Topic:The Safest Place Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 27–29 Titus 3 God is our refuge and strength. Psalm 46:1 As Hurricane Florence was bearing down on Wilmington, North Carolina, with devastating force, my daughter prepared to leave her home. She’d waited until the last moment, hoping the storm would veer away. But now she was hurriedly sorting through important papers, …
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Topic:The Door of Reconciliation Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 24–26 Titus 2 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18 Inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, there’s a door that tells a five-century-old tale. In 1492 two families, the Butlers and the FitzGeralds, began fighting …
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Topic:Scar Stories Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 22–23 Titus 1 See my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe. John 20:27 The butterfly flitted in and out of my mother’s panda-faced pansies. As a child, I longed to catch it. I raced from our backyard into our kitchen and grabbed a glass …
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Topic:A Light in the Darkness Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 20–21 2 Timothy 4 In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 In These Are the Generations, Mr. Bae describes God’s faithfulness and the power of the gospel to penetrate the darkness. His grandfather, parents, and his own family were all …
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Topic:A Road Not Traveled Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 18–19 2 Timothy 3 I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them. Isaiah 42:16 People ask me if I have a five-year plan. How can I plan five years “down the road” on a road I’ve never traveled? I think back …
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Topic:Walk Like a Warrior Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 15–17 2 Timothy 2 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” Judges 6:12 Eighteen-year-old Emma faithfully talks about Jesus on social media, even though bullies have criticized her joy and enthusiastic love for Christ. Some have attacked her with remarks …
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Topic:Join the Street Team Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 12–14 2 Timothy 1 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. Mark 2:17 City health workers in San Francisco are taking medical care to the streets to supply the homeless who are suffering from opioid addiction with medicine to treat their addiction. The program began in response to …
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Topic:Braided Together Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 6–8 1 Timothy 5 A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12 A friend gave me a houseplant she’d owned for more than forty years. The plant was equal to my height, and it produced large leaves from three separate spindly trunks. Over time, the weight of the leaves had …
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Topic:Just a Touch Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 3–5 1 Timothy 4 Then he placed his right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.” Revelation 1:17 It was just a touch, but it made all the difference to Colin. As his small team was preparing to do charitable work in a …
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Topic:This Is Me Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 1–2 1 Timothy 3 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. James 3:10 The powerful song “This Is Me” is an unforgettable show tune featured in The Greatest Showman, the smash movie musical loosely based on the life of P. T. Barnum …
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