April 25, 2024 READ: Joshua 14 (Focus vs. 6-12) MEMORY VERSE “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.” Hebrews 13:6 BACKGROUND My friend Raleigh is sprinting toward his eighty-fifth birthday! Since my first conversation with him more
April 24, 2024 READ: 1 Corinthians 12 (Focus vs.12-14 & 21-27) MEMORY VERSE “God has placed the parts in the body . . . just as he wanted them to be.” 1 Corinthians 12:18 BACKGROUND In his essay “Service and
April 23, 2024 READ: John 16 (Focus vs. 25-33) MEMORY VERSE “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.” John 16:33 BACKGROUND On December 30, 1862, the US Civil War raged. Union and Confederate
April 22, 2024 READ: Ecclesiastes 4 (Focus vs. 7-12) MEMORY VERSE “A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12 BACKGROUND “I knew that the only way to succeed was to forget about home and my wife, son,
April 21, 2024 READ: Proverbs 20 (Focus vs. 11-17) MEMORY VERSE “Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.” Proverbs 20:17 BACKGROUND Thieves in Germany stole a truck’s refrigerated trailer filled with
April 20, 2024 READ: Hebrews 12 (Focus vs. 14-17) MEMORY VERSE “Make every effort to live in peace with everyone.” Hebrews 12:14 BACKGROUND My sister, brother, and I flew from our separate states to our uncle’s funeral and stopped to
April 19, 2024 READ: 2 Chronicles 20 (Focus vs. 21-26) MEMORY VERSE “On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berakah.” 2 Chronicles 20:26 BACKGROUND Poet William Cowper struggled with depression much of his life. After a suicide
April 18, 2024 READ: Hosea 11 (Focus vs.1-4) MEMORY VERSE “To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek.” Hosea 11:4 BACKGROUND A 2017 video of a dad comforting his two-month-old son while the baby
April 17, 2024 READ: Proverbs 14 (Focus vs. 8-12) MEMORY VERSE “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” Proverbs 14:12 BACKGROUND Pastor Damian’s schedule included hospital visits to two people
April 16, 2024 READ: Ephesians 4 (Focus vs.1-7 & 11-16) MEMORY VERSE “I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” Ephesians 4:1 BACKGROUND The book Hidden Figures recounts preparations for John Glenn’s flight into
