Hello, all our participants!  We're ready to begin. 

Reading Assignment:  The first three chapters of Genesis.  If possible, read a chapter a day and then re-read them in their entirety.  There is so much information in these chapters, our goal is not to skim over important points.  Feel free to read these chapters from various versions; King James, New International, The Message, the Contemporary English, etc....insights can be gained from different styles of writing.

Note:  If you are using the NCV, please take time to read the General Introduction, The General Editor's Acknowledgements (written by Max Lucado), How to Study the Bible and the Preface.  This will enable you to have a much better understanding of the additional insights provided for you by the publishers.

What to look for in the reading:  Grab your notebooks!
Chapter 1:  List the order of creation and any significant facts the Holy Spirit lays on your heart.  Note that in this chapter, verse 27, human beings are created.  Then in the following chapter more specifics are given about the creation of humans.  Breathe it all in, friends!

Chapter 2:  Reflect on your list dealing with the order of creation.  Are there additional facts you should add to your original list?  When and to whom did God first give instructions concerning the forbidden tree?  Describe in your own words the Garden of Eden.  Why take a rib from Adam to create Eve...what do you believe is the significance?

Chapter 3:  Take some time to explore Eve's encounter with the snake.  Do you believe you would have acted with more wisdom?  Why?  How do we spot temptation before it gets a foothold?  What was the one sentence that Eve couldn't refuse?  Can you understand her yielding to the persuasion of the snake?  What action was taken by God once the freedom to choose was submitted to evil and disobedience (read carefully verses 14-19 in this chapter). Who inevitably was affected?

Feel free to write or ask questions throughout the coming week using the "comment" at the top right of this blog.  I will be returning by next Monday, February 8th, addressing the questions presented in this posting and various details God lays on my heart.  God bless, my friends.  Let's remember to pray for one another and for the anointing power of the Holy Spirit to enlighten our minds to understand His Word.

Father, thank you so much for the opportunity to study your word through the waves of technology.  We know, Lord, you have promised to multiply your word whenever two or more are gathered in your name.  May this gathering of participants, for the purpose of learning more about you, be to your honor and glory and may we be given a touch of knowledge and wisdom from above.  In Jesus' precious name, I pray...Amen!
 
 
Hi, my friends.  I have posted additional information regarding the intent of this study on my "Home" page of the website.  Just go to the toolbar listed at the top of this page and click on the word "Home."  Hopefully this will answer questions you might have surrounding the onset of the study.  I will be posting the first assignment on the 1st of February.  Please let me know if you have questions.  Remember you can click on the "comment" at the top right corner of this blog, enter your question/comment and send it to me.  If you prefer to send a comment to me that only I can read, you will need to use the website address listed in the contact information.  That site is tsbtm@comcast.net  Looking forward to hearing from you, but most of all I'm anxious to begin delving into the pages of God's Word and discovering lots and lots of nuggets!
 
 

Hi, my friends.  This is to introduce a new Bible Study that will begin in February called the Bucket List Bible Study.  All the details are going to be written on the "Home" page for this website very soon.  I wanted to get this part up and running and to let interested persons know that the study will be starting within the month.

The study is the brain child of my good friend, Jan Mackowiak.  Jan approached me and asked if I would help her dive into the pages of God's Word from Genesis to Revelation and aid her in understanding the "nuggets" of knowledge found within its pages.  Of course, I can't pass up an honor of that magnitude!

God has lead Jan to a devotional Bible called the NCV version, or the New Century Version Bible and that will be the Bible I will be mainly referring to along with several other Bibles that I have gathered over the years and enjoy referencing.

So, come along on this journey with Jan and me.  As we begin in February I will begin posting the reading of the week and then make various comments about what we have discovered within the readings.  The comment at the top right of each blog is an opportunity for you to make comments that all of the participants can read and reply, if desired.

I probably will not be writing on this particular blog until closer to the time of our "launch"....but feel free to comment to me on this blog; or you can email me using the website info or my personal email.  I am also found on Facebook.  There are a multitude of ways to find and contact me.  I look forward to the journey with whomever God brings alongside .  As I told Jan earlier...we'll start in Genesis and maybe when we're about 75 we'll finish with Revelation.  We have no time frame or time schedule...we're studying God's Word at God's pace.  God bless, my friends!