JUNE 28, 2024 READ: Isaiah 41 (Focus vs. 17-20) MEMORY VERSE “I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs.” Isaiah 41:18 BACKGROUND After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans worked
JUNE 27, 2024 READ: Hebrews 11 (Focus vs. 13-16) MEMORY VERSE “Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.” Hebrews 11:16 BACKGROUND More than two hundred million people from a variety of faiths undertake a pilgrimage each year.
JUNE 26, 2024 READ: Ruth 2 (Focus vs. 11-12 & 3:1-6) MEMORY VERSE “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband.” Ruth 2:11 BACKGROUND Years before Zoom was an accessible
JUNE 24, 2024 READ: Exodus 20:18-21 MEMORY VERSE “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you.” Exodus 20:20 BACKGROUND A phobia is defined as the “irrational fear” of
JUNE 23, 2024 READ: 1 Timothy 6 (Focus vs. 6-10 & 17-19) MEMORY VERSE “Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.” 1 Timothy 6:18 BACKGROUND After seven decades
JUNE 22, 2024 READ: Exodus 26:30-27:8 MEMORY VERSE “Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.” Exodus 26:30 BACKGROUND When Britain’s House of Commons was bombed in World War II, Prime Minister Winston Churchill told
JUNE 21, 2024 READ: 1 Corinthians 1 (Focus vs. 26-31) MEMORY VERSE “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:31 BACKGROUND James Morris was once described as “an illiterate but warmhearted layman,” but God used him
JUNE 20, 2024 READ: Lamentations 3:19-26 MEMORY VERSE “His compassions never fail. They are new every morning.” Lamentations 3:22-23 BACKGROUND For three years, apart from household necessities, Susan didn’t buy anything for herself. The Covid-19 pandemic affected my friend’s income,
JUNE 19, 2024 READ: Exodus 3 (Focus vs. 1-10) MEMORY VERSE “I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” Exodus 3:10 BACKGROUND President Abraham Lincoln had emancipated people held in slavery two-and-a half-years
JUNE 18, 2024 READ: Psalm 68 (Focus vs. 3-6 &19) MEMORY VERSE “God sets the lonely in families.” Psalm 68:6 BACKGROUND Holly Cooke didn’t have one single friend when she moved to London for a job. Her weekends felt miserable.
