"The Song that Never Ends" June 23 Readings: 2 Chronicles 3-4, Acts 1:1–11, Psalm 77:1–3, Proverbs 15:28–29

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Reading the Bible in 2023

Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety. In reading four portions of God's word in a day, one of them is bound to speak to your life!

NOTE: if you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional!

Bible Readings: 2 Chronicles 3-4, Acts 1:1–11, Psalm 77:1–3, Proverbs 15:28–29

    Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version 

Daily Devotional:  The Song that Never Ends

It is the song that never ends.
It just goes on and on my friends. 
That annoying song has been sung on young people's outings for decades, and truly it never ends, my friends. It has a beginning, but the nerves of the adult sponsors run out long before kids got tired of singing the song.

Just like the song, the story of Jesus goes on and on. When the religious leaders crucified him, they thought they were done with Jesus, but they could not have been more wrong. The end of his life was only the beginning of his work.

Luke opened the book of Acts with these words,
I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day He was taken up.
All that Jesus BEGAN to do. Began. The story of Jesus did not simply continue in his resurrection, but it continued in the lives of the Apostles in the book of Acts, as the Holy Spirit worked through them to spread the gospel. And that story continues today in us.

We do not study Jesus as simply a man from history, a great philosopher, or a religious guru. He is a living Lord, working in and through us today. Our lives are the continuation of the story of Jesus Christ. He walks in this world today, and he talks, and he reaches out and he displays his love. He does it all through "his body" - the church. That's us, folks!

It is our duty to see that we sing that song well, that we bring honor to the Name and not disgrace. We must serve the gospel with our hearts and souls.

It is a song that never ends.
Father, may my life be a fitting and powerful continuation of the story of Jesus.

 

Consider God's Word:

Did one of these passages speak strongly to you today? Which one? 
Is there sin in your life that needs to be confessed and dealt with that was revealed in one of these passages? 
Is there a struggle in your life that one of these passages spoke to? 

Your life is meant to be a continuation of the life and work of Christ? Are you continuing that life, that purpose, that work of Christ on a daily basis? 




 

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