In the Word Daily - Day 1 kickoff (08/29/2011)

I've copied over what I had posted on The City to make sure that all of my journal entries were present on my blog.

These will be free-form, and without much structure, discipline, or design to be didactic (teaching). I’m just trying to capture my thoughts and do what a real journal is supposed to do.

Genesis 1

• It all started with God.
• Heavy late bombardment? LOL! God was intimately there.
• Evening and then morning?That’s not our normal understanding of a day. Night-time is a mystery – is creation a mystery?
• God speaks, it happens, God pronounces evaluation of the product.
• Things made according to their kinds. What’s a “kind”?
• God made mankind in His image – both male and female share equally in this image.
• Wow – God seemed to give the whole earth to mankind!

1 Chronicles 1

• God seems to care about family lineages, and communicating how they are related.
• Lots of names I recognize, many I do not.
• We see Abraham mentioned.

John 1:1-18

• Jesus, the Word, has been since before all, because all things which came into existence (everything except God) came into existence by Him.
• John the forerunner (baptizer) came to testify about Jesus coming into the world.
• God sent him as a testimony to the Jews, but they didn’t (as a whole) receive him. But, but for those who did, they could become children of God.
• Jesus was lived with by men who observed him (he was real, historical).
• The law came through Moses, grace and truth through Jesus.

James 1:1-11

• James is a slave to not only God, but his half-brother as well!
• Trials are a good thing!!??
• Ask God for wisdom, but believe Him when he directs you.
• Our station in life is from God – no boasting allowed for how the world counts things!

Psalm 1

• God’s way lead to a happy, prosperous life.
• A godly person delights to meditate on God’s word.
• Wickedness leads to irrelevance and judgment.
• God watches over all and will judge accordingly.

In the Word Daily - Day 4 (09/01/2011)

Today's reading (day 4):

Genesis 4:17-5:32

• The lines of Cain and Seth.
• The rise of keeping flocks, music, the bronze and the iron ages.
• From Seth through Enoch who got a private rapture, through Methusaleh, through the birth of Noah.

1 Chronicles 4

• Judah's descendants - there was a guy named Bethlehem?
• Jabez was a real pain for his mom - God still answered his seemingly self-focused prayer.
• Simeon's descendants - a whole bunch of 'em. Is there going to be a test in heaven on all of these?

John 2

• Jesus listens to his mother and performs the first miracle of his ministry.
• His disciples believed in him, but it doesn't say about his family.
• Jesus took real action against people distorting and defaming his Father's character.
• His authority would be demonstrated by his resurrection.
• People trusted Jesus because of the signs, but he didn't trust the people because he knew their hearts.

James 2:1-13

• Judging by wealth and treating people differently shows our evil thoughts.
• Rich people tend to misuse power, and those who are poor God often gifts with more faith.
• Favoritism breaks the law of loving our neighbor; breaking the law at one point makes law-breakers.

Psalm 4

• David calls upon the Lord as he has seen Him answer in the past.
• God has set apart his people for His glory.
• Remember God's goodness - it's better than material wealth!