July 9 1 Chronicles 20-22 Psalm 78:65-72 Proverbs 17:16-17 Romans 6 Numbering Israel “Then Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to number Israel. So David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, ‘Go count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know their total count.’…And this thing was displeasing in the sight of God, so He struck Israel.” 1 Chronicles 21:1-2, 7 LSB David had experienced a lot of military success conquering

July 8 1 Chronicles 18-19 Psalm 78:56-64 Proverbs 17:14-15 Romans 5 While We Were Yet Sinners “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 LSB This verse is the best verse to share with someone who has the idea that we have to clean ourselves up before we can come to God. Unfortunately, many in the church have somehow given people the idea that you have to wear certain clothes to be accepted in church,

July 7 1 Chronicles 16-17 Psalm 78:40-55 Proverbs 17:12-13 Romans 4 The Davidic Covenant “And it will be that when your days are fulfilled to go to be with your fathers, I will raise up one of your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build for Me a house and I will establish his throne forever. I will be a Father to him and he will be a son to Me; and I will not remove My lovingkindness from him, as I removed it from him

July 6 1 Chronicles 13-15 Psalm 78:32-39 Proverbs 17:9-11 Romans 3 Sinful “But their hearts were not loyal to Him, they were not faithful to His covenant. Yet He was merciful; He forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time He restrained His anger and did not stir up His full wrath. He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.” Psalm 78:37-39 NIV “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all