Let’s dive into the precious Psalms together. This well-loved collection of prayers will help us to understand God’s character better. It will also put the rest of what we read in the Old Testament into practice: giving us a model for how to apply the Bible to our own daily prayer life. This will be done when we read about how the authors reflected on examples of the Israelites’ lived experiences.
Before we jump into this book of Job, we need to pause and recognize that we are now entering a whole new territory: All the previous books that we journaled through followed the story of the people of God as it happened in history. This book takes a different approach, and it is about a different nation.
In this book of Esther, we read a beautiful narrative about how a single person’s actions can have a big influence. It is a story of boldness and courage that is beloved by many believers today.
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah were originally written as one single book but were separated much later. Our journaling and response to Nehemiah will follow what we did when we focused on the book of Ezra.
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah were originally written as one single book but were separated much later. Read the two together to find the author’s true intent with this book.
In this book we will continue with reading the summary of all of the Jewish Scripture since this is the second part of 1 Chronicles. It was originally written as one book. We will continue reading about the most important themes in the story of God.
In this book we will read a summary of all of the Jewish Scripture - it is an important book filled with the most important themes in the story of God. This was originally also written as one book, which is divided in our Bibles into two parts: as 1st and 2nd Chronicles.
In this second part of the book called ‘Kings’ we read about the history of the kings and kingdoms of Israel. We will read about a series of failed kingdoms, and how that eventually led to the Babylonian exile.
What we know as 1st and 2nd Kings were actually written as one book together. This is helpful to keep in mind when we read it, so that we do not miss half of the story!
As Christian people or God’s people, we are called to bear witness to His great works. The first disciples were all tasked with bearing witness to the risen Jesus. The witness would begin in Jerusalem but would move outward to “the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
Although the Bible is made up of 66 individual books, they all work together to tell one great story: the Story of God. Having a better understanding of the overarching story of the Bible and where scripture fits within this larger story can help us recognize how all of Scripture points to Christ. God’s Story can be summed up in four words: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” - John 3:16 KJV
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