So Close

It is hard to believe that I am just days away from completely reading through the Bible and praying for the whole world.  So cool!  God has been so faithful to allow me to be dedicated to this process and keep me going for an entire year.  I'm really excited!

Singapore
This is a small island that has a 100% urbanite population.  Singapore is Asia's cleanest and greenest city.  There are many different people groups in the country due to immigration.  There is freedom of religion.  Society faces many problems, including high divorce rates and low birthrates, elderly poor, depression, drug abuse, ineffective Bible training for leaders, and great need for ministry to young people.  The internet is a very valuable tool in witnessing.

Zechariah 1
God tells Zechariah to pass a message along to the people:  "Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you..."  God tells them not to follow in the footsteps of their fathers, who heard the prophets but did not listen.  Instead, He urges them to come back to Him.  When they do choose the Lord, He says that He has returned to Jerusalem and will build His house there.  He also says that those who have scattered His people will be cast down.

Revelation 12
Oh man.  This stuff is pretty crazy.  Today there were two signs.  The first sign was a pregnant woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet.  She was having birth pains.  Then, there was a dragon with seven heads who was waiting for the woman to deliver her son so he could devour it.  But the child was taken up to God and the woman fled to the wilderness.  The dragon and his angels fought against Michael and his angels.  The dragon lost and was cast down to the earth.  He tried to pursue the woman, but she was protected everywhere she went.  The dragon is Satan, and he is making war on all those who believe in Jesus.

Psalm 140
First off, I think the Lord put Psalm 139 in the Bible as a love letter just for me.  You should read it!
Today's verses are especially meaningful after reading about a pursuing dragon.  The writer is asking for deliverance from evil and those who are after him.  He says that he knows the Lord will be just.

Proverbs 30:17
"The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the raven of the valley and eaten by the vultures."  Well, if that's not clear enough for you...