The Humbly Submitted Ministries Radio Ministry for the month of November 2009 studied inductively 1 Chronicles 16:7-36, David's Psalm, of Thanksgiving. The two books of Chronicles are originally one book in the Jewish canon. Together they cover the most important affairs in the lives of Israel from the beginning of the human race until the fall of Jerusalem and the return of the Jews. Although the author of the book of Chronicles is uncertain, the Jewish tradition assigns the authorship to Ezra.

Under observation, we observed the context of the Psalm of Thanksgiving (1 Chronicles 16:7-36) as follows: The Ark of the Covenant had been placed in the tabernacle and it is time to give praises to God. David, as a musician, encouraged his colleagues, Asaph and his brethren to thank the Lord. This psalm of thanksgiving consists of three different parts, with each portion correlating with another psalm of David: Verses 8-22 of 1 Chronicles 16th chapter correlate with Psalm 105:1-15; verses 23-33 correlate with Psalm 96; and verses 34-36 correlate with Psalm 106:1, 47-48. The aforementioned gives the summarized Observation and Correlation of the passage of study and Interpretation, the basic key statement was "Give glory to God for all He has done." The pivotal Application was the exhortation to give glory to the Lord for all He has done for us not only during Thanksgiving, but to stay in the stance of thanksgiving. Even in the midst of the numerous challenges that we are facing, we are yet encouraged to give thanks to the Lord and to praise Him. As we do this, we are also witnessing to the nonbelievers the benefits of being a disciple of Jesus Christ. This attitude of gratitude diminishes complaining.

The Humbly Submitted Ministries Radio Ministry for the month of January 2010 studied inductively 1 John 5th chapter. (The December radio ministry was a previously taped broadcast due to inclement weather).

The First Epistle of John, and Epistles II and III of John, were written by the apostle John. First John is considered intimate and most inspiring throughout the book with John's references to his "little children" who are in the world. In this 5th chapter, verses 1-12 we observe Christ's centrality in the knowledge of God's love. Because of God's love, and as we mirror God's love, we are also able to love Jesus who is begotten of God. We also recognized the dual interpretation of this 1st verse in continuity with the last verse of chapter 4, that we are also able to love one another, which is an ongoing exhortation of John. We observe the Trinitarian concept in verse 7, and we encouraged in depth study of verses 8-10, to get the intent of the writer.

In the remainder of chapter 5, we observe the author's syntax as he gives the advantages of faith and knowledge of our eternal life; the assurances of answered prayers, knowing that if we pray in the will of the Lord, He hears our prayers; our security against the enemy; and our knowledge again that we are connected to the true God and hence we have eternal life.

Then John closes with an intimate admonition to us as "little children" to keep ourselves from idols. Our God is a jealous God and He must be the main recipient of our love and obedience.

As believers in Jesus Christ, we are overcomers in this world, and those listeners who have not yet accepted Jesus Christ as Lord, were encouraged to do so to receive the benefit of eternal life and life more abundantly here on earth.

Each month you had an opportunity to participate in the Bible Trivia, that was shared on the radio.