Some of you may wonder what is Daniel doing? There seems to be no order whatsoever to his posts. Well that is true to some extent but let me explain. This blog is a place for me to process and post about bible passages I read. This has been a joy and somehow God has used this place to revitalize my time in his word. I think it has given me vision and structure to how to study his word. Some of the greatest blessings of the blog are being able to look back and see what I have read, thought and prayed about, second is that I am beginning to see more connections between various scripture, my life and ministry. But even as I started this blog and have loved it I have been realizing how important it is to worship God in many ways and I have been reading the word and I started a prayer journal to make sure that the blog never becomes my relationship with God. This is only a tool for God's glory!
Here is the order to this chaos. I am reading in several places in scripture on my own and in groups. I am trying to be consistent, but I do not post everything or keep on a set plan. I hope to post almost daily though!
- I try to read a Psalm daily in the morning to start my day.
- I am on a 1 year reading plan for the whole bible
- I started this before the blog which is why I am in Matthew and Leviticus
- I am not able to read every day and sometimes I don't post for a while.
- It may take me about 2 years to complete.
- I am trying to be open to God and his will so there are random encouraging scripture
- Other posts are usually connected to various ministries I am a part of and scripture we study:
- Pathfinders is a young adult group studying many books in the word and other christian books
- with the guys I disciple we plan to finish Nehemiah and then study Hebrews
- As part of InterVarsity we study the gospels a lot!
As I write I am learning a lot about God, his will, myself and writing!
My goals in reading scripture and posting on the blog are:
- To listen for God's will
- To grow in relationship with God
- To think and write more concisely about the most significant points.
- to be open to the Holy Spirit
- For my ministry to come out of my centering on God in his word and prayer
Well here was my first big interruption. I did not post from Thursday March 8 until today Thursday March 15. I was on trips during Spring Break! But I am back. I will probably jump to what I have been reading for posts and try to catch up with the readings I did not post about. No promises though! I would rather post about more recent readings and not overwhelm myself so that I start to get discouraged.
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