Monthly Archives: November 2018

Coming December 2 – 90 Day Challenge vi

Dear FPC family and friends and journeyers along the 90 Day Challenge road,   We continue to move forward in our study.  It is hard to believe that we find ourselves in the 6th of these challenges, while also having … Continue reading

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November 9, 2018: Day 90 – Lamentations 5

As slaves in captivity the Israelites are crying out to the Lord to be remembered.  The author laments in vs.7 that it was the fault of their ancestors and yet they are the ones paying the price.  In order to … Continue reading

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November 8, 2018: Day 89 – Lamentations 4

We find the siege of Jerusalem described, once again, in graphic terms.  You hear about the thirst of the children which was not to be assuaged, and left the children’s tongues clinging to the roof of their mouths.  We find … Continue reading

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November 7, 2018: Day 88 – Lamentations 3

You may be wondering from where the words to this hymn come.  Who would have guessed it came from Lamentations 3?  Sure enough if you look at vs.22-24 you can see the lines from the hymn right there.  I’m not … Continue reading

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November 6, 2018: Day 87- Lamentations 2

Starting at vs.19 things get pretty disturbing.  We find a full description in this chapter of the destruction which took place to Jerusalem.  The description was pretty bad up to this point, but then starting at vs.19 it just gets … Continue reading

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November 5, 2018: Day 86 – Lamentations 1

The title of this book of the Bible describes very accurately its content.  The title Lamentations comes from the Greek translation, while the Hebrew simply had the word “How” as its title.  That would have been the first word of … Continue reading

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November 4, 2018: Day 85 – Ecclesiastes 12

We find ourselves in the last chapter of Ecclesiastes so we are approaching the last days of our 90 Day Challenge.  I automatically go to vs.12b, so the second half of vs. 12 which reads: “Of making many books there … Continue reading

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November 3, 2018: Day 84 – Ecclesiastes 11

We cover a lot of ground in this chapter, yet I don’t feel like we make any progress.  The first few verses contain wisdom that farmers have known for years.  We hear that clouds contain rain, don’t let your hands … Continue reading

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November 2, 2018: Day 83 – Ecclesiastes 10

This chapter begins with something very small that can ruin a whole lot of good.  Just like it only takes on bad apple, so it only takes on dead fly to ruin perfume.  But he moves on to equate that … Continue reading

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