Read To Me Daily Semester 2Sample

1SAMUEL 9-10:
In yesterday's reading, Samuel was formally made a judge, and then he led the people of Israel into victory over the Philistines. But when Samuel was old and after the appointment of his two sons as judges in his place, his sons perverted justice for bribes. So the people asked to have a king. God had already long ago said this would happen, in fact, this idea was in Hannah’s prayer. Samuel was displeased, not for the sake of his sons, but because the people were rejecting God as their king.

PSALM 95:
Today’s psalm, Chapter 95, is a gem among the psalms. Note the exuberance of worship in this psalm! And this is balanced by reverence to God. The last half of this psalm is quoted in full in Hebrews and is an important topic in that New Testament book.

ROMANS 3b:
Today we continue to read chapter 3 of Romans. In this chapter Paul refutes important misunderstanding and wrong teaching in the process of resoundingly proving that Jews cannot save themselves by their own power by means of fulfilling the Law. (In his use of the term ‘the Law’, Paul was following the custom of including other Old Testament books.) In the verses he quoted, he made it very clear that not even one person can claim to be righteous in God's sight. So God has provided another way to become right in His sight, which is actually foretold in the Law and Biblical prophetic writings. 

Let’s pray.
Our heavenly Father, it is a good thing that You don’t immediately judge people, because You would have declared each one of us guilty by now. You are the One who made our ears. You hear everything we say. You created the human eye. And You see everything, even what is in our hearts. “You know how senseless our reasoning is.” But now we can be happy, because you have instructed us. Paul has made it clear that every single human being is a sinner. We are under the “power of sin.” And now we see the purpose of the Law. It was not to save us by our obedience, but to show us the depth of our sinfulness. So we are thankful to you for revealing how you put people right with yourself in this book. Thank you for Jesus, who died to make that possible. Lord Jesus, just before your being taken into heaven, You said You would be with us always. Yes, Lord! Thank You for being with us today.