Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 39, 2 Chronicles 10-12
Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” And they said to him, “If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
2 Chronicles 10:6-8 ESV
Who are You Listening to? Your Buddies or Your Elders – FormerAtheist58
Let Your Kingdom Come – Sovereign Grace Music
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 39, Ecclesiastes 11-12
“He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.”
Ecclesiastes 11:4-5 ESV
“My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.”
Ecclesiastes 12:12-14 ESV
You DON’T KNOW what God is doing – TRUST HIM! – FormerAtheist58
The Unbelievable – Sovereign Grace Music
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 37, Ecclesiastes 9-10
Life feels meaningless without having an eternal purpose. I’ve been there. it’s miserable. But there’s a way out!
Ecclesiastes 9:2 ESV — It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.
… [God] has put eternity into man’s heart …
Ecclesiastes 3:11b ESV
Life is Meaningless – But it doesn’t have to be – FormerAtheist58
Jerusalem – CityAlight
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 36, Ecclesiastes 7-8
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 ESV — Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
Being Patient in the Trials – FormerAtheist58
Psalm 126:5-6 ESV — Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
1 Peter 1:3-9, 13 ESV — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls…. Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
I will Wait for You (Psalm 130) – Shane and Shane
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 35, Ecclesiastes 4-6
Getting personal here.
A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
Ecclesiastes 6:3 CSB
A Stillborn Baby is Better Off? – FormerAtheist58
Be Still my Soul – Sounds like Reign
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 33, Ecclesiastes 1
Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already in the ages before us.
Ecclesiastes 1:10 ESV
None of us – not Elon Musk, not Bill Gates, not President Trump or Charlie Kirk or Billy Graham – can make anything truly NEW. But I know someone who can. Do you know Him?
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
Revelation 21:5 ESV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
All Things – Sovereign Grace
Vanity of Vanities – Nothing is NEW under the Sun – FormerAtheist58
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 30-32, Song of Solomon 6-8
I’m using David Guzik’s commentary to better understand the book of “Song of Solomon.” Read chapter 6 here or download the “Enduring Word Commentary” free from the Apple Store or the Google Store or read Mr. Guzik’s commentary in the Blue Letter Bible app, also available from the Apple Store or Google Store.
Additionally, he has sermons available for you to watch or listen to on his Enduring Word website, here.
Loved with everlasting love, led by grace that love to know; gracious Spirit from above, Thou dost taught me it is so! O this full and precious peace! O this transport all divine! In a love which cannot cease, I am His and He is mine. In a love which cannot cease, I am His wife and He is mine.
Heav’n above is deeper blue; earth around is sweeter green; something lives in ev’ry hue Christless eyes have never seen. Birds with gladder songs o’erflow; flow’rs with deeper beauties shine; Since I know, as now I know, I am His and He is mine. Since I know, as now I know, I am His and He is mine.
Taste the goodness of the Lord: welcomed home to His embrace, all His love, as blood outpoured, seals the pardon of His grace. Can I doubt His love for me, when I trace that love’s design? By the cross of Calvary I am His and He is mine. I am His and He is mine.
His forever, only his! Who the Lord and me shall part? Ah, with what a rest of bliss Christ can fill the loving heart! Heav’n and earth may fade and flee, firstborn light in gloom decline; But while God and I shall be, I am His and He is mine. I am His and He is mine.
I am His and He is Mine – Michael Lining
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 29, Song of Solomon 5
I’ll be using David Guzik’s commentary to better understand the book of “Song of Solomon.” Read chapter 5 here or download the “Enduring Word Commentary” free from the Apple Store or the Google Store or read Mr. Guzik’s commentary in the Blue Letter Bible app, also available from the Apple Store or Google Store.
Additionally, he has sermons available for you to watch or listen to on his Enduring Word website, here.
This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Songs 5:16b ESV
Heavenly Father, Thank You for creating marriage, a covenant between a man and woman before Your eyes til death parts them. May our marriages be rooted in the love of God but also enjoy the fruit of an abiding admiration and friendship with one another. Give us times of refreshment and renewal and laughter together that will help us overlook those times when we’re walking through the valley. For Your glory and our good we pray. Amen.
The More I Seek You – Jessie Harris
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 28, Song of Solomon 3-4
I’ll be using David Guzik’s commentary to better understand the book of “Song of Solomon.” Read chapter 3 here and chapter 4 here or download the “Enduring Word Commentary” free from the Apple Store or the Google Store or read Mr. Guzik’s commentary in the Blue Letter Bible app, also available from the Apple Store or Google Store.
Additionally, he has sermons available for you to watch or listen to on his Enduring Word website, chapter 3 here and chapter 4 here.
Here is one of my favorite parts.
A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed.
Song of Songs 4:12 ESV
Guzik writes,
“Seeing the high value of virginity also helps us to understand the Biblical commands against pre-marital sex. It is helpful to refute many myths about pre-marital sex:
· Myth: “The Bible says nothing against premarital sex.”
Fact: The high value placed on virginity, seen here and in other passages such as Deuteronomy 22:13-29 shows premarital sex is wrong. But it also clearly found in the passages that speak against the sexual sin known in the New Testament as porneia, and commonly translated “fornication” (1 Corinthians 6:13 and 6:18; Ephesians 5:3 and 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3. Porneia broadly refers to all types of sexual activity outside of marriage (including homosexuality); it encompasses practically all sexual behavior outside of that which is practiced between a husband and a wife in the bonds of their marriage.
· Myth: “He wants to have sex with me because he loves me.”
Fact: His love for you will be proved by his willingness to wait for marriage. The desire for sex does not prove love in a man. In one survey, 55% of men said “yes” to the following question: “If you could be certain that your wife or girlfriend would never know, would you have sex with any of her friends?” And to the question, “Have you ever had sex with a woman you have actively disliked?” 58% of men said “yes”. You are foolish if you think a boy loves you – or even likes you – because he wants to have sex with you.
· Myth: “My boyfriend is a Christian and loves the Lord. I don’t have to worry about that.”
Fact: Christian men face the same challenges as non-Christians when it comes to sexual desires and lusts. They have the ability to overcome those lusts by the power of the Holy Spirit, but it isn’t easy and many who thought they were strong enough have fallen to these sins.
· Myth: “We are going to get married, so it doesn’t matter.”
Fact: It does matter. First, you are setting a value on your own sexuality; there is a sense in which a woman then gives her future husband the right to treat her as an object. Second, you are setting a pattern; you are agreeing that in some circumstances, sex outside of marriage is acceptable, and this is something you don’t want in your mind or in the mind of your marriage partner; especially because one of the most important aspects of a long lasting, fulfilling sexual relationship is trust. Third, you are only taking away from the blessing God intends for your sexual relationship when married.
· Myth: “We can be married before God.”
Fact: If you were on a desert island without any intuitions of government or society, this might be an argument. But marriage in both the Biblical and cultural sense is being joined together in a public ceremony that is recognized as legal and legitimate by the law and the culture. You aren’t on a desert island
Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your gifts of marriage and of forgiveness. Thank You for the cleansing blood of Jesus that washes white as snow. I lift up all the single women and men. Please help them to be strong and patient as they wait for their spouse and their wedding day. Help us to trust You and turn to You, believing the truth and casting out the lies. For Your glory and our good. Amen.
My Beloved – Kari Jobe
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