Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - One Year Bible

4:45 am Prayer/Devotion

Song: You been Faithful - Eddie James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vflf3wLZP4I

June 25 Reading - Acts 16:16-40; Psalm 143:1-12; Proverbs 17:26

5:45 am - Plyometrics

Acts 16:16-40

New Living Translation (NLT)

Paul and Silas in Prison

¹⁶ One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a demon-possessed slave girl. She was a fortune-teller who earned a lot of money for her masters. ¹⁷ She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, and they have come to tell you how to be saved.”

¹⁸ This went on day after day until Paul got so exasperated that he turned and said to the demon within her, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And instantly it left her.
¹⁹ Her masters’ hopes of wealth were now shattered, so they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace. ²⁰ “The whole city is in an uproar because of these Jews!” they shouted to the city officials. ²¹ “They are teaching customs that are illegal for us Romans to practice.”
²² A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods. ²³ They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. ²⁴ So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.
²⁵ Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. ²⁶ Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off! ²⁷ The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself. ²⁸ But Paul shouted to him, “Stop! Don’t kill yourself! We are all here!”
²⁹ The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. ³⁰ Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
³¹ They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.” ³² And they shared the word of the Lord with him and with all who lived in his household. ³³ Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized. ³⁴ He brought them into his house and set a meal before them, and he and his entire household rejoiced because they all believed in God.
³⁵ The next morning the city officials sent the police to tell the jailer, “Let those men go!” ³⁶ So the jailer told Paul, “The city officials have said you and Silas are free to leave. Go in peace.”
³⁷ But Paul replied, “They have publicly beaten us without a trial and put us in prison—and we are Roman citizens. So now they want us to leave secretly? Certainly not! Let them come themselves to release us!”
³⁸ When the police reported this, the city officials were alarmed to learn that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens. ³⁹ So they came to the jail and apologized to them. Then they brought them out and begged them to leave the city. ⁴⁰ When Paul and Silas left the prison, they returned to the home of Lydia. There they met with the believers and encouraged them once more. Then they left town.

Psalm 143:1-12

New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 143

A psalm of David.

¹ Hear my prayer, O Lord;
    listen to my plea!
    Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.
² Don’t put your servant on trial,
    for no one is innocent before you.
³ My enemy has chased me.
    He has knocked me to the ground
    and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
⁴ I am losing all hope;
    I am paralyzed with fear.
⁵ I remember the days of old.
    I ponder all your great works
    and think about what you have done.
⁶ I lift my hands to you in prayer.
    I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude

⁷ Come quickly, Lord, and answer me,
    for my depression deepens.
Don’t turn away from me,
    or I will die.
⁸ Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,
    for I am trusting you.
Show me where to walk,
    for I give myself to you.
⁹ Rescue me from my enemies, Lord;
    I run to you to hide me.
¹⁰ Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward
    on a firm footing.
¹¹ For the glory of your name, O Lord, preserve my life.
    Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.
¹² In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies
    and destroy all my foes,
    for I am your servant.

Proverbs 17:26

New Living Translation (NLT)

²⁶ It is wrong to punish the godly for being good
    or to flog leaders for being honest.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - Bible Study Notes! Thank you Jesus for another year and letting me see my 40's!

11:00 am - Yes, Rest - Prayer
Devotion - John 11

12:30 pm - P90 - Plyometrics

John 11:33 - What is chaft?

v34 Who is speaking? Who is the him?  Laid - he was dead, and he had to be carried out

v35 Jesus is Mourning, Weeping, an anguish of soul

v36 ..Watch for coloring, change in attitude, Doubt, criticism, sarcasm

v38 Conjuctions - "therefore"..Why is the word here?
He has more important things to focus on.. Jesus..so he kept silent

Application: God is faithful and true! We can Trust him.  Each victory will help you.

*** Summary June 5th Class ****

Todays Class ..pick up vs 39

John 11:38-57 - NIV

Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead

³⁸ Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. ³⁹ “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
⁴⁰ Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
⁴¹ So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ⁴² I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
⁴³ When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴ The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

⁴⁵ Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. ⁴⁶ But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. ⁴⁷ Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.
“What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. ⁴⁸ If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
⁴⁹ Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know nothing at all! ⁵⁰ You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
⁵¹ He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, ⁵² and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one. ⁵³ So from that day on they plotted to take his life.
⁵⁴ Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
⁵⁵ When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover. ⁵⁶ They kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival at all?” ⁵⁷ But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.

****** MY INDUCTIVE STUDY / OBSERVATIONS *****

V39
Why did Martha have to mention that he stinks?  He had been dead for four days so in my mind, it is obvious that he stinks

We learned in bible class: Jewish customs, they believe that after a person died, their spirit hovered over the body for 3 days..so by the 4th day..this person was truly dead

v40
What does Jesus mean, thou shouldest see the glory of ?God, if thou believe?
What is glory?

Webster - a great beauty and splendor: Magnificence

b. the splendor and beatific happiness of heaven 


v41 Why did Jesus lift up his eyes and Thank his Father that he has heard me?
Did he pray earlier in the text to his father to have the stone rolled away?


v42 Did Jesus say this out loud so the people that was standing around would know that God the Father sent Jesus?  Who were the people, "they"?

v43 Why did Jesus cry out with a loud voice for Lazarus to come forth? What was the purpose?
We know Jesus could have just thought it and Lazarus would come forth

v44 Why did Lazarus have a napkin over his face? what was the purpose of mentioning this?  Jesus said unto them, loose him?  Who is "them"?

v45 .. Answers the "them" .. "Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him." 

v45 also answers why Jesus told Lazarus to come forth..the Jews that was looking believe who Jesus was after they seen what Jesus did

v46 ..It sounds like some people still didn't believe or either wanted to be busy bodies and tell on Jesus to the Pharisees to get their opinion about what he did.. ""But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done."

v47 The chief priest and Pharisees hold a meeting about what Jesus did, this miracle he performed..and now they need to figure out what to do about it..