READ: Psalm 19 (Focus vs.7–11) MEMORY VERSE “The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul.” Psalm 19:7 BACKGROUND As I was helping my sixth-grade grandson, Logan, with some tough algebra-type homework, he told me of his dream of
READ: Genesis 1 (Focus vs. 31–2:2) MEMORY VERSE God had finished the work . . . so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Genesis 2:2 BACKGROUND We sat atop some beach boulders, my friend Soozi and
READ: 2 Corinthians 4(Focus vs. 16–18) MEMORY VERSE Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 BACKGROUND Chinese medicine has practiced pearl powder exfoliation for thousands of years, using ground
READ: Psalm 131 MEMORY VERSE “I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content.” Psalm 131:2 BACKGROUND In a psychiatrist’s advice column, he responded to a reader named Brenda, who lamented that her
READ: Acts 9 (Focus vs.10–19) MEMORY VERSE “Placing his hands on, Saul [Ananias] said, “Brother Saul, the Lord . . . has sent me.”” Acts 9:17 BACKGROUND “Lord, please send me anywhere but there.” That was my prayer as a
READ: 1 John 1 (Focus vs. 5–2:2) “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins.” 1 John 1:9 BACKGROUND When I noticed a sprig budding next to the garden hose by our
READ: Revelation 3 (Focus vs.14–22) MEMORY VERSE “I stand at the door and knock.” Revelation 3:20 BACKGROUND In Fredric Brown's short story thriller “Knock,” he wrote, “The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock
READ: 2 Timothy 3 (Focus vs. 1–9 & 14–17) MEMORY VERSE “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16 BACKGROUND In the late 1800s, people in different places developed similar
READ: Psalm 46 MEMORY VERSE “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 BACKGROUND The first photograph of a living person was taken by Louis Daguerre in 1838. The photo depicts a figure on an otherwise empty avenue
READ: Luke 6 (Focus vs. 27–31) MEMORY VERSE “Love your enemies.” Luke 6:27 BACKGROUND The handshake spoke volumes. On a March night in 1963, two college basketball players—one Black, one White—defied the hate of segregationists and shook hands, marking the
