Thank you for joining me as we learn about the connection between  Passover, First Fruits, Shavuot (pronounced shav-oo-oat) and Pentecost.  As part of understanding and observing the festivals that God has  appointed for us to observe, we count the Omer (pronounced oh-mare)  today and then have our daily Bible reading session!

Here is the link for a downloadable devotional if you would like to  count the Omer for yourself. It has been put out by the Messianic  Congregation Shoresh David in Florida:   https://www.shoreshdavid.org/download/counting-the-omer-booklet/

Today we will be starting the section of the Day By Day Kid's Bible entitled Bad Kings. We will be reading about Solomon's son Rehoboam becoming king and refusing to be kind to Jeroboam or the  other leaders, which resulted in the splitting of the kingdom into two nations- Israel and Judah. We will see Jeroboam dishonoring and disobeying God by setting up false gods because his kingdom does not contain the temple and he is afraid that the people in his kingdom will turn against him. We will read about him setting up people to be priests, rather than obeying God and only allowing Levites to be priests, and so the Levites will move to the kingdom of Judah. We will also read that all of the people who loved God with their whole hearts will move out of Rehoboam's Israel to live in Judah, where they can love and worship God properly. In our discussion for daily application today we will talk about the importance of trusting God and following Him and his rules rather than man made rules that disobey and dishonor God. We will talk about the importance of making God the most important one in our lives because Jesus is THE Way, THE Truth, and THE Life. As followers of God we need to love Him with our whole hearts and seek His kingdom first. God WILL take care of us!  

If you would like to join me LIVE for the daily reading you can register  to attend on my site, here:   https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/schedule

Registration for the live event is a tiered pricing event, so you are  not required to pay to attend, only if you feel led. If you feel led to  support this event with either a paid live registration or a monthly membership then I will give back to YOU by sending you a printed copy of the monthly calendar on sugar cane paper along with a set of stickers  for the month to keep track of your daily commitment to read the Bible with me every day.

Monthly memberships to support this event can be purchased on my site,  here: https://www.inthefamilywaycoaching.com/offering_packages

Please note, while this FREE online event is a family friendly event and  the Bible we are using is suitable for ages 7 and up, you must be 18 or older to support this event by purchasing any monthly membership or by registering for the live event, whether registration for the live event  is done with or without supporting the event with a paid registration.

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