Bible in 90 Days Final Comments

What an experience this was to be apart of. I have not blogged my way through the Bible before and I gained so much from this read through. I was able to complete this read through in 85 days. Once I was getting closer to the end it was hard to just read one day at a time.

It was also done at a really good time in my life. This 90 day read through kept my focus on what was important and I was not easily distracted.

I thank God for preserving his word in the King James Bible.

I am very grateful I did this. It was well worth it for me. If you have not read your bible from cover to cover you should try it at least once in a year. If you are up to the challenge you could try it in less time. It is all good and you will learn so much.

The End ~ Day 88

Today's reading Revelation 18:1 - Revelation 22:21

"And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever." Rev. 20:10 KJB

I love the way this book ends. I love how God takes care of his own. I love how Jesus is King. I love how Satan is thrown into the lake of fire, FOREVER!!

It makes me want to do more for my Lord. It makes me want to try harder to tell others about God's free gift of Heaven.

Judgement ~ Day 87

Today's reading Jude 1 - Revelation 17:18

"But I have a few things against thee," Rev. 2:14a KJB

I believe God put these judgements here for us to learn from. So when we get to our judgement we will have done better.

I am thankful that God is my judge. I am on His side and I am proud to be a Christian.

Freebies!

The two bottles of Xtra detergent I got at CVS. I scanned my CVS card and I got several coupons. One of them was $2 off Xtra laundry soap. They were on sale for $2 each so it was free. When I came back another day I scanned my card again and I was given another of the same coupon. So I picked up another one.

The Tide stain release spray was $3.99 each. I had a coupon for $3 off and then Target had a coupon for $1.50 that I could use together. I had two of each coupon so the Tide sprays were free.

The samples I got a Target. I just made sure my coupons did not say " excluding trial size" on them.

Target has a really good selection of Travel size products.

A New Life ~ Day 86

Today's reading James 3:13 - III John 14

HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS (Cleavant Derricks)

I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in

And then a little light from heaven filled my soul

It bathed my heart in love and it wrote my name above

And just a little talk with my Jesus made me whole

(Chorus)

Have a little talk with Jesus tell him all about our troubles

Hear our fainted cry answer by and by

Feel a little prayer wheel turning know a little fire is burning

Find a little talk with Jesus makes it right

Sometimes my path grows drear without a ray of cheer

And then a cloud of doubt may hide the day

The mists of sin may rise and hide the starry skies

But just a little talk with Jesus clears the way

I may have doubts and fears my eyes be filled with tears

But Jesus is a friend who watches day and night

I go to him in prayer he knows my every care

And just a little talk with my Jesus makes it right

We have a new life, a second chance when we ask Jesus to come into our hearts and forgive us for our sins. That is such great news. We are not in bondage any more. We are free to live for Christ. Thank you God!

Great Salvation ~ Day 85

Today's reading Hebrews 1:1 - James 3:12

"How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;" Hebrews 2:3 KJB

Not in this lifetime will we comprehend all that we were gifted by God when we accepted Jesus as our Saviour. All we can do is show people by our life how God is so good to us. We are going to be so amazed when we get to heaven. It will be so much more then we thought.

Great Gain ~ Day 84

Today's reading I Thessalonians 1:1 - Philemon 25

"But godliness with contentment is great gain." I Timothy 6:6 KJB

As I read these verses God is trying to teach how to treat the people in our lives. How to take care of the weak and widowed. How to look for a deacon or a pastor. How women should act when they are young and also when they are old.

In all this we need to be godly and content. Now a days contentment in very hard to find but God knows what is best for us.

Help me to reach out to others and be content with the place that the Lord has put my life.

Train up a Child ~ Day 83

Today's reading Galatians 3:26 - Colossians 4:18

"Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged." Colossians 3:21 KJB

All these verses about righteousness in Jesus Christ and not the law. The law is a curse. There is no hope in the law. Our only hope is Jesus.

More verses about loving one another and how to get along and to be kind. Fathers to not provoke their children to anger. Well, I can only speak as a mother that in one area I have seen recently where children were provoked to anger and boy, was it ever discouraging.

As I take my children pretty much every were I go they hear me talk and are listening to me even when I do not think they are. If I give the impression through my words or my actions that someone is undesirable then my children will be hesitant and withdrawn toward them.

After a couple of months of being gone, we went back to our old stomping grounds and my children went running into the building excited. I was so proud of them as they went in looking for friends we had not seen in a while. But by the time we got back into the car they were less cheerful and what was suppose to be a glad reunion instead had the feeling that they had not been missed at all.

We provoke our children to anger by shunning people and not being kind. We provoke our children to anger by one day speaking to a family and then the next running from them at the store.

Heaven may be a little awkward for some when they see who got in but I want to raise my children to be greeters at heaven's door, thankful for who ever is coming in. That thought process will have to start here when my children are young. As my children watch how I treat people I need to be very careful.

O be careful little ears what you hear...

Justified ~ Day 82

Today's reading I Corinthians 15:1 - Galatians 3:25

"But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith." Galatians 3:11 KJB

How are you justified? Is it because you follow the rules and wear a dress and go to church and not a bar? Are you justified because you know scripture verses by heart and read the bible through every year? Are you justified because you use the King James Bible and not the NIV? If you are thinking your works make you justified in Christ than you are still under the curse of the law.

We are justified by faith through Christ Jesus. All those things you do that are good keep doing because even people who do not know God know the benefits of good behavior. But you are heirs with Christ and justified by your faith not by your works.

Thank you God for that because how much good would you have to do to be justified? Remember it is all Jesus. The beginning and the end.

People Skills ~ Day 81

Today's reading Romans 15:1 - I Corinthians 14:40

"We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves." Romans 15:1 KJB

We are to bear the infirmities our friends have. Help them through while showing them Jesus. Whether they need to get saved or back into fellowship with God.

We are not to be puffed up. We are to guide others toward Christ. Let God judge them when it is time, then everyone will praise the Lord (I Corn. 4: 4-5 KJB)

It is all about working well with others. How to lead some one to Christ for salvation is the main focus for all that we do. Is what I am doing or how I am treating someone, is that going to draw them closer to Christ or keep them away? I want God to use my life to draw others toward him.

Right, Respectful, and Righteousness ~ Day 80

Today's reading Acts 28:17 - Romans 14:23

"For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." Romans 5;17 KJB

Wow, I sure have a lot to say about these 14 chapters. It is all about making sure your heart is right. That the inside is cleaned and right with God. That is more important then what you look like. (Romans 2:29) Righteousness is not something we can attain, it is a gift from God. It is Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17)

Doing right does not make you righteous. There are perks for right living and God is pleased that we choose to do right but Jesus is our righteousness (Romans 5:17).

Being respectful in how we dress or how we act does not make you righteous. Though there are perks when you respect yourself and others. It does not make you righteous. Jesus makes us righteous.

What does righteousness mean to you? Is it a stick you use to beat our sisters in Christ or our lost friends with when we see they do not have the same standards as you or I do? "What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?" I Corn. 4:21 KJB

Do I want my own righteousness or do I want God's righteousness? "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God." Romans 10:3 KJB

The Bible says righteousness is Christ. "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." Romans 10:4 KJB

Help me be humble and guide others to Christ but also when I fall astray or my friends fall astray help me to still show them the love of Jesus. That is when we need to see the mercy, love, and grace of God.

Power ~ Day 79

Today's reading Acts 16:38 - Acts 28:16

"To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me." Acts 26:18 KJB

Everyone wants it and those who have it want more. Power. The Bible says here that Satan has power and God is going to get that power.

I know how the story is going to end. Satan will lose all power and God Almighty will have it all. I praise the Lord that I am on the winning side.

Scattered ~ Day 78

Today's reading Acts 6:8 - Acts 16:37

"Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word." Acts 8:4 KJB

Under great persecution the people scattered but they also spread the gospel as they went. They were able to speak to people that they would not have had the opportunity to speak with had they not been on the run.

God will have his word going out to people. In this case, I see God had chose to put a little fire under their feet to get the job done in more areas.

Expect the Unexpected ~ Day 77

Today's reading John 15:18 - Acts 6:7

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." John 16:33 KJB

Jesus came to earth and he had a plan. He lived on this earth as a human but people did not hear him that way or see him that way. In this verse, Jesus told us to expect tribulation but then to expect the unexpected because he had overcome the world.

John 17:9 says we may have expected Jesus to pray but did we expect him to pray for us? Jesus was expected to come as the messiah but he was not expected to come as our friend.

It seems to me when it comes to what God is going to do in my life I need to expect the unexpected.

Love One Another ~ Day 76

Today's reading John 6:1- John 15:17

"But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done." John 11:46 KJB

Jesus spoke to the people all over and had so much to say to help them here and also how to go to heaven. He did so many miracles of feeding the masses and also healing.

Some believed but some went away with anger and resentment of the things Jesus was doing. Jesus, the perfect man, public speaker, and doctor but some still found fault in him.

We as fellow sinners, there is nothing perfect about us and it does not take long at all to find fault in each other but in John 15:17 Jesus commands us to love one another.

Let us look for the good in people. Let us show love as Jesus would want us to.

Understanding ~ Day 75

Today's reading Luke 20:20 - John 5:47

"Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures." Luke 24:45 KJB

When I begin reading my Bible I start out by praying that God would give me something out of his Word. Well, This verse makes me think that there maybe things that God needs to show me that I just would not automatically read with out his guidance. I think of it like a treasure hunt. I never know what I may find!

Hear God ~ Day 74

Today's reading Luke 10:1 - Luke 20:19

"Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him." Luke 11:54 KJB

As Jesus spoke the scribes and the Pharisees were listening to everything he said. They even asked a lot of questions just to find something in his answer to catch him in something they could use against him.

Jesus spoke in the church everyday. He was speaking with people all the time and these men only wanted to hear a mistake.

When I read my Bible I want to have an open heart that will hear all that God has for me. The good and the bad because it will make me a better person for him to use.

What are your catching out of Jesus' mouth?

Strange Things ~ Day 73

Today's reading Luke 2:1 - Luke 9:62

"And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day." Luke 5:26 KJB

As the people watched Jesus heal this man they were very perplexed. They were amazed, though they praised God but then they were fearful and thought his actions were very strange.

Maybe they wanted to believe Jesus yet they did not want to go against the Pharisees. They allowed who they considered "men of God" to keep them from knowing who Jesus really was.

Do not let any one or anything stand between you and God. If what you are hearing does not line up along with the Bible then you need to stay with your Bible. Stay with what God says. The Bible says these people were fearful. Does your fear of going against the grain keep you from knowing Jesus? Are his works to strange for you to get a closer look? I hope not.

Watch ~ Day 72

Today's reading Mark9:14 - Luke 1:80

"And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch." Mark 13:37 KJB

Jesus was speaking to a few of the disciples about what they should expect to happen. A lot of fighting and persecution will happen. There will be signs to look for that should not surprise them. They will need to pay attention. They will need to watch.

Even today, two thousand years later, we also need to pay attention and keep our focus on what God has for us to do. The goal is to spread the gospel to every nation (13:10). So if we keep that as the most important thing then the other things might not so easily distract us.

Miracles ~ Day 71

Today's reading Matthew 26:57 - Mark 9:13

"For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened." Mark 6:52 KJB

Jesus had just approached the boat by walking on the water and then calming the storm. By Mark's account the disciples were " sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered." Mark 6:51 KJB. The Bible states that they had a hard heart even though they were hanging around Jesus and watching him do all these miracles.

We can be doing the right things, hanging around the right crowd and still have a hard heart. How does that happen? Come on, how do you hang around Jesus and still not get what he is trying to accomplish?

Pride-Maybe they felt like they already knew what he should be doing. Peter does rebuke him when he says he needs to die and be resurrected in three days.

Unteachable-Maybe they felt they knew enough already. Jesus was just a carpenter's son with no real formal religious training.

Busyness-Were they too busy doing for God they did not take the time to see God and consider what he really wanted to accomplish while he was here.

Whatever it was, I need to learn from them and try to keep my focus on what my goals are and not be prideful or unteachable or to busy that I do not see the miracles that God is doing in my family and in my life right now today. I need to have a soft heart.

Offenses ~ Day 70

Today's reading Matthew 16:1 - 26:56

"But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea." Matt. 18:6 KJB

Jesus did not go out of his way to offend people. In the case of Matt. 17:27 Jesus found a coin and paid the tax. Jesus tells us in Matt. 18:7 that offenses will come but woe unto the person by whom those offenses come. Basically you do not want to be the one offending people.

When it comes to defending children and God's house he did not care who he offended. Those were precious things to him.

I need to choose my battles wisely and make sure I am a good example for my kids on when it is time to fight and when it is not our time to fight. I need to make sure I do not offend the things that are precious to God.

Happy Birthday, Honey!!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day!! I love you!!

Son of God ~ Day 69

Today's reading Matthew 5:1 - Matthew 15:39

"What manner of man is this?" Matt. 8:27 KJB

The disciples, the men we so admire, still did not have a clue who they were following. Talk about faith! They left their family and livelihood to follow this man Jesus and little did they know what they would be in store for. They watched him heal the lepers and the maimed. They watched him calm the storm and feed the multitudes.

Then the disciples were caught in another storm and Jesus came walking on the water to them. When Jesus gets to the boat with Peter, the disciples have a more clear picture of who Jesus is. "Of a truth thou art the Son of God." Matt. 14:33 KJB

Jesus wants us to learn of him (Matt. 11:29). We can do that by reading our Bibles. Then our image of who God really is will become more and more clear.

Yet ye say ~ Day 68

Today's reading Zechariah 11:1 - Matthew 4:25

"I have loved you, saith the Lord, Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? " Malachi 1:2 KJB

All through Malachi the Lord is making a statement of how things really are and Israel comes back with a question of where? or how? or when?

As I read through my King James Bible I need to be ready for what the Lord has to say to me and examine my heart. Not question or defend myself because it is really my sin I am defending.

Let the word of God cleanse you to make you more and more like Jesus and less and less like the world.

Grace ~ Day 67

Today's reading Habakkuk 1:1 - Zechariah 10:12

"For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not." Zech. 8:14,15 KJB

God had said quite a bit of what Israel deserves because of her sin but still he wants to hold back and not punish this generation for the sins of their fathers. He is not quick to punish as some of us have been lead into believing.

Grace, Grace, God's grace...

Judgement Day ~ Day 66

Today's reading Amos 9:11 - Nahum 3:19

"Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him." Nahum 1:6 KJB

Today's reading is a lot about God taking care of business with his enemies. At least when we read about the city of Nineveh, we see they had the wisdom to repent before it was to late.

"The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him." Nahum 1:7 KJB

God also knows who trusts him. I need to stick with God, not just on Sundays or when I am around Christians but on a daily basis through prayer and bible reading.

Seek God ~ Day 65

Today's reading Hosea 13:7 - Amos 9:10

"Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken." Amos 5:14 KJB

No matter what is going on in the world I still need to be doing what I know is right. I need the Lord to bless my life. I need his guidance.

Chastening ~ Day 64

Today's reading Daniel 9:1 - Hosea 13:6

"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up." Hosea 6:1 KJB

The Lord loved Israel so much that he was doing everything to get them back. they wanted other gods, they wanted their own king. They were never satisfied. In this verse it shows us that he even tore them and smittened them. That he will also heal them and bind them up. God will come after his children. He will not forsake them even in their sin.

My sin does not please God and he will use measures to make my life unpleasant until I turn to him again. When I sin I need to get back with God.

Thank you Lord for showing me by your word that you love me more than I can even understand. Help me to get right with you quickly when I fall away.

Steadfast ~ Day 63

Today's reading Ezekiel 47:13 - Daniel 8:27

"So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian." Daniel 6 :28 KJB

Daniel was taken captive and brought to a strange land with strange customs. The king at the time was Nebuchadnezzar. Then the king was Belshazzar, then it was Darius and then Cyrus. No matter if the law stated to worship God or not Daniel just kept doing what he knew God wanted him to do. He was steadfast in his belief.

I am at a new church. The important things are the same as my former church but some of the preferences about godly living are different. Am I going to change how I live because it is no longer required of me by man or am I going to do what I know God would have me to do in my life?

Like Daniel, I want to follow the Lord God Jehovah no matter what man may say. I want to be steadfast like Daniel.

Right on, Target!

This was a surprise because I only went to Target because my daughter recieved a gift card for Target for her birthday. But I went with coupon book in hand and check out the clearance they had. I paid $1.42 for everything. That was sure a pleasant surprise from my Heavenly Father. I just love these things!

God's Name ~ Day 62

Today's reading Ezekiel 36:1 - Ezekiel 47:12

"Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went." Ez. 36:12 KJB

God was trying to clean up his own name because of what the Israelites had done. As they went around and had done wickedly they were not only making themselves look bad, they were also making God look bad among the heathen. When we do wrong and then tell people we are Christians it makes God look bad. We have his reputation to uphold.

There was an article written in the Wall St. Journal that quotes the CEO of Google as saying, "Mr. Schmidt is surely right, though, that the questions go far beyond Google. "I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time," he says. He predicts, apparently seriously, that every young person one day will be entitled automatically to change his or her name on reaching adulthood in order to disown youthful hijinks stored on their friends' social media sites."

The world does not even put a value on your family name, much less on what we are doing to God's name when we act inappropriately as Christians.

How can we lead others to Christ if we are living a life full of sinful choices? People need the Lord. Does your life, does my life, reflect who God really is?

Desire of Your Eyes ~ Day 61

Today's reading Ezekiel 23:40 - Ezekiel 35:15

"Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down." Ez. 24:16 KJB

The Lord took away the desire of Ezekiel's eyes. We know that God killed his wife. That was the desire of Ezekiel's eyes, his wife. Even with all the wickedness going on around him he still was faithful to his wife.

How about us? If God took away the desire of your eyes, would it be your husband? Would it be your kids or would it be another woman's husband? Or would it be your shoes or your computer or your clothes?

Do we have our priorities in the right order? As a Christian we can start with God then our husband then our family and go from there.

Where is the desire of your eyes?

Sad Day ~ 60

Today's reading Ezekiel 12:21 - Ezekiel 23:39

"Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad." Ez. 13:22 KJB

God is making it very clear that he does not want people messing with his own people. He goes so far as letting them know he does not want his people sad.

It is hard to comprehend that the God of this universe cares when I am sad. That is just amazing!

Am I making another Christian sad? I had better get it right!

Hope Day ~ 59

Today's reading Lamentations 2:1 - Ezekiel12:20

"This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not." La. 3:21,22 KJB

With all the foretelling of destruction on Israel, it is amazing how they still realized there was hope.

No matter how bad things may get, we still have hope in Jesus. Without him we have no hope at all.

Good Shepherds ~ Day 58

Today's reading Jeremiah 48:1 - Lamentation1:22

"My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace." Jeremiah 50:6 KJB

I have a friend who has had an epiphany in her spiritual life. She has just realized that she does not have to work to get approval from God. She knew she did not have to work to get saved but she thought she had to work for God to like her.

I am not sure if she was taught this at church or not but according to this verse it would not have been the first time a shepherd or pastor has led his flock astray.

Going to a church, a good church is not as easy as it may seem. It is a decision that should be done bathed in prayer and not flippantly.

Praise the Lord for men of God who pastor God's people the way the Lord would have them.