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Titus 2 Outline 1-2 | Older men 3-5 | Older women → younger women 6-8 | Young men 9-10 | Bondslaves → masters 11-14 | All believers to live “sensibly, righteously, and godly” … “zealous for good deeds” 15 | Titus instructed to teach these things Reflections This theme of one generation teaching the next is a common theme throughout God’s Word.  It is ...

Jeremiah 19 Outline 1-9 | God tells Jeremiah the message of calamity to convey using the potter’s jar 10-13 | Breaking the jar 14-15 | Jeremiah’s declaration in the temple court Reflections Jeremiah is told by God to continue the use of the potter illustration to convey the message of destruction.  In the last chapter, the potter was working with clay ...

Ecclesiastes 12 Outline 1-8 | Remember your Creator before it is too late 9-10 | Summary of the Preacher’s life pursuits 11-12 | Books are good but they can be wearisome 13-14 | “fear God and keep His commandments”; God will judge every act, good or evil Reflections This is a summary passage the Preacher offers at the end of his own ...

Psalm 85 Outline 1-3 | Rejoicing over the return to the land 4-7 | A prayer for God to display His lovingkindness to His people 8-13 | Anticipation of God’s favorable reply Reflections God still does this today. Lord God, we pray for Your lovingkindness to be shown to Your people and that You would hear our prayers.  May Your will be done ...

2 Samuel 5 Outline 1-5 | David made king of all Israel: 7½ years over Judah, 33 years over all Israel 6-10 | David makes Jerusalem the new capital 11-12 | Hiram, king of Tyre, provides workers and material for David’s building projects 13-16 | David takes more wives and concubines and his family increases 17-21 | Philistines come out to ...

Exodus 35 Outline 1 | Moses Explains the Laws 2-3 | Sabbath 4-9 | Collection from those willing to build the tabernacle 10-19 | A call for the skilled workers to come to build the tabernacle and all its furniture and clothing for the priests 20-29 | A freewill offering of “all the men and women whose heart was moved” 30-35 | ...

John 17 Outline 1-5 | Jesus prays for His return to the Father 6-12 | Jesus prays for His disciples 13-19 | Jesus prays for the disciple’s protection 20-21 | Jesus prays for future disciples 22-24 | Jesus prays for the disciple’s unity 25-26 | Jesus prays for the world to know the Father Reflections This is one of those great chapters that Christians ...

Titus 1 Outline 1-3 | Paul’s Salutation 4 | Greetings to Titus 5-9 | Paul’s instructions to Titus: finish the work and appoint qualified elders 10-16 | Urge all men to be “sound in the faith” Reflections Paul is writing to give instructions to Titus just as he did to Timothy.  He refers to Titus as his child/son in the faith just as ...

Jeremiah 18 Outline 1-4 | Jeremiah is told to use the image of the potter to deliver a message 5-12 | God is the Potter and He is forming calamity against His people because they refuse to turn from their evil ways, from following their own plans 13-17 | God’s message concerning Israel 18 | A plot to slander Jeremiah 19-23 ...

Ecclesiastes 11 Outline 1-5 | Diversification in investing; procrastination 6 | The rewards of effort can come at any time 7-8 | Don’t fear the light 9-10 | Learn while you are young to live to honor God and you will enjoy your life more Reflections This chapter can really be divided into two parts.  Verses 1-6 focus on the physical realities ...