Topic:Seen by God Bible in a Year: Leviticus 13; Matthew 26:26–50 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” Genesis 16:13 My first pair of eyeglasses opened my …
Read More »February 11, 2019 Our Daily Bread – Giving Credit
Topic:Giving Credit Bible in a Year: Leviticus 11–12; Matthew 26:1–25 Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:31 In the early 1960s, some unusual paintings featuring a person or animal with huge, sad eyes became popular. Some considered the work “kitschy”—or tacky—but others delighted in it. …
Read More »February 10, 2019 Our Daily Bread – Living with the Lights On
Topic:Living with the Lights On Bible in a Year: Leviticus 8–10; Matthew 25:31–46 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Psalm 119:9-16 A work assignment had taken my coworker and me on a 250-mile journey, and it was late when we began our trip …
Read More »February 9, 2019 Our Daily Bread – Love and Peace
Topic:Love and Peace Bible in a Year: Leviticus 4–5; Matthew 24:29–51 You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead. . . . You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence. Psalm 16:1-11 It always amazes me the …
Read More »February 8, 2019 Our Daily Bread – Love and Peace
Topic:Love and Peace Bible in a Year: Leviticus 4–5; Matthew 24:29–51 You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead. . . . You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence. Psalm 16:1-11 It always amazes me the …
Read More »February 7, 2019 Our Daily Bread – Good Works Prepared
Topic:Good Works Prepared Bible in a Year: Leviticus 1–3; Matthew 24:1–28 For we are . . . created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:6-10 When a burly stranger approached my wife and me on a street abroad, we …
Read More »February 6, 2019 Our Daily Bread – Love Changes Us
Topic:Love Changes Us Bible in a Year: Exodus 39–40; Matthew 23:23–39 At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. Acts 9:1-22 Before I met Jesus, I’d been wounded so deeply that I avoided close relationships in fear of being hurt more. My …
Read More »February 5, 2019 Our Daily Bread – Moves of the Heart
Topic:Moves of the Heart Bible in a Year: Exodus 36–38; Matthew 23:1–22 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped. Numbers 9:15-23 According to the US Census Bureau, Americans move from one address to another an average of eleven …
Read More »February 4, 2019 Our Daily Bread – All I Can See
Topic:All I Can See Bible in a Year: Exodus 34–35; Matthew 22:23–46 He must become greater; I must become less. John 3:30 Our Daily Bread Krista stood in the freezing cold on a winter day, looking at the beautiful snow-encased lighthouse along the lake. As she pulled out her phone …
Read More »February 3, 2019 Our Daily Bread – Ears Were Made for Listening
Topic:Ears Were Made for Listening Bible in a Year: Exodus 31–33; Matthew 22:1–22 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear. Jeremiah 5:21 Actress Diane Kruger was offered a role that would make her a household name. …
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