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6:30 A.M. Saturday
The night shift was faithful - now, at 6:30 we're starting Haggai - getting close to the New Testament.
3:15 P.M. Friday
If only we had known, we could have arranged to meet our wives up here in the sanctuary at 3:00 - yes, that's right we're in Song of Solomon.
By my calculations, we're 57% of the way through out target time allotment and 55% of the way through the Bible. We're just a little behind schedule, but not too bad. I think we'll catch up through the New Testament which tends to be a little easier reading than some of the Old Testament which we've been in so far.
If you want to be here for the finish, my prediction is that it will be somewhere between 10:00 p.m. Saturday night and 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Stay tuned to the updates. I'm sure we'll be able to have a pretty accurate prediction of the ending time as the day progresses tomorrow.
By my calculations, we're 57% of the way through out target time allotment and 55% of the way through the Bible. We're just a little behind schedule, but not too bad. I think we'll catch up through the New Testament which tends to be a little easier reading than some of the Old Testament which we've been in so far.
If you want to be here for the finish, my prediction is that it will be somewhere between 10:00 p.m. Saturday night and 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Stay tuned to the updates. I'm sure we'll be able to have a pretty accurate prediction of the ending time as the day progresses tomorrow.
11:00 A.M. Friday
We're at Psalm 88
5:10 A.M. Friday
We're in Nehemiah chapter 4
3:20 P.M. Thursday
We're in 1 Samuel chapter 13
Every time I sit in and have the Word washing over me, I get something out of it. I was struck by the first couple of chapters of 1 Samuel how Samuel as a boy actually lived in the tabernacle, near to the ark, the presence of God. Wow! I want to live there at all times; and this time in the sanctuary where the Word of God is being read uninterrupted, is like dwelling there in the presence of the Most High. Loving it - hope you're soaking it up as much as you can too.
11:20 A.M. Thursday
We're in Joshua Chapter 12
And We're Off
Gentlemen - Mighty Warriors
Let's Do This
Men, how would you like to play a big part in successfully accomplishing a momentous and special mission? I/we need your participation to pull off a spiritually extraordinary task. None of us alone could read through the entire Bible in three days, but together, we can! Click on the link below and watch this to know how you can join other adventurous men on this great mission.
Let's Do This
Let's Do This
Bride Bathing Time
As men who have the privilege of being husbands, we are called to love our wives as Christ loves the church. One of our primary responsibilities is to love her soul; to nourish her spiritually. The scriptures talk about how Christ cleanses His bride, the church, "by the washing with water through the word."
Men, I invite you to join me in literally covering our local expression of Christ's Bride (JFBC) with the Word of God. As we did in 2010, we want to begin 2011 bathing the church in the Word of God. We will begin reading at Genesis 1:1 at 7:20 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19th from the Sanctuary pulpit. We will read in 20 minute shifts around the clock until we conclude Revelation 22:21 sometime late Saturday night the 22nd of January. Please sign up for your reading time(s) on the schedule posted on the Men's Ministry bulletin board in the plaza area outside of the Fellowship Hall of the church. Much of the schedule is already filled in, but there are plenty of blanks still. Please help me by talking up the opportunity with other men in your circle of friends. Thank you! We have a need especially in the area of Captains (overseeing a 3 hour block) and middle of the night readers - where the real adventure lies!
My hope is that we will:
1. Provide a powerful spiritual service of covering and washing for our church, and . . .
2. Be inspired to find ways to do the same thing within our own families - bathing our wives and children in God's Word, making them pure and spotless before Him
Ephesians 5
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church . . . 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself
Just TRY in 2011
Men
We've got alot to get to here at the start of 2011, but just to kick us off, if you need a New Year's message that's a spiritual shot in the arm to launch into the new year, I'm linking to the message I had the privilege of delivering this past Sunday. We've got a big adventure to look forward to this year. I'm excited to journey forward together.
http://www.vimeo.com/18365577
We've got alot to get to here at the start of 2011, but just to kick us off, if you need a New Year's message that's a spiritual shot in the arm to launch into the new year, I'm linking to the message I had the privilege of delivering this past Sunday. We've got a big adventure to look forward to this year. I'm excited to journey forward together.
http://www.vimeo.com/18365577