Day 31

Week 3 of working out starts tomorrow.

One month down of reading.

Old Testament Reading
Job 19; Job 20; Job 21 NIV

Job and his friends exchange barbs. Job questions God but never curses him. His friends question Job's rightousness.

New Testament Reading
Matthew 21:1-17 NIV

Jesus gets a triumphant entry into Jerusalem. This raises concerns with the pharisees (chief priests)



Psalms Reading
Psalm 18:1-6 NIV

Day 30

Mens Group today no workout. Honestly can't wait till Monday. I like the workouts.



Old Testament Reading
Job 15; Job 16; Job 17; Job 18 NIV

Job laments and his friends are not exactly helpful almost mock him.

New Testament Reading
Matthew 20:20-34 NIV

...whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave ----Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life for ransom for many.

Psalms Reading
Psalm 17:13-15 NIV

Day 29

No workout till Monday... of course that means sleeping in on accident and barely getting kids out the door.

Old Testament Reading
Job 11; Job 12; Job 13; Job 14 NIV

Job's friends in a sense question Job's stature and Job then calls them out on their arrogance.

New Testament Reading
Matthew 20:1-19 NIV

Parable of the Workers in the vineyard

workers are hired in the morning for 1 denarius. Workers hired 3 hours later are paid the same as well as the workers who are hired at the last minute.
Psalms Reading
Psalm 17:6-12 NIV

Day 28/365 Week 2

End of Week 2 of workouts and I feel pretty good. slowly getting stronger and I'm feeling the body tighten up a bit. don't think I'm losing lbs yet as my muscles are reacting to being used. I'm already down a size or two upper body. Need to make sure I drink enough water!

Old Testament Reading
Job 8; Job 9; Job 10 NIV

Bildad gives Job a motivational speech... Job doesn't seem to be buying the motivation

New Testament Reading
Matthew 19:16-30 NIV

The first will be last and the last will be first!

Proverbs Reading
Proverbs 3:11-20 NIV

kid pulled out of the rubble after 15 days today. Lord please help the people of Hait in their time of distress.

Day 27 Week 2

Workout was tough today. fought through a headache while working out. But I did it! :0)

Old Testament Reading
Job 4; Job 5; Job 6; Job 7 NIV

Job's wife tells him to curse God and get it over with. Job's friends come and are so shocked of his state that they just sit with him for 7 days and say nothing. Then Job laments and his friends are not much help either.

New Testament Reading
Matthew 19:1-15 NIV

Psalms Reading
Psalm 17:1-5 NIV

Pam posted that she was Thankful for me and blessed by me. I'm truly humbled.

I love my wife endlessly and am so thankful to God that he put the two of us together.

Bible Day 26/365 Workout day 2 of week 2

The workout was extra tough today. I should get myself a mat so I don't carpet burn my arms as much. I really feel extra weak and can't wait to get to the point were I feel strong. So far so good. I'm pushing through and I think I'm almost ready to crank it on the eating side too so I can maximize weight loss. waiting for my body to get in a good groove.

NIV Bible reading 26/365

Old Testament Reading
Job 1; Job 2; Job 3 NIV

Job is one of my favorite books that basically got me through my days in the hospital in 2008. I'm so glad we are jumping to Job!

New Testament Reading
Matthew 18:10-35 NIV

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, " Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy seven times." Then the parable of the king settling accounts with his servants.



Psalms Reading
Psalm 16:1-11 NIV

Day 25 week 2

Week 2 of my working out begins.

I actually feel pretty good for the most part. Back is better muscles are getting used to being used. Gut in knots... need more water I think. Hungry!

Old Testament Reading
Genesis 49; Genesis 50 NIV The last days of jacob and Joseph and in the end his childhood vision in his dream comes to fruition.

New Testament Reading
Matthew 17:14-27; Matthew 18:1-9 NIV

Psalms Reading
Psalm 15:1-5 NIV


Lord God,

I pray for the people of Haiti. for all the workers, for all the children struggling through another day. They need you protection and a way back to you.

grant me wisdom and guidance in the words I speak today as I build my business up.

Pray for the Men in my group for their relationships and for their path with you. Open the heart and minds to you. Help Mike B. connect to you soemewhere!

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Old Testament Reading
Genesis 47:13-31; Genesis 48 NIV

New Testament Reading
Matthew 16:21-28; Matthew 17:1-13 NIV

Proverbs Reading
Proverbs 3:1-10 NIV

Day 23/365

Started with Men's group today. Good to see David and glad to hear his son is doing good

Old Testament Reading
Genesis 45; Genesis 46; Genesis 47:1-12 NIV

Joseph comes clean with his Brothers and moves his family to Egypt to survive the famine.

New Testament Reading
Matthew 16:1-20 NIV

Jesus is the christ and asks his disciples to not mention that to the people

Psalms Reading
Psalm 14:1-7 NIV

Day 22/365

It's funny how things play out. You never know what the next big challenge in your life is going to be and just as things start to look good in a specific area it's truly unknown how long that good is going to last. These are truly the challenges of life that one must overcome in order to stay on track. The path is not clear of obstacles for very long.


Old Testament Reading
Genesis 43; Genesis 44 NIV

Joseph can barely contain his emotions as he plays and elaborte trick on his brothers.

New Testament Reading
Matthew 15:10-39 NIV

"What goes into a mans mouth does not make him unclean, but what comes out of his mouth that is what makes him unclean." Matthew 15:11

Psalms Reading
Psalm 13:1-6 NIV

No Workout till Monday

three day break :-)

Day 21 ; Day 3

Ok, I've been sparse in my commentary the past few days. Mostly due to the lack of time and energy. LOL!

Day 3 of my workouts. I tweaked my back today. It already feels better and my general muscle soreness seems better. I think the tylonol is working finally too.

Old Testament Reading
Genesis 41:41-57; Genesis 42 NIV

Joseph becomes governor of Egypt and then Joseph's brothers return in a time of famine for food and don't recognize him. Joseph tests them. Joseph shows some awesome restraint.

New Testament Reading
Matthew 14:22-36; Matthew 15:1-9 NIV

Jesus walks on water and Peter does too and doesn't start sinking until he feels the wind. Then Jesus chides the pharisees.

Psalms Reading
Psalm 12:1-8 NIV


Well I feel like I'm starting to get things in order in 2010

New Job with promise. Albeit their are many hurdles at www.laurustech.com for us to overcome this opportunity has the most promise I've ever had in a job to be a breakthrough career position.

I'm connecting more spiritually as I read the Bible everyday and go to my small group. Building friendships and praying more too. Kids City and church relationships moving along. Gift Mart was awesome.

Now 3 days of exercising in one week. I feel like I will be able to get into the groove of this physically.

I still feel like that I need to add one more element. Not sure what but I'll figure it out. Something intellectual to stimulate my brain more.

Day 20 ; Day 2

Day 2 of working out I'm sore and tired. need to get to sleep earlier
www.undergroundcorefitness.com

good stuff. I'm sore as heck in the upper body. But it is the right thing. I need to get into shape before I get into worse shape.

Old Testament Reading
Genesis 40; Genesis 41:1-40 NIV

Joseph's story unfolds as he goes from prison in Egypt to second in command of all of Egypt

New Testament Reading
Matthew 14:1-21 NIV

John The Baptist is beheaded by Harod as a gift to his daughter.

Proverbs Reading
Proverbs 2:12-22 NIV

Day 19 Day 1

Day 19/365 of Bible reading

Old Testament Reading
Genesis 38; Genesis 39 NIV

More OT Intense Drama in the story of Judah and Tamar in Gen 38. Not to be outdone;the story of Joseph starts to unfold as he resists temptation from potiphers wife and then he gets thrown in jail.

New Testament Reading
Matthew 13:36-58 NIV Jesus explains his parables and then is shunned in his hometown.

Psalms Reading
Psalm 11:1-7 NIV


Day 1 of my workout at underground fitness

I'm tired/sore/and happy I'm starting to do this!

MLK Day

Kids have off today but, I have to go to work.

I actually have a pretty full day scheduled. It's time to get the ball rolling big time!

Todays reading starts with the beginning of Joseph's story and in NT the parable of the sower. (one of my favorites)

This really is one of the most awesome books you can read!

Tomorrow I'm going to go work out in the morning. I sure hope I can get to bed on time tonight

Day 16

Half a month into reading the bible.

One of the top ten events in the OT well at least twenty. Jacob wrestles with God.
Today Jacob meets Esau. Thinking that he is going to get attacked by him but instead he is greeted happily.

Day 14

Jacob takes his wives (daughters of Laban ) and sneaks out and drives his flock/entourage. Not exactly a small undertaking since he was very wealthy and had huge amounts of livestock. Rachel stole her fathers House Gods as they left. When Laban saw them leaving and the stolen house Gods. He chased after them and caught them after 7 days. He searched all the tents and Rebekah had the Gods in her Camel saddle bags which she was sitting on and she asked forgiveness as she lied saying she had her period and couldn't stand up. (LOL!). Laban fell for it. Jacob was angry he was accused but, then the two of them made a covenant not to attack each other and for Jacob to take care of his daughters.

Old Testemant Soap Drama continues tomorrow.

In the NT study Jesus is accused of healing on the Sabbath. His reply is that if your lamb is stuck in a crevice on the sabbath you would go and rescue it. How much more valuable is a man over a lamb? Then he heals a man with a shriveled hand and then the Pharisees start to plot to kill him. (Some drama in NT too!)

Day 13

I read ahead a little bit too.

The OT Drama Continues as Jacob steals Esau's blessing and then runs off to marry his cousin in fear that Esau will kill him. His Uncle deceives him and marries him into his older daughter Leah and Younger daughter Rachel. Those two have a baby making competition which Rachel initially loses at but she uses her maidservants to catch up.

Day 12

I didn't post yesterday. but I did read.

Genesis covers a ton of ground. Now we are at the point of Abrahams death and Isaac's life.

The birth of Jacob and Esau leads to one of my favorite characters in the bible. Jacob, the sneaky underhanded one talked Esau out of his birthright.

Day 10

Abraham is rewarded for his faithfulness by God with a son (Isaac). Then Abraham again is rewarded for obeying God's command by willingly almost sacrificing his son. God tells Abraham that his descendants will be more numerous than the stars.

then in the NT reading.

Jesus drives out demons and the town asks him to leave. LOL! Then he heals a paralytic and the Pharisees call him a blasphemer. He preaches to sinners and again the pharisees are annoyed with him. Classic!

Matthew 9:12-13 "On hearing this, Jesus said " it is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means : " I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come for the righteous,but sinners."

Day 9

Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed in a reign of fire and then Lot is deceived by his daughters so the bloodline can continue. OT is better than Dynasty or Dallas!

Day 8

Wow... Genesis 17 Abraham was circumcised at the age of 90. ouch. A true miracle that he survived if you think of the medical advancements of he day back them. ummm hot sharp knife!

Day 7

Lots of snow outside starting to fall... very pretty and pretty annoying. LOL!

today we are learning more about Abraham and powerful reading in Matthew 5 and 6. Love they enemies, our father prayer, and you can't serve two masters. (God and money)

and Psalm 6

Do not rebuke me in your anger.

Amen to that!

Day 6 of reading

Story of Abram (Abraham) has started. Jesus talks about Divorce, Adultery, and walking the extra mile if oppressed.

Psalm 5 is a nice one that starts with

"Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my sighing."

Verse of the day is

Matthew 5:42

"Give to the one who asks you and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you."

Day 3 of new job

I hope I can get into the training module today so I can start studying for certifications.

Day 5

There are so many interesting stories in the Bible.
Today I read of the tower of Babyl, Beatitudes and psalm 4 that is a request for relief from distress.

"In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent." Psalm 4:4

Daily Reading

4 days in to the one year bible reading. I do hope I make it through all the way. I have done this before. I get excited of the thought.

today we finished Noah and his ark in Genesis and Jesus gathers his disciples in Matthew

Day 4 is upon me

I'm off to my new post at www.laurustech.com this morning

plenty of excitement and nervous butterflies to go around. Nothing to be nervous about, its just first day jitters.

This was a good weekend. Pam and I had a great anniversary. We saw Avatar in 3D and then we went to the Greek Islands for a late lunch. Came home and stayed up til midnight with the kids and watched the ball drop.

Happy New Year!

Saturday I talked to Bill L. about leaving EDL and it was amicable.

then had Kids City with Karen H. Best of 2009 and that was fun!

Sunday Church the message was on the Prodigal Son and then later took the Christmas decorations down.

all in all an awesome weekend. I

New Years Resolutions

I hate them only because they never stick for long enough. Since Pam is off working out and that means I know her resolution. I figured I would post mine and see how long I can keep up the resolve this year.

1. Get my spiritual house in order

A. Read bible cover to cover
B. quiet time in prayer everyday for at least a few minutes
C. Get some kind of Devotional together as family at least once a week.
D. Increase IMPACT Volunteerism.
E. try to help as many people as I can.

2. Get my financial house in order

A. Get new job ( accomplished)
B. Pay off unsecured debt.
C. Get mortgage caught up.
D. Increase IMPACT Giving.

3. Write more.

A. Blog
B. my book

4. Languages

A. French
B. Greek


Maybe with me actually writing down my goals I will have a better chance to stick to them everyday.

I've already set my Blog as my home page. I think that will help me write. and stay on my bible reading goal.

Thank you Dawn Hinton for the wwww.biblica.com link.

Is blogging still cool?

Well since I'm the farthest thing from Cool according to my 14 yr old daughter. I must contradict and pick up the blog once again. I don't think I ever did get serious about it. But the thought was nice. My favorite part is that nobody is listening so does it really matter?

If Man blogs in the woods would anybody notice? ok.. stupid joke reference but what am I to do.

Happy New Year!!!

Well at least New Years is one of those resolutions that you don't have to really look up. How did this whole "Happy New Year" thing get started anyway? It may not need an explanation but a definition is in order!

New Year's Day is the first day of the year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome (though other dates were also used in Rome). In all countries except for Israel using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, it is a public holiday, often celebrated with fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts. January 1 on the Julian calendar corresponds to January 14 on the Gregorian calendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the New Year. In Western Christianity New Year's Day, January 1, is the eighth day of Christmas.

Probably observed on March 1 in the old Roman Calendar, New Year's Day was fixed on January 1 by the period of the Late Republic. Some have suggested this occurred in 153 BC, when it was stipulated that the two annual consuls (after whose names the years were identified) entered into office on that day, though no consensus exists on the matter.[3] Dates in March, coinciding with the spring equinox, or commemorating the Annunciation of Jesus, along with a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the Middle Ages, though calendars often continued to display the months in columns running from January to December.

Among the 7th century pagans of Flanders and the Netherlands, it was the custom to exchange gifts at the New Year, a pagan custom deplored by Saint Eligius (died 659 or 660), who warned the Flemings and Dutchmen, "(Do not) make vetulas, [little figures of the Old Woman], little deer or iotticos or set tables [for the house-elf, compare Puck] at night or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks [another Yule custom]." The quote is from the vita of Eligius written by his companion, Ouen.

Most countries in Western Europe officially adopted January 1 as New Year's Day somewhat before they adopted the Gregorian calendar. In England, the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March, was the first day of the new year until the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. The 25 March date was known as Annunciation Style; the 1 January date was known as Circumcision Style, because this was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, being the eighth day counting from December 25.[citation needed]

Thank you wikipidea! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day

Whatever way you celebrate!!! Happy New Year!!