If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will continue reading Paul's first letter to the Corinthians with Chapter 11:1, 3, 5, 7, 9-12, 14-15, 17-34 and Chapter 12 . Today we will read about the different gifts God gives us through His Holy Spirit.  In our discussion for daily application we will talk about how each of us is special. God has given ALL of us gifts! No one is more or less important than anyone else. We will be encouraged to think well of each other because we are all one in God's Spirit, working together for God's Kingdom.  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word! 

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will continue reading Paul's first letter to the Corinthians with Chapter 9:1, 3-11, 13-27  and Chapter 10:1, 5-15, 23-28, and 31-33. Today we will read about Paul's encouragement that God will always provide a way out of any sinful situation so that we do not have to commit the same sins that people have committed over and over throughout the years. We have the record of the Old Testament written down for us so that we can learn from the situations people have encountered and the sins they committed. Indeed, through our daily reading this year and our daily applications we have discussed these sins and talked about how we can avoid the same ones!  Once again, in today's reading, Paul will elaborate on WHY it is important for us to be careful and not allow our freedom to be a stumbling block to anyone else's faith. In our discussion for daily application we will tie together the many things we have learned this year in our reading of the Bible: not repeating the sins we have learned about this year - they are not unique struggles only for us, the fact that God always gives us a way to say no to sinful choices/behavior, our being set free from the sinful nature by Jesus, using that freedom to be thoughtful of those who may see us doing things that they think may be sinful, and finally, I will share my testimony of an example how God tied ALL these applications into my own life recently!  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will continue reading Paul's first letter to the Corinthians with Chapter 7:1-3, 6-16, 23-35, and 39-40 and Chapter 8. Today we will read about some answers to questions that the Corinthians had written to Paul- should they marry or stay unmarried? Should they divorce their unbelieving spouses since they had come to faith in Jesus but their spouse had not? And lastly, was it okay to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols?  In our discussion for daily application we will talk about Paul's advice not do things that we are free to do, such as eating food sacrificed to idols, if doing so would cause someone with weaker faith, who thought it was wrong, to sin. We will talk about how this is relevant in our own lives today with regard to continuing yesterday's teaching, where Paul told us that he and the other disciples felt they were on display, and so they were careful not to do things that would cause another believer to sin.  Today I will share my real life example of how God has been using yesterday's and today's reading and daily application in my life. I will share about the difficulty I have with my daughter at home and how I choose to imitate Paul by doing what I am teaching in our daily application and not taking action against my daughter in court so that the resolution I might have taken with her through the public courts would not potentially cause any other believer to sin. If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will continue reading Paul's first letter to the Corinthians with Chapter 3:1-7, 16-20, Chapter 4:6-14, 16-20, Chapter 5:1-3, 9-13, and Chapter 6: 1-7, 9-13, 15, 18-20 Today we will read about a list of many behaviors that Paul was concerned about occurring within the Corinthian community. Paul addressed the inappropriateness of bragging about spiritual gifts and explained why believers need to take disputes to other believers for resolution rather than to the courthouse where their dispute will be judged by a non believer. Paul explained that when we do this, nobody wins.  Paul spent a lot of time discussing sinning with the body and how this should be especially avoided because our bodies are the temple for God's Spirit; God's Spirit lives in each of us! God paid for our bodies with Jesus' blood, so our bodies do not belong to just us anymore! Therefore, we need to show God how great we think He is by the way we act with our bodies.  In our discussion for daily application we will talk about Paul's request to imitate him and how important it is for us to mind our behavior, imitating Jesus and other mature believers, so that we can provide good examples for people and do our best not to lead other people astray by providing examples of bad behavior for others to follow.  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will  begin reading Paul's first letter to the Corinthians with Chapter 1:2, 5-7, 10-28, Chapter 2:1-2, 4-5, 7, 9-16, and Chapter 3:1-7, 16-20.  Today we will read about the Corinthians having difficulty getting along with one another because they were causing division among themselves by claiming they were followers of different teachers. Paul's letter explains that they (and we!) need to stay focused on unity with one another  because we all share the same Holy Spirit, are all followers of Jesus, have the mind of Jesus, and are the temple for God's Spirit because God lives in each of us!  In our discussion for daily application we will be encouraged to remember that we, like the Corinthians, need to remember not to get hung up on divisive names like being Catholic, Protestant, Presbyterian, Baptist, Lutheran, non denominational, etc. We need to remember that we all have the same foundation- Jesus! It is God who is important, not who we claim to follow, because we are all just servants for God!  We will also talk about how we have the mind of Jesus, which means our goals should be the same as Jesus' goals: make God the most important one in our lives, obey God, do the work God gave us to do to tell people about Jesus, and help people know how to follow Jesus.  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will finish reading Paul's second letter to the 1 Thessalonians with Chapter 3. We will also complete Chapter 18 of Acts by reading vs 12-28 and Chapter 19, 1-22.  Today we will read about Paul's encouragement from God to continue speaking boldly because no one would hurt him and then see how God protected Paul, just like He said He would, when the local Roman ruler did not hear arguments against Paul when the worship house leaders took Paul and accused him of teaching against God. We will read about Paul's journeys and the many people who became followers of Jesus, as well as read about a Jewish man names Apollos, who being very educated in the scriptures, was able to effectively explain the scriptures to many people and show how Jesus was, in fact, the Messiah.  In our discussion for daily application we will be encouraged to be like Apollos- be educated in the scriptures so that we are also able to effectively explain to others how Jesus is, in fact, the Messiah that God told us He would bring!  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will finish reading Paul's first letter to the 1 Thessalonians with Chapter 5 and begin his 2nd letter to the Thessalonians, covering chapter 1 and 2. Today we will continue to read about Paul's encouragement to the believers in Thessalonica in regard to their concern for Jesus' return. There was concern for the fact that Jesus had already returned and that they had somehow missed it! Paul will reassure the listener not to worry, when Jesus returns it will be at a time no one is expecting, like when a woman goes into labor for a child to be born, and no one will be able to miss it, because it will be a magnificent event that no one will be able to miss! Therefore, in today's reading, Paul will continue to encourage the believers to continue loving one another and continue in their faith, as they were already doing.  In our discussion for daily application we will be encouraged by Paul today not to repay evil for evil to anyone, but instead, to be kind to everybody, always show our joy, pray, and be grateful to God for everything He does for us because these are things God wants us to do! Let us continue to let God's Holy Spirit work in us, not turning away from God, so that God will make our whole heart clean from any kind of sin. If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will read the Book of Acts Chapter 18:5-11 and 1 Thessalonians Chapters 1 through 4. Today we will read about Paul's gratitude for the faith of those living in Thessalonica and his encouragement to them to keep growing. Paul is greatly encouraged by the fact that other people speak so well of the Thessalonians' faith, imitation of Godly believers, and their love for both one another as well as all of those living in Macedonia. Lastly, we will read about Paul's encouragement to not be sad about people dying, as we will all be resurrected when Jesus returns- first those who are already dead and then those of us who are alive will join Jesus in the Rapture at His return.  In our discussion for daily application we will be encouraged to also keep imitating Jesus and mature believers so that we can show others what Jesus looks like. Jesus taught us that the world will know we are His followers if we love one another. He also taught us that as we bear fruit God will prune us so that we bear even MORE fruit! So we are encouraged to keep growing and providing good examples of God's love to the world around us so that when others see us they may imitate us as well, rather than imitate bad behaviors. It is my prayer for you today that you continue to grow in loving others and imitating Jesus, just as Paul encouraged the Thessalonians to do in today's reading.  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will read the Book of Acts Chapter 17 through Chapter 18:4.  Today we will read that once again God used the difficulty that Paul experienced to keep Paul on the move to different cities so he could tell more and more people about the Good News of Jesus. Today we will read about what happened when Paul got to Athens in Greece. Paul found that the people there were very religious and had idols set up for every false God they could think of, including an alter for an unknown God. Paul used this opportunity to enlighten the people there about the God they did not know, as well as Jesus! Paul told the people in Athens that Jesus would eventually judge the world for its sin and they should be sorry for doing wrong and accept Jesus forgiveness.  In our discussion for daily application we will talk about Jesus' eventual return to judge the world. God does not desire anyone to die but wants EVERYONE to come to Him. Jesus told us that although we do not know the time of his return it will be like a servant who is waiting for his master to return from a wedding party- the servant thinks that the master is taking a very long time and so he does not do what he is supposed to be doing, and then when the master returns unexpectedly the servant, not being found doing the work he was supposed to be doing, will not have things go well for him. We need to be sure we are doing the good work God has given us to do by telling people about Jesus. One day Jesus WILL come back and we want as many people as possible to be saved from the judgement that He will eventually bring onto the world. Right now we are in the time of experiencing Jesus' forgiveness of sins and peace, but eventually, when He returns, it will be to judge the world for not choosing to believe in Him.  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will read the Book of Acts Chapter 15:36 through Chapter 16. Today we will read that God gave Paul a vision to go to Macedonia to preach the Good News. While there he and Silas were accused of teaching things that were unlawful for Roman Citizens to do, which resulted in Paul and Silas being beaten and thrown into jail without a trial  first. This led to the opportunity for Paul and Silas to witness to the jailer and his whole family, resulting in lives being saved for Jesus! Hallelujah! In our discussion for daily application we will talk about how God works good into absolutely EVERY  circumstance to further His Kingdom! We will talk about how Joseph was sold into slavery by his own brothers and falsely accused, landing him in jail, which ultimately gave him the opportunity to be 2nd in charge of all of Egypt, saving his family from the famine! He later told his brothers, "What you intended for evil, God intended for good." I will also share my testimony about a recent event where God used an auto accident to bring good. We are encouraged, dear brothers and sisters, to always ask God to show us the good that He will work into every situation so that we might glorify Him and be His witnesses, thereby offering encouragement to even more people to have faith in God always and look to Him whenever we experience any kind of difficult situation.   If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word! 

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will finish reading Paul's letter to the Galatians with Chapters 5 and 6. Today Paul will explain to us that there are two parts within us who are fighting with each other- the sinful self and the Spirit of God. Paul will explain to us about putting the sinful self aside because it died on the cross with Jesus and how to live by the Spirit that God gave us. Doing so will cause us to bear fruit by the Holy Spirit- peace, patience, joy, love, kindness, keeping promises, and self control. We will also read that having Jesus' forgiveness for our sins is not a license to sin freely!  In our discussion for daily application we will talk about loving one another because we are all connected by God's Holy Spirit! Let us not become discouraged despite the coldness of the world around us. Jesus told us that people will know we are His followers if we love one another and Paul reminds us of that today. Let us be encouraged to live by the Spirit of God's Love that gives us everlasting life and love the way that God loves!  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word! 

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will be reading the Paul's letter to the Galatians Chapters 2-4. Today Paul will give us a very in depth understanding of how we are not set free by the Law, but rather held in servitude to it, vs being completely set free from our sins by believing in Jesus. Paul explains to us today that now we are children of God, through the Promise God made!  In our discussion for daily application we will talk about the importance of understanding the freedom we have from our sins through believing in Jesus and being able to explain this freedom to our Jewish brothers and sisters who are still living in their sin trying to follow the Law, which no one can follow 100%, except for Jesus!  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word! 

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will be reading the Book of Acts Chapters 15 and Galatians Chapter 1. Today we will read about some Jewish believers arriving in Antioch from Jerusalem to tell the Gentile believers that they needed to become circumcised in order to be saved from their sins. In response, Paul and Barnabas travelled to Jerusalem and had a meeting with Peter and the other leaders, where they came to the understanding that God does not require circumcision or the following of all the Torah laws in order to save us from our sins. Peter explained today that NO ONE was able to follow all of the laws and the Law did not save anyone from their sins, but Jesus' atonement for our sins DOES, and so our FAITH in Jesus in what saves us, not the obedience (or lack thereof).  In our discussion for daily application we will talk about JLesus summing up the Law for us: Love the Lord our God with all our hearts, all of our mind, all of our strength, and all of our soul, and love others as we love ourselves. THESE commands sum up the Law of the Torah that we are to obey. If we are doing anything that does is not loving, then we are disobeying God's rule for us. Period. When asked by one of the Jewish leaders, "Who is my neighbor?" Jesus answered him by telling the story of the Good Samaritan and then returned the question to the leader: "Who was the man's neighbor?" The leader replied, "The one who showed him mercy." Jesus replied, "Go and do likewise." God has told us that He desires mercy, not sacrifice. We, too, are to be loving and merciful to others the way that Jesus and God are to us.  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word! 

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will be reading the Book of Acts Chapters 14. Today we will read about Paul and Barnabas continuing the job that God gave them to do. We will read about them experiencing difficulties with the Jewish people who turn people away from believing the truth, both Jewish people and Gentiles. Paul reminds us today that we will suffer difficulties for bringing the Good News to people. At the end of their mission Paul and Barnabas return to Antioch, "where they were entrusted to God for the work that was now complete" and praised God, telling the believers there about God's success in leading both Jewish people and Gentiles to follow Jesus. In our discussion for daily application we will talk about entrusting God to care for us as God sends us out to do the work He has prepared for us to do as well as remembering not to take personally any perceived failure or success in that work, but to give God the glory. We may be seed planters, we may be feeding God's lambs or His sheep, but whatever it is we are doing that God gives us to do, we are NOT failures (and neither is God!) We cannot always see someone come to be a follower and we want to remember that it does not mean that we were unsuccessful. It means we were potentially used for planting seeds about The Word. It is wonderful to see someone come to saving faith in Jesus, but the lack of seeing this happen does not mean that we (or God!) have failed! Let us be encouraged to thank God for the good work that He has given us to do and ENTRUST both ourselves and the people He brings us to, to God, as Paul and Barnabas showed us today.  I will also share some testimony as to how God used this daily application in my life just yesterday with a coworker, who being filled with God's Holy Spirit and joy, sought me out yesterday to tell me that He was reading the Bible and was loving it! Praise God! God is working in that man's heart and used me to help spread the word about reading God's Word! Thank you, God, for drawing that young man to you and allowing me to see the good work you have begun in him, as well as being able to give witness about that good work that I see!  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word! 

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will be reading the Book of Acts Chapters 13. Today we will read about the Saul (now becoming known as Paul) and Barnabas being told to go do what God had chosen them to do, and they did it, resulting in joyous growth of believers in Jesus among both Jewish people and Gentiles! In our discussion for daily application we will talk about the importance of US obeying God's call to do whatever it is that God has called for us to do, starting with asking God what name He has given us, which will help us figure out what direction God is calling us and what exactly we are supposed to do with our daily lives for God.  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bible with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word! 

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will be reading the Book of Acts Chapters 11 and 12. Today we will read about the Jewish believers giving Peter a hard time for sharing the Good News with someone who wasn't Jewish.  We will read about Peter explaining how God desired for this to happen and then the Jewish believers, seeing how it was God's Will, rejoiced. We will then read about God saving Peter from jail by sending an angel to the jail to free Peter. In our discussion for daily application we will talk about God's perfect timing, the importance of praying for God's Will rather than our own and obedience to God's will. We will talk about how Peter obeyed both when God told him to go to Cornelius' house as well as when the angel gave Peter directions after waking him from a sound sleep. Waiting for God's deliverance can be hard, but as we see today and in other examples from the Bible, God often delivers at "the eleventh hour" so that we know that it is HIM who has delivered us, not anyone else. We need to keep believing in God to know His divine plan for us and the timing for everything, even though we may not understand it or be able to see it. We need to keep trusting in God's goodness even when it can look like He did not answer our prayers, as in the case of James being killed by Herod but saving Peter. Eventually everyone transitions from the physical body to eternal life in our spiritual body and no one knows the day or time but God. But we can remember that we have seen over and over again that God's timing is always perfect and He always has plans working to further His kingdom, even if we cannot see those plans in the present. Once again I will remind us of Ruth and Boaz marrying, which would not have been possible if Naomi had not lost both her sons, one of which was Ruth's husband, as well as her own husband, causing her to return to Israel without any male heir. God ALWAYS has good plans going on. We just need to have faith and trust in Him.  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bi! ble with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word! 

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will be reading the Book of Acts Chapter 10. Today we will read about Peter given a vision of animals and told not to call "unclean or unholy" what God has made clean. God then told Peter to go with the mean who were looking for him, because God had sent them to Peter. Peter was brought to a man who was a Gentile believer in God, Cornelius. While Peter was telling Cornelius about Jesus the Holy Spirit came upon Cornelius and all those who were present, much to the surprise of Peter and the other Jewish believers with Peter.  In our discussion for daily application we will talk about how God's love is not exclusive to anyone. God loves ALL people and He wants EVERYONE to come to Him! We, too, should be careful not to show favoritism to people who are believers vs nonbelievers or even among believers! God welcomes everyone who looks up to Him and does what is right! Thank you, God, for your great love that is for EVERYONE!  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bi! ble with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word! 

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will be reading the Book of Acts Chapter 9. Today's reading will show Jesus revealing Himself to Saul, telling Saul  (and us!) that Saul was actually persecuting JESUS when Saul thought he was persecuting the followers! We will see Ananias called by Jesus to heal Saul's eyes and give him the Holy Spirit, but he was resistant to do so because of Saul's reputation. In our discussion for daily application we will talk about how God takes who we are and shows us how to be ourselves the right way in order to build the Kingdom of God! Jesus took Saul's zeal for God and showed him how to be zealous for Jesus! In our own lives Jesus does this with us all the time! God takes EXACTLY who we are and shows us how to be ourselves the RIGHT WAY, the way HE designed us to be! So let's be who we are FOR JESUS! We also learned that no matter what we have done we can still be used by Jesus! We are not without purpose! Let us remember this situation when God calls us to witness to people we might have a tendency to feel are "beyond hope." Not even Saul was "beyond hope" or "too sinful."  If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bi! ble with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!

If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will reading the Book of Acts Chapter 8. In today's reading we will read about times becoming difficult for Jesus' new followers, especially by Saul (who would later be called Paul.)  As a result of this difficulty the followers began spreading out to other areas and proclaiming the Good News about the Word, Jesus! We will also see that when Philip went to Samaria to proclaim the Word the people there received the news joyfully, accepting Jesus and being baptized, but did not receive the Holy Spirit until Peter and John came and laid their hands on the people. Then they received God's Holy Spirit. Spoiler alert: It has to do with UNITY among God's people!  God revealed this answer to me from Got Questions.org.: https://www.gotquestions.org/Acts-8-receive-Holy-Spirit.html In our discussion for daily application we will talk about WHY God did not send His Holy Spirit upon the Samaritans until Peter and John arrived. The past differences between Samaria and the Jewish church would be overcome by the unity of God's Holy Spirit. In the same way, TODAY'S CHURCHES, with all of our different sects (Lutheran, Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, etc.) we need to remember that WE ARE ONE IN GOD'S SPIRIT and need to "be eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." (Ephesians 4:3) If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bi! ble with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!

Welcome! Today is the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles in 2025, also known as the Feast of Tents or Sukkot. It is the day of our Sabbath rest following the close of the feast! Yay! Today is also Joy of the Torah day! This is traditionally the day that Jewish people give thanks for God's Word as well as begin to read the entire Bible for the year! It is a common, communal goal to read the entire Bible every year, following the same schedule together! While I will not be reading the same schedule of the Bible I have a chronological study Bible from the New Living Translation that I am considering beginning reading on January 1 as a "Going Deeper" reading or "Second Helping" compared to the "Big Picture" we read this year with the Day By Day Kid's Bible, written by Karen Henley. Please be encouraged to comment wherever you listen or send me a private message on my website letting me know that you would be interested in following along for next year's more in-depth reading of the entire Bible in one year. But for today, please join with me and let's give thanks to God for giving us the gift of His Word! John 1:1 tells us that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. THANK YOU GOD FOR THE GIFT OF YOUR PRECIOUS WORD AND THANK YOU JESUS FOR BEING THE WORD!  Please help us spread the word about reading YOUR WORD. In Jesus' name we ask this, Amen. If you would like to download my FREE calendar for keeping track of your commitment to read the Bible every day, you can find that on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/pages/read-the-bible-in-1-year Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site, here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages Today's we will reading the Book of Acts Chapters 6-8:2. We will also look at the Book of John Chapter 16:1-4 where Jesus taught the disciples that there would be a day coming when whoever kills them will think he is offering a service to God for doing so. In today's reading we will read about Stephen, the first martyr for Jesus. The leaders did not like Stephen telling them that they were repeating the same sins of their ancestors and were remaining stubborn, set in their ways, unwilling to accept the changes that God Himself was bringing about.  In our discussion for daily application we will be reminded that Jesus taught us that all who have sinned are slaves to their sin, but that He, the Son, came to set us free from that bondage and that if the Son has set us free, WE ARE FREE INDEED. Let us be sure that if the Holy Spirit is convicting us of disobedience that we do not choose to stay comfortable and stuck in our ways, having hard hearts. Instead, let us listen to and obey the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to transform us by the renewing of our minds. We do not have to stay stuck in our sin! The SON HAS SET US FREE! Let us throw off the yoke of slavery to our sin and accept the freedom that Jesus gives us! If you enjoyed today's reading and feel like God has lit YOUR light please click the LIGHT button (it looks like a thumbs up or a heart) and consider subscribing to or following my channel, if you have not done so already. If you know someone who might be interested in reading the Bi! ble with me this year please SHARE today's reading with them! It's never too late to join in! Let's help this event grow and together we can spread the word about reading God's Word!