September- 1/4 of the Way Through!! Yahoo!!

Hey BlOOmers!!
We are meeting this Thursday-9/10!! Our venue is changing to La Madeline on Town Center Blvd at 7:00- 9:30ish!

The September reading schedule is as follows:
1- Ps 135-6, 1 Cor 12 15-Prov 22-4, 2 Cor 8
2- Ps 137-9, 1 Cor 13 16- Prov 26-6, 2Cor 9
3-Ps 140-2, 1 Cor 14:1-20 17-Prov 27-9, 2 Cor 10
4 - Ps 143-5, 1 Cor14:21-40 18-Prov 30-31, 2 Cor 11:1-15
5-Ps146-7, 1Cor 15:1-28 19-Ecc 1-3, 2Cor11:16-33
6-Ps148-50, 1Cor15:29-58 20- Ecc4-6, 2Cor 12
7- Prov 1-2, 1Cor 16 21-Ecc 7-9, 2Cor 13
8-Prov 3-5, 2Cor 1 22-Ecc 10-12, Gal 1
9-Prov 6-7, 2 Cor2 23-Song of Sol 1-3, Gal 2
10- Prov 8-9, 2 Cor 3 24-Song of Sol 4-5, Gal 3
11- Prov 10-12, 2 Cor 4 25-Song of 6-8, Gal 4
12-Prov 13-15,2 Cor 5 26-Isiah 1-2, Gal 5
13-Prov 16-18, 2 Cor 6 27- Isiah 3-4, Gal 6
14-Prov 19-21, 2 Cor 7 28 - Isiah 5-6, Eph 1
29- Isiah 7-8, Eph 2
30-Isiah 9-10, Eph 3
Happy Reading!!

August 16 - August 31

Week 3:
August 16 -- Psalm 94-96; Romans 15:14-33
August 17 -- Psalm 97-99; Romans 16
August 18 -- Psalm 100-102; I Corinthians 1
August 19 -- Psalm 103-104; I Corinthians 2
August 20 -- Psalm 105-106; I Corinthians 3
August 21 -- Psalm 107-109; I Corinthians 4
August 22 -- Psalm 110-112; I Corinthians 5

Week 4:
August 23 -- Psalm 113-115; I Corinthians 6
August 24 -- Psalm 116-118; I Corinthians 7:1-19
August 25 -- Psalm 119:1-88; I Corinthians 7:20-40
August 26 -- Psalm 119:89-176; I Corinthians 8
August 27 -- Psalm 120-122; I Corinthians 9
August 28 -- Psalm 123-125; I Corinthians 10:1-18
August 29 -- Psalm 126-128; I Corinthians 10:19-33

Week 5:
August 30 -- Psalm 129-131; I Corinthians 11:1-16
August 31 -- Psalm 132-134; I Corinthians 11:17-34

August 1 - August 15

Week 1:
August 1 -- Psalm 57-57; Romans 4
August 2 -- Psalm 60-62; Romans 5
August 3 -- Psalm 63-65; Romans 6
August 4 -- Psalm 66-67; Romans 7
August 5 -- Psalm 68-69; Romans 8:1-21
August 6 -- Psalm 70-71; Romans 8 :22-39
August 7 -- Psalm 72-73; Romans 9:1-15

Week 2:
August 8 -- Psalm 74-76; Romans 9:16-33
August 9 -- Psalm 77-78; Romans 10
August 10 -- Psalm 79-80; Romans 11:1-18
August 11 -- Psalm 81-83; Romans 11:19-36
August 12 -- Psalm 84-86; Romans 12
August 13 -- Psalm 87-88; Romans 13
August 14 -- Psalm 89-90; Romans 14
August 15 -- Psalm 91-93; Romans 15:1-13

Romans 3 & 4

i have been thinking about Romans 3 & 4 a lot this weekend.
i waS thinking about righteousness and faith - things we have little to none of. things that it would be impossible for us to gain on our own.
in romans 3:21-26, paul tells us our righteousness comes from faith - apart from the law. apart from being a jew.
i thought of it like this:
God gave us the law, he gave us the prophets, all to testify to his own righteousness. then he offered it to us, through his son.
Faith's giver, (
Its redeemer, (Romans 3:24)
Its sacrifice, (Romans 3:25)
Its atonement (Romans 3:25) was Jesus -- For our justification (Romans 3:25,26; 4:25)

Our Second Meeting

Wednesday, August 5th, 7:00 at the Black Walnut Cafe in Sugar Land. Hope to see you all there!!

Oops! Dingleberry is a Bad Word!!

What I really meant was DINGBAT!!! Oh Well!!
Hello Everyone,
I am printing the schedule for the rest of July. This is helpful if you want to copy and print to keep in your bible. Basically, we will finish Acts and read into the first three chapters of Romans this month. In addition, we will read through Psalms 56:
July 16- Psalm 16-17, Acts 20:1-16
July 17 - Ps. 18-19, Acts 20:17-38
July 18- Ps. 20-22, Acts 21:1-17
July 19 - Ps.23-25, Acts 21:18-40
July 20 - Ps. 26-28, Acts 22
July 21 - Ps. 29-30, Acts 23:1-15
July 22 -Ps.31-2, Acts 23:16-35
July 23- Ps.33-4, Acts 24
July 24 -Ps.35-6, Acts 25
July 25- Ps. 37-39, Acts 26
July 26- Ps. 40-42, Acts 27:1-26
July 27- Ps. 43-5, Acts 27:27-44
July 28- Ps. 46-48,Acts 28
July 29- Ps. 49-50, Romans 1
July 30- Ps.51-53-Romans 2
July 31 - Ps. 54-56, Romans 3

The July meeting was such a great time! We had a small group and lots of good food and good conversation. Some of us were ahead and some behind on the reading, but all are enjoying the task to which we have committed ourselves! Whether you have kept up or not, be sure to come to the meetings - totally enriching good girlfriend time!! The next meeting in August has a date change - sorry!!! - I will try to avoid those!!! We will meet on Thurs. Aug. 7th - Please mark your calendars with the date change! Can't wait to see you there!

Remember to make this work for you - for example, I read all of Acts but I decided not to read Job. I wanted to dedicate more time to it instead of starting in the middle. I will finish strong with Job and have time to study more about it. ......If you feel like dropping out because you had a slow start, let me encourage you to start again with the middle of Psalms and the beginning of Romans (Romans starts the last 3 days of July). Those of us who have been reading (and I am one of the worst about dropping behind, then having a couple of catch up days) have found that it is truly not unmanageable - support is great! You can do this and will enjoy doing it with girlfriends!!

Oh.... and yeah!!!! We have one official comment on the blog!! Be brave- post questions, thoughts, responses! Congratulations Lynn on the purchase of your first study bible!!!

Happy Reading All!!

July is Here!

Hello All!
We are now into the third day of July!! I hope you have been better than me and have already linked onto the Gateway site and have read your daily readings......... but if you're like me, you are just looking today to see what is going on! If that's the case, am also adding the schedule into our blog so you can copy and print if you'd like. Remember, we are coming into this schedule in the middle of the year. It will recycle again beginning January 1st. John was written to the Jews to prove that Jesus' life was in concordance what the prophets had laid out. Job was written approx. 2000 years BC - some believe it was the first written book of the bible. This book gives us insight into the works of Satan and address the question Why do the righteous suffer? Acts was written about 65yrs AD and is intended to give information about the birth and growth of the Christian church. Happy reading:
July 1 - Job 20-21, Acts 10:24-48
July 2 - Job 22-24, Acts 11
July 3 - Job 25-27, Acts 12
July 4 - Job 28-29, Acts 13:1-25
July 5 - Job 30-31, Acts 13:26-52
July 6 - Job 32-33, Acts 14
July 7 - Job 34-35, Acts 15:1-21
July 8- Job 36-7, Acts 15:22-41
July 9 - Job 38-40, Acts 16:1-21
July 10 - Job 41-2, Acts 16:22-40
July 11 - Psalm 1-3, Acts 17:1-15
July 12 - Psalm 4-6, Acts 17:16-34
July 13 - Psalm 7-9, Acts 18
July 14 - Psalm 10-12, Acts 19:1-20
July 15 - Psalm 13-15, Acts 19:21-41

Apparently I'm a Dingleberry!

I thought I already posted this, so if it comes through twice - sorry! Today is Thursday and we are scheduled to read John 10, I think.... I have loved the discovery of how easily I am able to keep up (and catch up when I get behind - I know, it has happened already). Someone please explain to me the parts where Jesus says something like, "those in their graves will rise on the day when I come again." Does that mean that people remain in their graves and all ascend to Heaven at the same time when Christ returns for the second coming, or am I reading too much into that line? Also, my bible says that earlier manuscripts left John 8 out entirely- that chapter has been my favorite to read so far. I think it is so very powerful when all realize their inability to cast a stone!! I hope you are enjoying this as well!! Again, thank you to Jamie for providing this beautiful platform for us to converse! I can't wait to hear your responses!

June 8, 2009 - John

Mon

6/8=John 1, 6/15=John 7, 6/22=John 13, 6/29=John 19

Tues

6/9=John 2, 6/16=John 8, 6/23=John 14, 6/30=John 20&21

Wed

6/10=John 3 , 6/17=John 9, 6/24=John 15

Thurs

6/11=John4 , 6/18=John10, 6/25=John16

Fri

6/12=John 5 , 6/19=John 11, 6/26=John 17

Sat

6/13=John 6 , 6/20=John 12, 6/27=John 18

Sun

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