Walking in Jesus Footsteps

January 21, 2009

“Jesus traveled all through Galilee teaching in the Jewish synagogues, everywhere preaching the Good News about the Kingdom of Heaven.  And he healed every kind of sickness and disease.”  Matthew 4:23 The Living Bible

No wonder the multitudes loved and followed Jesus.  He helped them.  He gave them new hope teaching them how God wanted them to live.  He showed them that God cared about them.  Not only did Jesus care about them spiritually but He also cared about them physically.  He healed them. When we share Jesus with others we also need to make God relevant to their life.  We need to help them in their need right where they are.

Maybe we can’t heal them although I believe God still heals miraculously today and uses us His people in this way.  But there are many ways we can help people.  We can invite them into our home for a meal or make meals for the homeless shelters, make lunches for the unfortunate kids in the neighborhood, mend the neighbor’s broken fences, be involved in Habitat for Humanity.  Just look around your neighborhood; the opportunity is endless.

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I want to walk with you spiritually this year, inviting you to read the Bible through from cover to cover; from Genesis 1 all the way to Revelation 22:21.  If that sounds too difficult for you and your kids, you can join in again after you have taken a break or join us for the days you’re up to it.  We will start on Sunday, January 18th and finish Saturday, January 16, 2010.  I promise that you will understand the Bible in a much deeper way if you read it through from cover to cover in a year’s time.

Accept my challenge to read the Bible through in one year chronologically, including the Old and the New Testament.

Day 4: Today read:

Genesis 8:1-10:32
Matthew 4:12-25
Psalm 4:1-8
Proverbs 1:20-23

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