Resting at the River’s Edge Reading in July
Posted by Sandy in Reading through the Bible in a Year, tags: 1 Corinthians, Amos, Ecclesiastes, Galatians, Joel, Jonah, Mark, Obadiah, Philippians, Psalms, Reading through the Bible, Resting at the River's Edge
A Season for Praise & Reading
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
And the month of July, in addition to falling during our Summer of Praise, is the season for reading Ecclesiastes this year! We’ll follow that up with several minor prophets – Joel, Amos, Obadiah and Jonah. In late July, we’ll relax with some Psalms.
In the New Testament, we’ll read Galatians, Philippians and begin the Gospel of Mark.
Here are just a few great Scriptures from the passages we’ll read this month:
To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:26Do not be in a hurry to leave the king’s presence.
Ecclesiastes 8:3aBlow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand.
Joel 2:1And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
Joel 2:28-32Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
Amos 3:7The day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.
Obadiah 1:15Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs. But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the LORD.
Jonah 2:8-9It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:5-11
We’ve got some great reading ahead of us, friends! Enjoy it!
Sandy
The recommended reading schedule for July is below.
To download a PDF of the July 2011 recommended reading plan, click here.
Watching the Church Grow & Develop and Reading some Poetry
As we Rest at the River’s Edge in May, we’ll spend most of our time doing two things:
Watching the church grow and develop as we read through the book of Acts
Enjoying poetry as we read some Psalms and the Song of Songs (often called Song of Solomon)
As spring develops, don’t lose focus on what’s important, but feel free to take your Bible and notebook outside and enjoy some spring weather!
Blessings,
Sandy
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