Topic:Swept Away Bible in a Year: Deuteronomy 14–16; Mark 12:28–44 I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Isaiah 44:22 When he invented the pencil eraser, British engineer Edward Nairne was reaching instead for a piece of bread. Crusts of bread were used …
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Topic:The Greatest Rescue Mission Bible in a Year: Deuteronomy 11–13; Mark 12:1–27 The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10 On February 18, 1952, a massive storm split the SS Pendleton, a tanker ship, into two pieces about ten miles off the Massachusetts coast. …
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Topic:Welcoming Strangers Bible in a Year: Deuteronomy 8–10; Mark 11:19–33 You are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. Deuteronomy 10:19 When my friends lived in Moldova, one of the poorest countries in Europe, they were overwhelmed by the warm welcome they received there, …
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Topic:A Purpose in Pain? Bible in a Year: Numbers 28–30; Mark 8:22–38 [God] comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:4 When Siu Fen discovered she had kidney failure and would need …
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Topic: Focusing on Jesus II (Open Heaven 2 March 2019) Memorise: “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:”- Philippians 2:5 Read: Hebrews 2:9-3:1 (KJV) Hebrews 2:9-18: 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, …
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Topic:Searching for Treasure Bible in a Year: Numbers 26–27; Mark 8:1–21 [Wisdom] is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. Proverbs 3:14 Buried treasure. It sounds like something out of a children’s storybook. But eccentric millionaire Forrest Fenn claims to have left a box of jewels and …
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Topic:Out of the Mouths of Babes Bible in a Year: Numbers 17–19; Mark 6:30–56 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes. Psalm 8:2 esv After watching ten-year-old Viola using a tree branch as a microphone to mimic a preacher, Michele decided …
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Topic:Working off Bad Information Bible in a Year: Numbers 15–16; Mark 6:1–29 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:12 On a recent trip to New York City, my wife and I wanted to brave a snowy evening and hire a taxi for a …
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Topic:The Spirit of Fika Bible in a Year: Numbers 12–14; Mark 5:21–43 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Luke 24:30 The coffeehouse in the town near my house is named Fika. It’s a Swedish …
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Topic:Quiet Awe Bible in a Year: Numbers 9–11; Mark 5:1–20 How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Psalm 104:24 My life often feels frenzied and hectic. I hurry from one appointment to the next, returning phone calls and …
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