August 2 Nehemiah 1-3 Psalm 88:1-5 Proverbs 19:17-18 1 Corinthians 11 God’s Plan “Then the king said to me, ‘What would you request?’ So I prayed to the God of Heaven. I said to the king, ‘If it is good for the king, and if your servant is good before you, send me to Judah, to the city of my father’s tombs, that I may rebuild it.’” Nehemiah 2:4-5 LSB Nehemiah was a contemporary of Ezra. He served as cupbearer to King Artaxerxes of Persia living in the citadel of Sus

August 1 Ezra 9-10 Psalm 87 Proverbs 19:15-16 1 Corinthians 10 All For The Glory Of God “Whether then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense either to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God; just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved.” 1 Corinthians 10:31-33 LSB This passage is a part of Paul’s teaching about liberty versus legalism that we have

July 31 Ezra 7-8 Psalm 86:11-17 Proverbs 19:12-14 1 Corinthians 9 Quarrelsome Or Prudent? “A foolish child is a father’s ruin and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof. Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.” Proverbs 19:13b-14 NIV These verses describe two different types of homes. One provides a life of joy and peace and the other makes life pure drudgery. The first home has a child who is desc

July 30 Ezra 5-6 Psalm 86:5-10 Proverbs 19:10-11 1 Corinthians 8 Stumbling Blocks “But see to it that this authority of yours does not become a stumbling block to the weak. For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be built up to eat things sacrificed to idols? For through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. And in that way, by sinning against the brother