of Tyre. And
Daniel 5:1-31 — Shall we turn now in our Bible to Daniel, chapter 5. Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousands ( Daniel 5:1 ). There are men who call themselves Bible scholars and they belong to a school
Joel 3:1-21 — Now in those days ( Joel 3:1 ), He goes into chapter 3. and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem ( Joel 3:1 ), That is, in the days--we're getting close now, for God has returned again the captivity of Judah and
Amos 8:1-14 — Chapter 8Now in chapter 8: Thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit ( Amos 8:1 ). So now another vision, and in this vision he sees this summer fruit, apricots and peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries. He said, Amos
Deuteronomy 18:1-22 — Chapter 18Now again he repeats how the tribe of Levi is not to be given any portion of the land but they will eat the offerings that were given unto the Lord made by fire as their inheritance for the Lord is their inheritance. And thus the priest, when
Mark 3:1-35 — Chapter 3 And he entered again into the synagogue( Mark 3:1 ); This was on the Sabbath day. and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith
Mark 5:1-43 — Chapter 5 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes ( Mark 5:1 ). Now, that is on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee. It is the area near the beginning of the Golan Heights and Gilead. The area when Moses
Luke 2:1-52 — Now it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And the taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syra.) And all went to be taxed, every one to his own city. And Joseph
Luke 23:1-56 — And the whole multitude of them arose, and they led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ [or the Messiah,] a
Romans 13:1-14 — Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans 13 .As Christians, what should be our attitude towards government? Paul declares, Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: and the powers that be are ordained of God (
2 Samuel 21:1-22 — Chapter 21Now in chapter twenty-one it is recorded that at this time, There were three years of famine in the land; So David sought the Lord. [Why the famine?] And the Lord said, The famine was in judgment because of the treatment of Saul of the Gibeonites.
2 Samuel 24:1-25 — Chapter 24Chapter twenty four, Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, and number Israel and Judah. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all
 
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