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Day 1 – A Journey through 2 Corinthians
Read 2 Corinthians 1–4. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be...
Day 7 – A Journey through 1 Corinthians
Read 1 Corinthians 15:12–16. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. (1 Corinthians 15:25–27) Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the...
Day 6 – A Journey through 1 Corinthians
Read 1 Corinthians 14–15:11. For I am the least of all the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than...
Day 5 – A Journey through 1 Corinthians
Read 1 Corinthians 12–13. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And God has placed the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds...
Day 4 – A Journey through 1 Corinthians
Read 1 Corinthians 10–11. No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians...
Day 3 – A Journey through 1 Corinthians
Read 1 Corinthians 7–9. Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that "We all possess knowledge." But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves God is known by God. 1...
Day 2 – A Journey through 1 Corinthians
Read 1 Corinthians 4–6. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:19 Dear God, Thank you for...
Day 1 – A Journey through 1 Corinthians
Read 1 Corinthians 1–3. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 1 Corinthians 3:6–7 Dear God, Thank you for the gift of my faith and...
Day 7 – A Journey through Romans
Read Romans 15–16. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. Romans 16:20 Dear God, Thank you for...
Day 6 – A Journey through Romans
Read Romans 12–14. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give...
Day 5 – A Journey through Romans
Read Romans 10–11. But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the...
Day 4 – A Journey through Romans
Read Romans 8–9. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes...
Day 3 – A Journey through Romans
Read Romans 5–7. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the...
Tuesday of Holy Week
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the...
Day 1 – A Journey through Romans
Read Romans 1–2. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools. Romans 1:21–22 Dear God, Search my...
Day 2 – A Journey through Romans
Read Romans 3–4. David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: "Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never...
Day 12 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 27–28. Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe. They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said through Isaiah the prophet:...
Day 11 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 24–26. Paul replied, "Short time or long—I pray to God, that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.” Acts 26:29 Dear God, Thank you for giving us Paul as an example of hope. Thank you for using him...
Day 10 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 21–23. The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.” Acts 23:11 Dear God, Thank you for the day ahead. Thank you for the gift of hard work. Help us all to...
Day 9 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 19–20. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. Acts 20:24 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind...
Day 8 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 17–18. From one man he made all nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; Acts 17:26 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision. "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you,...
Day 7 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 15–16. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once the prison doors flew open and...
Day 6 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 13–14. The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles. Acts 14:4 In the past he let all nations go their own way. Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven...
Day 5 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 10–12. “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.” Acts 10:34–35 Dear God, Help us to do what is right today. Help our nation to move in the direction of peace...
Day 4 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 8–9. "There he found a man named Aeneas who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. ‘Aeneas,’ Peter said to him, ‘Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.’ Immediately, Aeneas got up.” Acts 9:33–34 Dear God, Thank you, Jesus, for...
Day 3 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 6–7. When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites. He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. Moses thought that his own people would realize...
Day 2 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 4–5. As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those...
Day 1 – A Journey through Acts
Read Acts 1–3. You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him as you all can see. ...
Easter Monday
The Great Commission Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me....
Easter Sunday
Jesus Has Risen On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they...