Topic:Good News for Feet Bible in a Year: Isaiah 65–66 1 Timothy 2 For you, Lord, have delivered me from death . . . that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 116:8–9 The ad brought a smile to my face: “The most comfortable …
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Topic:A Feast of Love Bible in a Year: Isaiah 62–64 1 Timothy 1 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. John 6:51 In the Danish film Babette’s Feast, a French refugee appears in a coastal village. Two elderly sisters, leaders of the community’s religious life, take her …
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Topic:Not Second Rate Bible in a Year: Isaiah 59–61 2 Thessalonians 3 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles. Romans 16:7 After the conclusion of the First World War, US President Woodrow Wilson was recognized as one …
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Topic:Steel and Velvet Bible in a Year: Isaiah 56–58 2 Thessalonians 2 Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her. John 8:7 Poet Carl Sandburg wrote of former US president Abraham Lincoln, “Not often in the story of mankind does …
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Topic:Truth: Bitter or Sweet? Bible in a Year: Isaiah 50–52 1 Thessalonians 5 So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. Ezekiel 3:3 I’d had the spot on my nose for the better part of a year when I went to the doctor. The …
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Topic:Finding a Quiet Life Bible in a Year: Isaiah 47–49 1 Thessalonians 4 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life. 1 Thessalonians 4:11 “What do you want to be when you grow up?” We all heard that question as children and sometimes even as adults. The question is …
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Topic:Haystack Prayers Bible in a Year: Isaiah 45–46 1 Thessalonians 3 You help us by your prayers. 2 Corinthians 1:11 Samuel Mills and four of his friends often gathered together to pray for God to send more people to share the good news of Jesus. One day in 1806, after …
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Topic:Strengthened in Song Bible in a Year: Isaiah 43–44 1 Thessalonians 2 I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress. Psalm 59:16 When French villagers helped Jewish refugees hide from the Nazis during World War II, some sang …
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Topic:Worth the Wait Bible in a Year: Isaiah 41–42 1 Thessalonians 1 We eagerly await a Savior. Philippians 3:20 Outside the Shibuya train station in Tokyo is a statue commemorating an Akita dog named Hachiko. Hachiko is remembered for unusual faithfulness to his owner, a university professor who commuted from …
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Topic:Fill in Your Name Bible in a Year: Isaiah 39–40 Colossians 4 . . . He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Isaiah 40:26 In Love Letters from God, Glenys Nellist invites children to interact with the Lord in …
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