Coffee With The Lord

10/2/2024 – Necessary Food Bible Reading Plan

· 2 Kings 1:1-18

· Proverbs 16:26-33

· Joel 2:28-32

· John 13:31-38

· Hebrews 5:1-10

Jesus was preparing His disciples for His death, burial and resurrection… and ultimately His ascension back to heaven and the Father’s right hand. He spoke to them of His departure and prioritized what He wanted them to do… How He wanted them to live! This morning I read what He told them…

“Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me… where I am going you cannot come. A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER: JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, YOU ALSO ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. BY THIS ALL PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YOU HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER!’” (From John 14:33-35 ESV)

Selfless love, sacrificial love – the kind of love He demonstrated by being willing to die for us on the cross. Love for “one another” even at personal self-sacrifice! Love within the fellowship of His followers that becomes a profound and powerful testimony to the world!

Tragically that is often NOT what the world sees displayed and expressed among those who claim to be His followers!

Consequently, I wrote this in the margin of my Bible this morning… “We’ve just GOT TO GET THIS RIGHT – we’ve got to OBEYwhat Jesus told us and DEMONSTRATE IT to others!”

Are you willing, along with me, to commit yourself to obey this priority command?

“Necessary Food” Bible readings for today: 1 Kings 22:41-53; Proverbs 16:17-25; Joel 2:12-27; John 13:21-30; Hebrews 4:14-16

“A GREAT HIGH PRIEST!” … Just the kind of “top tier” person you need helping you on your Spiritual journey as a follower of Christ! He can help you in any temptation… He’s gone through all kinds of “gut-wrenching” trials… He’s handled the betrayal of friends… He’s navigated the “day-to-day” issues of life… He’s your personal prayer “intercessor” … He even gave up His life on the cross as the perfect sacrifice for your sin! Oh what a Savior! A GREAT HIGH PRIEST! You need no other!! I read about it this morning in the Bible: Hebrews 4:14-16…

“SINCE WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need!”

Looking for an interesting, uplifting, and NEW Bible reading plan? The “NECESSARY FOOD” BIBLE READING PLAN is for you!

Perhaps in previous years you’ve gotten bogged down in the “genealogies” of the Bible and given up reading the Bible through. With “NECESSARY FOOD” you have a “balanced Spiritual diet” – you read a passage from each of the following parts of the Bible daily…

· The Old Testament historical books

· Bible Poetry (Psalms, Proverbs, etc.)

· The prophetic books (in the Old Testament and Revelation)

· The New Testament historical books (the gospels and Acts)

· And the epistles

Not only that, the reading plan is “passage driven” – focusing on the natural divisions of Scripture – NOT just a pre-determined number of chapters or verses.

The plan’s name is based upon Job 23:12 in the Bible: Job said, “I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my NECESSARY FOOD!” And the “good news” is… following the “NECESSARY FOOD” Bible reading plan you complete the entire Bible in a year!

Here’s the deal… I’ve had a number of people indicate they’d like the daily readings from “NECESSARY FOOD” posted daily here on “Coffee with the Lord” … after all my daily devotional reflections come from my daily Bible readings. So I’m going to do that… and my devotional reflections (either the longer ones, or the shorter ones – “Just a Sip“) will come from the Bible readings for the day.

Hope that will be a blessing to you! Watch for it! Oh, and if you’d like free pdf copy of the complete Bible reading plan, simply e-mail your request at leroybartel@gmail.com