READ: Hebrews 11 Focus vs. (39–12:3) MEMORY VERSE “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Hebrews 12:1 BACKGROUND It was impossible not to tear up at my friend Ira’s status update. Posted in 2022 only days
READ: Romans 12 (Focus vs.17–21) MEMORY VERSE “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Romans 12:18 BACKGROUND Scholar Kenneth E. Bailey told of the leader of an African nation who’d learned
READ: 1 Thessalonians 5 (Focus vs. 4–11) MEMORY VERSE “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 I call it the “lean to green” miracle. It’s happened every spring
READ: 1 Samuel 16 (Focus vs.14–23) MEMORY VERSE “David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul.” 1 Samuel 16:23 BACKGROUND When five-year-old Bella was hospitalized for cancer in North Dakota, she received music therapy
