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Sweeter Than Honey: Pride and Punishment

10/26/2021

What if we spent a few quiet moments with God each morning? What if we were intentional about making time for it? What if we committed to doing that all year long and by the year’s end we found that we had read the entire Bible!?

How many times, on January 1, have you committed to reading the Bible from cover to cover in a year? I have made that commitment too many times to count, and I have failed too many times to admit.

A few years ago though, I used a one-year, chronological order of book authorship, Bible Reading Itinerary.

Did you know that Genesis was not the first book of the Bible written? While plans like this vary somewhat, because it is simply impossible to put an exact date on some books of the Bible, the plan I used begins with the book of Job.

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Sweeter Than Honey: Never Too Old to do God's Work

10/12/2021

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Sweeter Than Honey: Never Too Old to do God's Work

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Biblical Version of Captain Small Pig

10/8/2021

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I have long loved the book Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss. But today, I am more in love with it than ever because of what Kristen, over at Joyfully Thriving, has done with it.

This past summer, my friend Joy introduced me to Kristen's site. I love what she's done with Oh, the Places You’ll Go, Guess How Much I Love You, and I Wish You More. She writes meaningful, thought-provoking Scripture in the pages of these books! Kristen has a free printable you can download here for Oh, the Places You’ll Go. You can buy the printable in her Etsy shop for Guess How Much I Love You. She also sells all three books—with Scripture writing in them—in her Etsy shop.

I downloaded Kristen's free printable for Oh, the Places You’ll Go. Then, I purchased the printable from her Etsy shop for Guess How Much I Love You. These guides helped me create Scripture books for our grandsons.

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Sweeter Than Honey: The Prayer of Jabez

10/5/2021

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Sweeter Than Honey: A 365-Day Devotional Journey

10/1/2021

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Sweeter Than Honey: A 365-Day Devotional Journey

The day has finally arrived, friend—Launch Day for Sweeter Than Honey! I cannot tell you how excited I am for this day!!! At last it's here, the culmination of a 2-year project. I feel as if I've completed yet another marathon.

I’ll be honest with you, I have tried to read the Bible cover to cover in a year many times before and never succeeded. But last year I did it, using this Bible Reading Itinerary, and the most amazing thing happened!

As I was reading through God's Word, I was also writing Sweeter Than Honey. The Scripture reading on the final day of my writing schedule was the last two chapters of Revelation. That’s where I read that God said “It is done” (21:6)! When I read that, it was like a light went on in my head and for the first time ever I realized the full scope of God's redemptive plan for mankind!

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Sweeter Than Honey: Humility is a Beautiful Thing

9/28/2021

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Sweeter Than Honey: Humility is a Beautiful Thing

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7 Things God Is Not (Part 3)

9/24/2021

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We have reached the final part of the series I started two months ago considering the seven “God Is Not…” statements found in the Bible.

We have looked at God is not: