Day 58 Leviticus 20:22‐22:16; Mark 9:1‐29; Psalm 43:1‐5; Proverbs 10:18 Living in Light and Truth Most of us reading this made a commitment to read the Bible each day this year; perhaps it was one of our New Year Resolutions. Now, two months of the new year are past and keeping this resolution is not…
Day 57 Leviticus 19:1-20:21; Mark 8:11-38; Psalm 42:1-11; Proverbs 10:17 Sign or No Sign? In a moment of frustration, Mark tells us that Jesus declared that no sign would be given to “this generation.” Yet, Jesus’ ministry was full of signs, both before and after this statement. So, what are we to make of His…
Day 56 Leviticus 16:29-18:30; Mark 7:24-8:10; Psalm 41:1-13; Proverbs 10:15-16 Atonement. Holy Worship. Holy Life “On this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before the LORD.” – Leviticus 16:30 Leviticus gives us the laws, statutes, and ordinances that God required of His people,…
Day 55 Leviticus 15:1-16:28; Mark 7:1-23; Psalm 40:11-17; Proverbs 10:13-14 Defiled Hands God spoke to Moses and Aaron about everything, down to what we consider most personal and private. If God spoke to the leaders of the people about such things, why are we so squeamish about them? It was no wonder that the Pharisees…
Day 54 Leviticus 14:1‐57; Mark 6:30‐56; Psalm 40:1‐10; Proverbs 10:11‐12 Mighty Mouth! We all know the rhyme: “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” We all know it is not true. Words are extremely effective at causing hurt. That is actually why the rhyme came to be, we teach…
Day 53 Leviticus 13:1‐59; Mark 6:1‐29; Psalm 39:1‐13; Proverbs 10:10 Spots Made Clean …And the leper in whom the disease is, HIS CLOTHES SHALL BE RENT, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip and shall cry “Unclean, unclean.” Leviticus 13:45 KJV Once the diagnosis of a leprosy was…
Day 52 Leviticus 11:1‐12:8; Mark 5:21‐43; Psalm 38:1‐22; Proverbs 10:8‐9 Clean and Unclean Food The reader of the passage from Leviticus may well exclaim, “Laws, laws, and more laws – and rules to follow. I am so confused. Now I even need to count the number of legs on a bug and see if it…
Day 51 Leviticus 9:7-10:20; Mark 4:26-5:20; Psalm 37:30-40; Proverbs 10:6-7 A Frightening Exorcism In Mark 5:1-20, we learn that the sad plight of the man Jesus and His disciples encountered as they landed their boat on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee was caused by demonic spirits. Jesus correctly perceived that it was…
Day 49 Leviticus 6:1‐7:27; Mark 3:7‐30; Psalm 37:1‐11; Proverbs 10:3‐4 God’s Time… In today’s Psalm, we find much of ourselves embedded in these words as we have only to look around us in any and every direction to find numerous examples of others who seem to “have it all,” while we as Christians, face what…
Day 48 Leviticus 4:1‐5:19; Mark 2:13‐3:6; Psalm 36:1‐12; Proverbs 10:1‐2 New Again! In preparation for Easter Day, many Christians celebrate the 40 days before as a time of fasting called Lent. When asked in his Sunday school class what he was going to give up for Lent, one small boy said, “I’m giving up liver….
Day 47 Leviticus 1:1‐3:17; Mark 1:29‐2:12; Psalm 35:17‐28; Proverbs 9:13‐18 You Want Me to Do WHAT with that Goat? Burnt offerings? Seriously? And why all the detailed instructions? Frankly, I doubt that the Lord was particularly concerned with the details of the sacrifices called for in Leviticus. What has always been important, however, is that…
