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 socks in the history of feet.” Then, extending its claim …
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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 in, and for fourteen years Babette works as their housekeeper. …
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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 of the most powerful leaders on earth. But few knew …
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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 a man arrive on earth who is both steel and …
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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 biopsy results came back days later with words I didn’t …
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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 born in curiosity, and the answer is often heard as …
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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 returning from their prayer meeting, they got caught in a …
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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 songs in the dense forest surrounding their town—letting the refugees …
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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 the station daily. The dog accompanied him on his walk …
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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 a deeply personal way. These children’s books include a note …
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