Welcome to Day 6 of our 1-Year Bible Reading Challenge!

Today’s readings take us through the unfolding of God’s plan in Genesis, where we witness the Tower of Babel and God’s covenant with Abram. In Matthew, Jesus continues His teachings in the Sermon on the Mount, emphasizing prayer, fasting, and trust in God’s provision. Let’s dive into these inspiring passages together.

📖 Today’s Readings:

• Genesis 11-12 – The Tower of Babel and God’s call to Abram.
• Matthew 6 – The Lord’s Prayer, fasting with humility, and seeking God’s kingdom first.
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🙏 Challenge of the Day:

• Reflect on Abram’s faith and obedience in leaving his homeland. How can you trust God’s guidance in your own life?
• Meditate on the Lord’s Prayer and consider incorporating it into your daily prayer routine.
• Share today’s readings with someone who might be encouraged by these timeless lessons.

📌 Tip: Write down one area of your life where you can seek God’s kingdom first. Commit to surrendering that area to Him in prayer this week.

🌍 Genesis 11-12: The Tower of Babel and God’s Covenant with Abram

In Genesis 11, humanity’s prideful attempt to build the Tower of Babel leads to God scattering the nations and confusing their languages. This passage reminds us of the importance of humility and relying on God’s plans, not our own.

Genesis 12 marks a turning point as God calls Abram (later Abraham) to leave his homeland with the promise of making him a great nation. Through Abram, God’s covenant unfolds, laying the foundation for His redemptive plan.

👉 Reflection: How does the story of Babel challenge you to trust God’s timing and direction? In what ways can Abram’s faith inspire you to follow God’s call, even when it requires stepping into the unknown?

Genesis 11

1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speach.
2. And it came to passe as they iourneyed from the East, that they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
3. And they sayd one to another; Goe to, let vs make bricke, and burne them thorowly. And they had bricke for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4. And they said; Goe to, let vs build vs a city and a tower, whose top may reach vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest we be scattered abroad vpon the face of the whole earth.
5. And the LORD came downe to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6. And the LORD said; Behold, the people is one, and they haue all one language: and this they begin to doe: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they haue imagined to doe.
7. Goe to, let vs go downe, and there cōfound their language, that they may not vnderstand one anothers speech.
8. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence, vpon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the Citie.
9. Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad vpon the face of all the earth.
10. These are the generations of Shem. Shem was an hundred yeres old, and begate Arphaxad two yeeres after the Flood.
11. And Shem liued, after he begate Arphaxad, fiue hundred yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
12. And Arphaxad liued fiue and thirtie yeeres, and begate Salah.
13. And Arphaxad liued, after he begate Salah, foure hundred and three yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
14. And Salah liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Eber.
15. And Salah liued, after hee begate Eber, foure hundred and three yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
16. And Eber liued foure and thirty yeeres, and begate Peleg.
17. And Eber liued, after hee begate Peleg, foure hundred and thirtie yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
18. And Peleg liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Reu.
19. And Peleg liued, after hee begate Reu, two hundred and nine yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
20. And Reu liued two and thirtie yeeres, and begate Serug.
21. And Reu liued, after hee begate Serug, two hundreth and seuen yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
22. And Serug liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Nahor.
23. And Serug liued, after he begate Nahor, two hundred yeeres, and begat sonnes and daughters.
24. And Nahor liued nine and twentie yeeres, and begate Terah.
25. And Nahor liued, after he begate Terah, an hundred & nineteene yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
26. And Terah liued seuenty yeeres, and begate Abram, Nahor, & Haran.
27. Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran: And Haran begate Lot.
28. And Haran died, before his father Terah in the land of his natiuity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29. And Abram and Nahor tooke them wiues: the name of Abrams wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahors wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30. But Sarai was barren; she had no childe.
31. And Terah tooke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife, and they went foorth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to goe into the land of Canaan: and they came vnto Haran, and dwelt there.
32. And the dayes of Terah, were two hundred and fiue yeres: and Terah died in Haran.

Genesis 12

1. Now the LORD had said vnto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kinred, and from thy fathers house, vnto a land that I will shew thee.
2. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I wil blesse thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt bee a blessing.
3. And I will blesse them that blesse thee, and curse him, that curseth thee: and in thee shal all families of the earth be blessed.
4. So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken vnto him, and Lot went with him: And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeeres old when he departed out of Haran.
5. And Abram tooke Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, and they went foorth to goe into the land of Canaan: and into the land of Canaan they came.
6. And Abram passed through the land, vnto the place of Sichem, vnto the plaine of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
7. And the LORD appeared vnto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed wil I giue this land: and there builded hee an altar vnto the LORD, who appeared vnto him.
8. And he remoued from thence vnto a mountaine, on the East of Beth-el, and pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on the West, and Hai on the East: and there hee builded an altar vnto the LORD, and called vpon the Name of the LORD.
9. And Abram iourneyed, going on still toward the South.
10. And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went downe into Egypt, to soiourne there: for the famine was grieuous in the land.
11. And it came to passe when he was come neere to enter into Egypt, that he said vnto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a faire woman to looke vpon.
12. Therefore it shall come to passe, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will saue thee aliue.
13. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be wel with me, for thy sake; and my soule shall liue, because of thee.
14. And it came to passe, that when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that shee was very faire.
15. The Princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaohs house.
16. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheepe, and oxen, and hee asses, and men seruants, and maid seruants, and shee asses, and camels.
17. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh & his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wife.
18. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done vnto me? Why diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?
19. Why saidest thou, Shee is my sister? so I might haue taken her to mee to wife: now therfore behold, thy wife, take her and goe thy way.
20. And Pharaoh cōmanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

✝️ Matthew 6: The Lord’s Prayer and Trusting God’s Kingdom

In Matthew 6, Jesus teaches us the essence of true worship and devotion. He emphasizes prayer from the heart, fasting without seeking attention, and trusting God rather than worrying about material needs.

👉 Reflection: Which part of the Lord’s Prayer speaks most deeply to you? How can you apply Jesus’ teaching about seeking God’s kingdom first in your daily life?

Matthew 6

1. Take heed that yee doe not your almes before men, to bee seene of them: otherwise yee haue no reward of your father which is in heauen.
2. Therefore, when thou doest thine almes, doe not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites doe, in the Synagogues, and in the streetes, that they may haue glory of men. Uerily, I say vnto you, they haue their reward.
3. But when thou doest almes, let not thy left hand know, what thy right doeth:
4. That thine almes may be in secret: And thy father which seeth in secret, himselfe shall reward thee openly.
5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they loue to pray standing in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seene of men. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.
6. But thou when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray to thy father which is in secret, and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
7. But when yee pray, vse not vaine repetitions, as the heathen doe. For they thinke that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8. Be not yee therefore like vnto them: For your father knoweth what things yee haue neede of, before yee aske him.
9. After this maner therefore pray yee: Our father which art in heauen, hallowed be thy name.
10. Thy kingdome come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heauen.
11. Giue vs this day our daily bread.
12. And forgiue vs our debts, as we forgiue our debters.
13. And lead vs not into temptation, but deliuer vs from euill: For thine is the kingdome, and the power, and the glory, for euer, Amen.
14. For, if yee forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly father will also forgiue you.
15. But, if yee forgiue not men their trespasses, neither will your father forgiue your trespasses.
16. Moreouer, when yee fast, be not as the Hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appeare vnto men to fast: Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.
17. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face:
18. That thou appeare not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy father which is in secret: and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19. Lay not vp for your selues treasures vpon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake thorow, and steale.
20. But lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, & where theeues doe not breake thorow, nor steale.
21. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22. The light of the body is the eye: If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shalbe full of light.
23. But if thine eye be euill, thy whole body shall be full of darknesse. If therfore the light that is in thee be darkenesse, how great is that darkenesse?
24. No man can serue two masters: for either he will hate the one and loue the other, or else hee will holde to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and Mammon.
25. Therfore I say vnto you, Take no thought for your life, what yee shall eate, or what ye shall drinke, nor yet for your body, what yee shall put on: Is not the life more then meate? and the body then raiment?
26. Behold the foules of the aire: for they sow not, neither do they reape, nor gather into barnes, yet your heauenly father feedeth them. Are yee not much better then they?
27. Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature?
28. And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lillies of the field, how they grow: they toile not, neither doe they spinne.
29. And yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his glory, was not arayed like one of these.
30. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grasse of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the ouen: shall he not much more clothe you, O yee of little faith?
31. Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or, what shall we drinke? or wherewithall shall wee be clothed?
32. (For after all these things doe the Gentiles seeke:) for your heauenly father knoweth that ye haue neede of all these things.
33. But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shalbe added vnto you.
34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of it selfe: sufficient vnto the day is the euill thereof.

🌟 Final Thought

Today’s readings remind us of God’s unwavering faithfulness and His call to live a life that reflects His character. The story of Abram teaches us the blessings of obedience and trust in God’s promises, while Jesus’ teachings in Matthew 6 challenge us to seek His kingdom first and rely on Him for our daily needs. As we reflect on these passages, let’s commit to aligning our lives with His Word and being vessels of His love and truth in the world.

👉 Are you ready to live out these teachings? Share your reflections in the comments, encourage others to join the challenge, and let’s grow together in faith and action.

See you tomorrow for another day of reading! May God bless and guide your journey. 🙌✨