Here you will find daily Bible verses and some notes on the passage.
The verses are laid out in chronological order and are spread out in a way that allows us to read through the Bible in one year. As we read and observe the whole story line, remember that we are reading the story of God’s mission and His plan to redeem His creation and His people.
Don’t worry if you miss a day or two! Just pick up where you left off or start fresh with today’s passage. As followers of Christ, it is important to be in God’s Word daily and to reflect on His teachings.
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
There are some reading journals provided by the Ezra Project that are available in the church foyer for a donation (amount of your choosing). Click the Calendar button below to download an Android/iOS calendar with daily readings.
Job 20 - 22
Zophar speaks again in chapter 20, expressing indignation over the words of Job, and he takes personal insult. He proceeds to describe his view of how God treats the wicked on the earth, indicating that Job was all of those things and worse.
Job responds to all of his accusers in 21, demonstrating that sometimes the wicked actually live long and die rich, but that they will all be judged in the day of God’s wrath to come.
Eliphaz begins the third cycle of accusations in chapter 22 by doubling down on his condemnation of Job, now saying that he’s guilty of things which are patently untrue. He then presumes to speak for God in telling Job to repent of all his evil deeds and be restored.
Job 16 - 19
In 16-17 Job responds, and never indicts the Lord, but is bitter at the lack of grace and pity from his “friends”
In 18 Bildad is not just accusing Job of sin, but is now declaring him to be wickedness itself
In chapter 19 Job responds, asking why his persecutors feel it is so important to grind him into dust, rather than just showing him pity. Job again demonstrates that he knows more of God than all others…
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My heart faints within me!
Job 19:25-27
Job 12 - 15
Job essentially says “with friends like you, who needs enemies?” He didn’t invite them, and only wishes to present himself before God.
If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.
You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for the work of Your hands.
For now You number my steps,
You do not observe my sin.
My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You wrap up my iniquity.
Job 14:14-17
Job had a far greater understanding of God than any of his detractors.
In chapter 15, Eliphaz speaks a second time. However he resorts to personally attacking Job, rather than contemplating his words, which is the recourse of many who cannot speak from a place of true knowledge.
Job 8 - 11
In chapter 8 Bildad rebukes Job, calls him a hypocrite, and attempts to explain the ways of God.
Job responds in chapters 9-10, but makes no effort to justify his words, but rather justifies the righteousness and sovereignty of God. He also recognizes a key problem between God and man (9:32-33), where there was no mediator to stand between God and man at that time in history, which was resolved with the coming of Jesus.
In chapter 11, the third of Job’s friends, Zophar, speaks and also rebukes Job for claiming his innocence, and declares that his current punishment from God is far less than he deserves, since God does not punish the guiltless.
Job 4 - 7
Eliphaz, Job’s friend, speaks first and immediately jumps to the conclusion that Job must be guilty of sin, or he wouldn’t be afflicted, and tells him to repent. Job responds by saying that a despairing man’s friends should show him kindness, and then challenges them to tell him his sin.
There are 3 major cycles of indictment from Job’s friends telling him that God has forsaken him followed by job rebuking them and declaring the sovereignty of God. He simply refuses to blame God and instead gives him glory.
On a side note; many scholars consider Abraham and Job to be contemporaries. They lived at about the same time but in different areas. In Job 1 God states that there is no man more righteous than Job when he is talking to Satan. However, God does not choose Job to be the father over many nations. He chose Abraham with all his doubts and faults. He chose someone broken and made him a father over many nations.
Job 1 - 3
Job was a righteous man who loved and feared God, yet the Lord allowed satan to bring great devastation upon him in one day, when all of his wealth was wiped out, and his children slain. All that happened to Job was allowed by God, and satan was still restrained from bringing total destruction upon him.
Remember the testimony of God regarding Job in verses 1:8 and 2:3 when you read the slander and logic that follows in this book from Job’s three friends, as well as from Elihu in chapters 32-37 (who is not a friend) - God alone knew Job’s heart.
Also note in this book that the primary question of Job (“Why did all this happen?”) is never answered.
Genesis 46 - 47
Jacob, and all of his sons, their wives, their children, and all their possessions are moved to Egypt, where they would live for the next 430 years, just as God had told Abraham (Genesis 15:13).
Genesis 43 - 45
In a very dramatic story, Joseph is reunited with his brothers, and invites all of his family (father, brothers, and their families) to live under his protection and provision in Egypt.
Genesis 41 - 42
After 13 years in Egypt, Joseph is promoted from prison to being the Prime Minister in one day, after he interpreted the dreams God gave the king, that predicted 7 years of incredible bounty, and then 7 years of extreme famine.
In the early years of the famine Jacob sends 10 of his sons to buy grain in Egypt, where they unknowingly meet up with Joseph. Joseph gives them grain, but keeps Simeon as hostage against their returning with Benjamin, when they come to buy grain again.
Genesis 38 - 40
Genesis 39-40
Joseph was mistreated, kidnapped, and sold into slavery by his brothers, and then suffers injustice and imprisonment for 13 years in Egypt, yet the Lord was with him and blessed him, in spite of these things.
Genesis 36- 37
Genesis 37
We are introduced to a teenage Joseph, who is already receiving dreams from God. All of his older brothers hate him, and they conspire to get rid of him - first thinking to murder him, and then selling him into slavery to the Ishmaelites (their relatives). Jacob is devastated when he is led to believe that Joseph is dead.
Genesis 31 - 32
Genesis 31
After 20 years Jacob flees from Laban, but even in his fear God intervened to protect him from harm
Genesis 32
After 20 years Jacob is still terrified of his brother, which is multiplied when he learns that Esau is going to meet him with an army of men. God wrestles with Jacob, but He does so in order to bless him, after bringing him to the end of himself. God blesses him with a new name, which means “God prevails”, in place of his old name, which is not good
Genesis 29 - 30
There are no notes for today’s reading.
Keep reading and stay in His word!
More notes are coming soon!
Genesis 27 - 28
There are no notes for today’s reading.
Keep reading and stay in His word!
More notes are coming soon!
Genesis 25 - 26
There are no notes for today’s reading.
Keep reading and stay in His word!
More notes are coming soon!
Genesis 23 - 24
There are no notes for today’s reading.
Keep reading and stay in His word!
More notes are coming soon!
Genesis 20 - 22
Genesis 22
One of the greatest prophetic stories in the Bible, where the father (figuratively) sacrifices his only son, and receives him back alive 3 days after receiving the command from God. This all took place on Mt Moriah, where God’s Only Son would be sacrificed almost 2,000 years later, and rise from the dead on the 3rd day. Abraham knew that God’s promises through Isaac could not fail, and he knew that God had to raise him from the dead if he was going to be sacrificed in that place.
Genesis 18 - 19
Genesis 18:25 - “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” - Always!
As we read the first several chapter of Genesis it is important to remember that this sets the stage for everything else that happens in the Bible. The rest of the Bible answers the question; how is God going to remain faithful to his promise?
Genesis 15 - 17
Abraham is the spiritual father of all who place their faith in God, as he is the first to be declared righteous because he believed what God told him (Gen 15:6)
As we read the first several chapter of Genesis it is important to remember that this sets the stage for everything else that happens in the Bible. The rest of the Bible answers the question; how is God going to remain faithful to his promise?
Genesis 12 - 14
The Old Testament is the story of the nation of Israel, and is founded in the promise of God to bless Abraham with countless descendants.
As we read the first several chapter of Genesis it is important to remember that this sets the stage for everything else that happens in the Bible. The rest of the Bible answers the question; how is God going to remain faithful to his promise?