Bible in 90 Days: Day by Day

[Fish and Bread]

Some thoughts on the beginning of today's readings:

D7:13; This is a prophecy of the angel Gabriels words to the Virgin Mary as chronicled by Luke the Physician in his Gospel. :)

D8:3; Jesus responded with part of this verse when Satan tempted him with bread during Jesus' forty day fast in the desert. His 40 days in the desert might be analogous in some respect to Israel's 40 years in the desert.

John

[lonnienord]

Day 15 the day we finish the torah.

Deuteronomy 24:7 the last sentance from the New Century Version: "You must get rid of the evil anong you" Many are worried about the killings GOD orders and are missing the point. This quote is the point. Paul makes the same point in the first part of 1 Corinthians: Holy Mother Church must excomunicate flagerant sinners!!
Deuteronomy 26:16This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. I love the first 14 verses of chapter 28. We focus so much of the bad but if we will just obey GOD HE will richly bless us!! Deuteronomy 28:1-3 1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Why was it that we decided we didn't need to keep the laws GOD presented in the torah:confused: :scratch: :doh:

[Velo Princesse]

DWhy was it that we decided we didn't need to keep the laws GOD presented in the torah:confused: :scratch: :doh:

Jesus freed us from the sacrifice stuff and the food laws. I don't know why we don't keep the Sabbath and the Feast Days- that, I think, is an oversite on our parts. Other than that-- THe one thing I've learned from reading the Torah is that our current morality "laws" are MUCH stricter than what God demands so I think we're good there.

Randi

[lonnienord]

Day 16: Joshua 1:1 14:15 My New Century Youth Bible has the following intro to Joshua: Two major themes flow through Joshua. First, the book shows how GOD works through people to fulfill HIS purpose on earth. And it emphasizes the importantce of loyally following GOD, depending on GOD's power in all things.

tricktrivia question: Besides Adam and Eve, which Biblical charactor had no parents? Joshua 1:1 Joshua sone of Nun

The Hebrew name Joshua means YAHWEH saves. and is the Hebrew name of JESUS.

all that is posted cause i'm not overly interested in the wars to obtain the promised land. We will finish this book tommorrow.

[Fish and Bread]

The Hebrew name Joshua means YAHWEH saves.

Cool! That is helpful information that will be interesting to ponder as I read through the book of Joshua.

and is the Hebrew name of JESUS.

Interestingly, didn't God himself choose the name Joshua (Jesus) for his Incarnation? Do you all think that had something to do with Joshua, son of Nun?

John

[lonnienord]

Day 17 Joshua 15:1 - Judges 3:27 Joshua 24:15 New Century Version: As for me and my house we will serve the LORD

[Fish and Bread]

I was thinking: Joshua led God's people into the promised land and the new Joshua (Jesus) led God's people into the kingdom of heaven! :) Does that sound like a plausible reason for the Messiah to be named after Joshua son of Nun (If in fact he was)?

John

[lonnienord]

I was thinking: Joshua led God's people into the promised land and the new Joshua (Jesus) led God's people into the kingdom of heaven! :) Does that sound like a plausible reason for the Messiah to be named after Joshua son of Nun (If in fact he was)?

Johnthat definately works for me!!

[lonnienord]

Good morning JESUS! Help me stay totally centered on you on this the 18th day of our reading the protestant Bible cover to cover. Today the reading is Judges 3:28 -15:12
Judges 5:31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love YOU be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. This 12 pages at a time is a bit frustrating cause we finally get to a great story and it is divided over two days. I will save my comments on Sampson until we complete his story tommorrow.

[LiberatedChick]

Heh heh..well we've had talking donkeys, now we've got Jotham telling people a story with talking trees ^_^

[Fish and Bread]

Heh heh..well we've had talking donkeys, now we've got Jotham telling people a story with talking trees ^_^

If that isn't incentive for me to catch up on my reading, I don't know what is! ;)

(Says the talking turkey. :))

John

[lonnienord]

Happy Sabbath!! Day 19: Judges 15:13 ~ 1 Samual 2:29.

Samson the original tragic hero; how stupid can you be? Delilah betrayed him thre3e times and yet he in the end tells her the truth (maybe he was so full of himself that he thought his strength was his and not GODs?)

Ruth ~ what a beautiful little story!! 1 Samuel 2:1 wow today was the most fun read we have had!! When are you all going to catch up?

[LiberatedChick]

I'm on schedule....I've yet to todays reading though I'll be starting it soon.

[lonnienord]

Day 20: 1 Samual 2:30- 15:35

1 Sam. 3:21 New Century Version: The LORD contued to show himself ... to Samuel through HIS word.

1 Sam. 7:2 You must give yourselves fully tothe LORD and serve only HIM.

[lonnienord]

Day 21: 1 Samuel 16:1 ~ 28:19 lots of war stories. Here is a typical verse:
1 Samuel 23:2

[lonnienord]

Day 22: 1 Samuel 28:20 - 2 Samuel 12:10 2 Samuel 2:1 do you have that kind of conversation with GOD?

[lonnienord]

Day 23: 2 Samuel 12:11 - 22:18

2 Samuel 22:2-3 thus begins a preview of the Psalms!

[lonnienord]

Happy Thanksgiving!!
Day 24 2 Samuel 22:19 - 1 Kings 7:37
2 Samuel 22:31 !!! 1 Kings 4:15 Did you know that the term naphitism came from the Bible?

[lonnienord]

Wow my New Century translation has a lot different words than the KJV for 2 Kings 4:15:


Ahimaaz was Governer of Naphtali (He was married to Basemath, Solomon's daughter
and i thought the implication was that he was appointed Governer cause he was married to Solomon's daughter.

[lonnienord]

Happy first day of Christmas shopping (note my tongue planted firmly in my cheek!!)
today is day 25 1 Kings 7:38 - 16:20

1 Kings 8:22-23

[lonnienord]

Happy last day of the year.

Day 26 1 kings 16:21 - 2 Kings 4:37 2 Kings 2:11 Swing low sweet chariot coming for to take me home!!

[lonnienord]

Happy New Year!! Day 27: 2 Kings 4: 38 - 15:26 2 Kings 15:15 i wonder if that other book still exists.

[lonnienord]

Day 28: ~ 2 Kings 15:27 - 25:30

i love this statement: They worshipped useless idols and became useless themselves 2 Kings 19:21

[LiberatedChick]

Starting on 1 Chronicles today..and well, I think I'm going to nickname this book. "The Book of Many Names I Can't Pronounce" ;)

[lonnienord]

Day 29 1 Chronicals 1:1 - 9:44 yup perfect name: The book of many names (mostly unpronounceable) Any idea why GOD put all these names in HIS love letter to us?

[lonnienord]

Day 30 1 Chronicles 10:1- 23:32

1 Chronicles 16:8-12 1 Chronicles 16:14 HE is the LORD our GOD. His laws are for all the world. Not just the jews???????? Lets see what the KJV says:1 Chronicles 16:14 Worship the LORD because HE is holy Sing praises to GOD because HIS love continues forever wow the book of unpronounceable names has some great texts to read and love.

[LiberatedChick]

Day 29 1 Chronicals 1:1 - 9:44 yup perfect name: The book of many names (mostly unpronounceable) Any idea why GOD put all these names in HIS love letter to us?

Well for me at least, it helped me see how everything has progressed. Kinda a reminder of what's gone on...recognising names from previous books jogged my memory and so I was sitting there thinking "Ah yes, that's so-and-so...and this happened to him and then he had so-and-so and that happened...".

[lonnienord]

day 31 December 1 we have been going for one month and we are 1/3 of the way through. today's readings: 1 Chronicles 24:1 - 2 Chronicles 7:10

1 Chronicles 19:11-19 is a beauitful poetic prayer by King David.
Verse not found. King David knows that he is not GOD and acknowledges GOD as the KING of kings!!
1 Chronicles 19:11 1 Chronicles 29:11
1 Chronicles 29:13 .King Solomon's humility at the begining of his reign.
2 Chronicles 1:10 Solomon kneeled in front of all the people of Israel gathered there and spread out his arms towards heaven

[lonnienord]

Day 32: 2 Chronicles 7:11 -23:15 They looked for GOD and found HIM. So the LORD gave them peace in all the country 2 Chronicles 20:21 :wave:

[lonnienord]

Day 33: 2 Chronicles 23:16 - 35:15 Stories of various Kings. No verse stood out to me.

[karen freeinchristman]

Is anyone still on course in this study?

[LiberatedChick]

Yup :wave:

[karen freeinchristman]

Yup :wave:

Yay! :clap:

Go starelda! :thumbsup:

[Inside Edge]

No, and now I'm WAY out...

[karen freeinchristman]

No, and now I'm WAY out...
Me, too! :cry:

[Fish and Bread]

I have a long ways to go to catch up as well. I'll probably get more done when I visit the family for the holidays and don't have as much ready access to technological distractions like the Internet. That's not a guarantee, though. I have finely honed my procrastination skills over the years. ;)

[karen freeinchristman]

I have finely honed my procrastination skills over the years. ;)

:D

[lonnienord]

most of us found this impossible right?
so i am suggesting we start over, go slower and mix OT and NT so it is more interesting with the hope of doing the complete Bible in one year. I hope you all will join me Here is the planning info:
Please comment on how to best do this here: http://www.christianforums.com/t2408361-lets-read-the-whole-bible-together-in-2006.html#post20666205

[LiberatedChick]

I've stuck with it until until just recently because I've read Job and Psalms before so figured I'd give myself a break and skip some of those bits and pick up the schedule again after them :sorry: But yeah, it is hard.

[Fish and Bread]

Is anyone still on pace with the readings at this point? I've got to be honest, I'm still working on day twenty. A lot of things can up in both my faith and my non-faith lives that made it difficult for me to retain my focus on staying with things. It appears similar things must have happened to most of the rest of the group we started with!

I do think I'm getting something out of it still, though. I get a better sense of biblical context, for one thing, and I do ultimately think that I'm going to finish the thing (Just way later than the 90 days I originally intended). I've also memorized the names of the first 10 books of the bible. ;) The large-print, large pages, and day divisions are also still really helpful, even when I'm not doing a "day per day". I know this sounds odd, but the bible can be thick sledding for me, and literally the layout and the divisions helps -- I feel like I'm making progress and don't have to deal with as much eye strain and so forth. Sometimes just the sheer weight of a standard bible due to small pages can be intimidating. This looks more like a hardcover novel. :)

Where are you all at with this? For those who have, like me, fallen behind, do you still go back to it when you can and plan on finishing eventually? Have you given up completely? Or are you still, miraculously, on pace? :) Everyone, those who are on-pace, those who are behind, and those who have given up: What, if anything, do you feel you've gained from the experience so far?

[LiberatedChick]

I'm behind...I think I got to around day 46. I will be carrying on as I definately want to finish this.

[Daddyogrady]

Can you tell me why the link to the plan will not work?

[Daddyogrady]

Well, I think I got the answer to my question. That page has been removed. I already have a Large Print NIV Thinline bible. But in order to get this reading plan, you have to buy ANOTHER BIBLE. I saw it in the store, and it is based on 12 pgs a day, so I will just figure it out myself. Thanks.

[HeCallsMeFriend]

I first saw the ad for the book `READ THE BIBLE IN 90 DAYS' last month - at least that is when it first registered - even though it's copyright is 1996! ...in recent years I have been trying to read a different version each year (got bogged down in '04 w/a NKJ Daily Devotional & didn't get past summer, '05 didn't even pretend to start a daily program) so I got real excited about this. I like the format because more pages is not as choppy as a chapter or two in different sections. My favorite was the NIV Chronological, then came The Message. I use discs to help my thoughts stay on track: `it is rude to not listen when someone is talking to you' - and it does help!! I found this site last night - I hope all of you who joined up at the beginning of your thread are still hanging in there, not being discouraged by `getting behind.' ..even a chapter a day keeps you in the Word. Please keep at it - My Blessings on each of you!!

[midnightbirdgirl]

Has everyone who started this given up??
If anyone wants to talk about it I am on day 77.
MBG

[MargoPego]

Did you all start on the same day, or at different times? I just found about this thread here at CF today - I've just read Day 75 & have finished reading John 5. Cool! I'll have to remember this thread here at CF! :)

[Keturah]

Yeah, we all started on the same day. :)

[Adammi]

This thread just caught my eye because it has been bumped up from the past, but if anyone on CF ever does this again in the future, let me in on it, I'd like to do this, but really need someone to do it with.

[MargoPego]

Just a question - is this discussion for those who all started on the same day, or can someone just starting up join in? I've done this before, but I'm doing it again under a different user name. Normally I wouldn't start something like this up again shortly after finishing it, but I really feel the need to go through this again.

Just thought I'd ask. :)

[MargoPego]

I'm sorry! I just noticed that there was already a post to my original query on the same lines. I apologise for not looking more carefully. :blush: