Author: Amy
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B 90 Days Day 27 SOAP: Oh, to hear so clearly!
Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 4:38- 2 Kings 15:26 Scripture: 2 Kings 4:43 “How can I set this before a hundred men?” his servant asked. But Elisha answered, “Give it to the people to eat. For this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’ “ Observation: There were many more…
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Our family is growing again. Internationally. And I could use your teen advice!
The last time I used a headline like that (leaving out the international part) I heard there were a lot of whispers and confusion. So let’s just get this right out there: No, I am not pregnant. And no, we are not adopting. Well not exactly… Our family is preparing to welcome a German teenager…
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B 90 Days Day 26 SOAP: Can you hear His whisper and tune out the shouts?
Today’s Reading: 1 Kings 16:21- 2 Kings 4:37 Scripture: 1 Kings 19:12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. Observation: In this instance the Lord’s voice came in a small whisper, not in a loud shout. Application: Perhaps the wind,…
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B 90 Days Day 25 SOAP: Guard your Heart
Today’s Reading: 1 Kings 7:38- 1Kings 16:20 For today’s SOAP I am sending you back to my Day 25 SOAP from the last time we read through the Bible in 90 Days. In January, I was struck with a passage about how Solomon’s heart turned away from the Lord. He had been so committed, and…
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B 90 Days Kings Chart
To help read and keep track of who is who in 1 and 2 Kings, Ted Cooper, who created the Bible in 90 Days program, shared this Kings chart with my group when I read through for the first time. Click over, print, and use it if you’d like something to help you keep track.…
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B 90 Days Day 24 SOAP: Wisdom to govern
Today’s Reading: 2Samuel22:19-1Kings 7:37 Scripture: 1Kings 3: 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?’ Observation: Of all the things Solomon could have asked for, he chose wisdom. And I think that was…
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B 90 Days Day 23 SOAP: Calling to the Lord makes my day better
Today’s Reading: 2 Samuel 12:11- 2 Samuel 22:18 I’m so excited for all of you who are reading through the Bible in 90 Days. I am still making my way through praying for each of you who checked in yesterday. For great tips on catching up on your Bible 90 Days reading, click that highlighted…
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B 90 Days Week 4/ Day 22 Check in
Wow! Can you believe how much of the Bible you have already read? If you are reading with us, by the end of today you should have read to page 264 in the Bible in 90 Days Bible or to 2Samuel 12:10. (You can access the full reading schedule here.) I know that some of…
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There is only a little bit of summer left
I don’t know about you, but when I’m home, I see so many things that need to get done that I end up focusing on those rather than my kids. This week I spent more time than I would like to admit working on a few things at home and, at the end of the…
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B 90 Days Day 19 SOAP: Honoring Commitments
Today’s Reading: Judges 15:13- 1Samuel 2:29 If you are reading through the Bible in 90 Days with us and getting behind, try to remember that this is a 90 day reading program, not a study program, It is okay if you don’t understand everything you are reading. There is a LOT to grasp! Just hang…
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Meet Sherry, another Real (Experienced) Mom I admire in real life, too
Today I am excited to share my interview with Sherry, one of my mom’s dear friends from childhood. I have always had a special admiration for Sherry who taught home economics, married her high-school sweetheart and whom my mom would call to answer any farming questions we could think of. I remember my mom once…
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B 90 Days Day 17 SOAP: How could they forget?
Today’s Reading: Joshua 15:1- Judges 3:27 Scripture: Judges 2:10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. Observation: After all that fighting and clearing of the land and even altar-building and listening to the Lord and doing…
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Wondering how to keep the joy in family travel?
A few of you may have noticed a tiny button on my sidebar leading to Moms Travel Tales. The Bible in 90 Days program has taken up most of my blogging time lately, but I also have a travel site for families to share ideas and build better vacations. Today my friend FishMama (who also…
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B 90 Days Day 16 SOAP: What are your stones?
Today’s Reading: Joshua 1:1- Joshua 14:15 Scripture: Joshua 3:24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God” Observation: God instructed each tribe to take a stone from the center of the…
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B 90 Days Day 15 SOAP: He’ll take you back
Scripture: Deuteronomy 30: 1-4 1When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come upon you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, 2and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with…