January
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One Year Bible: January 13
To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Genesis 28:1-29:35 Matthew 9:18-38 Psalm 11:1-7 Proverbs 3:11-12 “Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it” (Genesis 28:16). A few nights ago, Gage and I spent the evening together playing at the kitchen table. Grandpa was at a meeting at church, so we busied ourselves with Play-Do and waited for him to come home and gasp at our creations. At three, Gage is right at that age when things begin to be scary. I don’t know…
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One Year Bible: January 12
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One Year Bible: January 11
And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” Genesis 24:15 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Genesis 24:52-26:16…
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One Year Bible: January 10
And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah … came out with her pitcher on her shoulder Genesis 24:15 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Genesis 23:1-24:51 Matthew 8:1-17 Psalm 9:13-20 Proverbs 3:1-6 Eliezer has been sent by Abraham to find a wife for Isaac among his relatives in the city of Nahor, in Mesopotamia. Can you imagine the pressure on Eliezer? I’ve been a matchmaker a few times, but never to a couple who would figure prominently in the lineage of the Savior. That takes matchmaking to a completely different level.…
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One Year Bible: January 9
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, scoffing. Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son …” Genesis 21:9, 10 We’re into our second week of the One Year Bible. Have you been following along? If not, and you still want to jump in, you can either have a marathon reading session today, or just start where we are. There are no rules. 🙂 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible:…
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One Year Bible: January 8
Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Matthew 6:26 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Genesis 18:16-19:38 Matthew 6:25-7:14 Psalm 8:1-9 Proverbs 2:6-15 Most everyone who knows me personally knows how much birds fascinate me. Some, like my friend … oh, let’s call her Samantha, because that’s her name … shake their head at my bird-love. Samantha has this very teeny, tiny, crippling bird phobia, but I’m working on her. Others,…
