Topic:New Year, New Priorities January 1, 2019 New Year, New Priorities Read: Ecclesiastes 9:4–12 Bible in a Year: Genesis 1–3; Matthew 1 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. Ecclesiastes 9:10 I’ve always wanted to learn how to play the cello. But I’ve never found the time to enroll in a class. Or, perhaps more …
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Topic:The Messenger December 31, 2018 The Messenger Read: Malachi 3:1–5 Bible in a Year: Malachi 1–4; Revelation 22 I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Malachi 3:1 “I have a message for you!” A woman working at the conference I was attending handed me a piece of paper, and I wondered if I should be …
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Topic:All Things New December 30, 2018 All Things New Read: Revelation 21:1–7 Bible in a Year: Zechariah 13–14; Revelation 21 If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Junkyards intrigue me. I enjoy working on cars, so I frequently make trips to the one near our home. …
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Topic:When God Says No December 29, 2018 When God Says No Read: Isaiah 25:1–5 Bible in a Year: Zechariah 9–12; Revelation 20 In perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. Isaiah 25:1 When I was conscripted into the military at age eighteen, as all young Singaporean men are, I prayed desperately for an easy posting. A …
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Topic:Good Riddance Day December 28, 2018 Good Riddance Day Read: Psalm 103:1–12 Bible in a Year: Zechariah 5–8; Revelation 19 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12 Since 2006 a group of people have celebrated an unusual event around the New Year. It’s called Good Riddance Day. …
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Topic:The Highest Place December 27, 2018 The Highest Place Read: Colossians 1:15–23 Bible in a Year: Zechariah 1–4; Revelation 18 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17 My husband invited a friend to church. After the service his friend said, “I liked the songs and the atmosphere, but I don’t get it. Why …
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Topic:Just Another Day? December 26, 2018 Just Another Day? Read: Acts 3:17–26 Bible in a Year: Haggai 1–2; Revelation 17 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Acts 3:13 In Christmas Every Day, William Dean Howells tells of a little girl who gets her wish. For one long, horrible year …
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Topic:Winter Snow December 25, 2018 Winter Snow Read: Isaiah 42:1–4 Bible in a Year: Zephaniah 1–3; Revelation 16 He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break. Isaiah 42:2–3 In winter, I often wake to the beautiful surprise of a world blanketed in the peace and quiet of …
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Topic:Ponder It December 24, 2018 Ponder It Read: Luke 2:8–20 Bible in a Year: Habakkuk 1–3; Revelation 15 Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:19 During Oswald Chambers’ years at the Bible Training College in London (1911–15), he often startled the students with things he said during his lectures. One young woman explained …
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Topic:In Abundance or Affliction December 23, 2018 In Abundance or Affliction Read: Job 1:13–22 Bible in a Year: Nahum 1–3; Revelation 14 The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised. Job 1:21 Ann Voskamp’s book One Thousand Gifts encourages readers to search their lives each day for what the Lord has …
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