MAY 22, 2023 READ: 1 John 1:1–4 MEMORY VERSE “We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us.” 1 John 1:3 BACKGROUND Robert Todd Lincoln, son of US president Abraham
READ: Genesis 39 (Focus vs.1–12) MEMORY VERSE “But he refused.” Genesis 39:8 BACKGROUND A swimming instructor in New Jersey saw a car sinking into Newark Bay and heard the driver inside screaming “I can’t swim” as his SUV quickly sank
MAY 20, 2023 READ: Matthew 6 (Focus vs. 5–9) MEMORY VERSE “Pray to your Father.” Matthew 6:6 BACKGROUND Madeleine L’Engle made it a habit to call her mother once a week. As her mother moved into her later years, the
MAY 19, 2023" READ: Psalm 116 (Focus vs. 1–7) MEMORY VERSE “He turned His ear to me.” Psalm 116:2 BACKGROUND In the book Physics, Charles Riborg Mann and George Ransom Twiss ask: “When a tree falls in a lonely forest,
MAY 18, 2023 READ: Zephaniah 3 (Focus vs. 17–20) MEMORY VERSE “He will take great delight in you.” Zephaniah 3:17 BACKGROUND Researchers at Emory University used MRI scans to study the brains of grandmothers. They measured empathetic responses to images
MAY 17, 2023 READ: Isaiah 43 (Focus vs.1–7) MEMORY VERSE “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1 BACKGROUND The Sunday after I’d started working as a youth leader
MAY 16, 2023 READ: John 1:6–13 MEMORY VERSE “To all who did receive him . . . [Jesus] gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12 BACKGROUND In 1859, Joshua Abraham Norton declared himself Emperor of the United
MAY 15, 2023 READ: Psalm 19 (Focus vs.1–6) MEMORY VERSE “Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one.” Isaiah 40:26 BACKGROUND In 2021, a multination
MAY 14, 2023 READ: 1 Thessalonians 2 (Focus vs. 7–12) MEMORY VERSE “We dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children.” 1 Thessalonians 2:11 BACKGROUND A viral video of a mama bear trying to get
MAY 13, 2023 READ: Romans 12 (Focus 9–18) MEMORY VERSE “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Romans 12:10 BACKGROUND Running a marathon is about pushing yourself, physically and mentally. For one high school runner,
