Topic:Live. Pray. Love. Bible in a Year : Psalms 123–125; 1 Corinthians 10:1–18 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 Influenced by parents who were strong believers in Jesus, track star Jesse Owens lived as a courageous man of faith. During the 1936 Olympic …
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Topic:A Reason to Sing Bible in a Year : Psalms 120–122; 1 Corinthians 9 He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:4 For a man who lives by a code, so to speak, it felt like a major failure. What’d I do? Well, I fell asleep. …
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Topic:Another Chance Bible in a Year : Psalm 119:89–176; 1 Corinthians 8 Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean! Micah 7:19 nlt At the Second Chance Bike Shop near our neighborhood, volunteers …
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Topic:Surprised by Wisdom Bible in a Year : Psalm 119:1–88; 1 Corinthians 7:20–40 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! Romans 11:33 “It seems like the older I get, the wiser you become. Sometimes when I talk to my son I even hear your …
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Topic:You Have to Relax! Bible in a Year : Psalms 116–118; 1 Corinthians 7:1–19 Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. Psalm 116:7 “You must relax,” pronounces a doctor crisply in Disney’s Rescuers Down Under, attempting to treat the injured albatross Wilbur, a …
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Topic:Servant’s Heart Bible in a Year : Psalms 113–115; 1 Corinthians 6 Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all. Mark 9:35 Cook. Event Planner. Nutritionist. Nurse. These are just some of the responsibilities regularly performed by modern moms. In 2016, research …
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Topic:Touched by Grace Bible in a Year : Psalms 105–106; 1 Corinthians 3 Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. Luke 6:27 In Leif Enger’s novel Peace Like a River, Jeremiah Land is a single father of three working as a janitor at a local school. He’s …
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Topic:Our New Home Bible in a Year : Psalms 103–104; 1 Corinthians 2 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city. Revelation 22:3 As the first immigrant to the US to pass through Ellis Island in 1892, Annie …
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Topic:Spiritually Exhausted? Bible in a Year : Psalms 100–102; 1 Corinthians 1 An angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 1 Kings 19:5 “Emotionally, we’ve sometimes worked a full day in one hour,” Zack Eswine writes in his book The Imperfect Pastor. Although he was referring specifically to …
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Topic:Lincoln’s Pockets Bible in a Year : Psalms 91–93; Romans 15:1–13 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. Romans 15:2 The night US president Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theater in 1865, his pockets contained the following: two spectacles, a lens polisher, …
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