July 19 – 25

MONDAY

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It is finally time for the Jewish exiles to come home to Jerusalem. It’s fascinating to see how God uses a foreign power, Persia, to accomplish this.

Ezra 1-2 – Listen as you read in your Bible, underlining or highlighting sections that especially speak to you. Then use those sections to journal your thoughts to God.


TUESDAY

Ezra 3-4 – Listen/read and journal.


WEDNESDAY

Ezra 4:6 (yesterday’s text) mentions the Persian ruler Xerxes, the ruler in the book of Esther. So we’ll take a short break from rebuilding Jerusalem, head to Persia, and read about Esther.

Esther 1-2 – Listen/read and journal.


THURSDAY

Song: For Such a Time as This – sung by a father and daughter (For lyrics, click closed captions/subtitles.)

Esther 3-6 – Listen/read and journal.


FRIDAY

Esther 7-10 – Listen/read and journal.


SATURDAY

Use this video to pray for India.

Proverbs 29 – Listen/read and journal.


SUNDAY

Psalms 128-129 – Listen/read and journal.

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