Yet He has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; He provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy. Acts 14:17 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible or the following in your Bible: 2 Kings 3:1-4:17 Acts 14:8-28 Psalm 140:1-13 Proverbs 17:22 My daughter sits at her computer, headphones in place, hands flying over the keyboard as she types in a homeschooling schedule for herself. Tera is most happy when she’s in “secretary mode.” I couldn’t say no when she asked, awhile ago, “Mom, can I please…

Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them … Acts 19:6 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible or find the following in your Bible: 2 Kings 13:1-14:29 Acts 18:23-19:12 Psalm 146:1-10 Proverbs 18:2-3 When I re-dedicated myself to Jesus at the age of 19 and, for the first time, chose my own church, I settled on a local Foursquare church with about 200 people and a vibrant college-age group. Everything about church was new to me: the songs, the doctrine, the worship. I’d never experienced anything quite like it, but I was hungry for every note and syllable.…

The Lord is close to all who call on Him, yes, to all who call on Him in truth. He grants the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cries for help and rescues them. Psalm 145:18,19 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible or find the following in your Bible: 2 Kings 10:32-12:21 Acts 18:1-22 Psalm 145:1-21 Proverbs 18:1 That Felix. If he were a human boy, he’d be losing himself on hikes in the mountains, or falling into wells, or ever-working himself into tight and dangerous spots. But he’s not human. He’s a cat. And so he shadows Dave like…

And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation. Acts 17:6 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible or find the following in your Bible: 2 Kings 9:14-10:31 Acts 17:1-34 Psalm 144:1-15 Proverbs 17:27-28 This is another instance when verses from two of the books we’re reading today perfectly compliment each other. One is Acts 17:24, and the other is Psalm 144:3: “O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?” For a long…

Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Acts 16:25 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible or find the following in your Bible: 2 Kings 8:1-9:13 Acts 16:16-40 Psalm 143:1-12 Proverbs 17:26 Paul and Silas could have so easily focused on themselves while sitting in that prison cell. They could have spent their time investigating their wounds, and wondering aloud how this terrible thing could have happened to them, and worrying about the future and whether or not they would survive it. But Paul and Silas had a secret strength: they had seen…