I have a confession to make. Up until earlier this year I was a slam-bam-thank-you-ma’am Bible reader and prayer. The faster I could get it done, the better. In fact, praying and reading my Bible were just a routine checklist of activities. ✔️Quick prayer ✔️Quick reading of my Bible The thing is: My heart was…
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Focus Chapters: 1 Samuel 4:12-22 1 Samuel 5-8 Standout Verse(s): 1 Samuel 8:4-7, 19-20 NLT Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel. “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the…
Focus Chapters: Job 19-21 Standout Verse(s): THE ACTION Job 19:13-20 NLT “My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me. My family is gone, and my close friends have forgotten me. My servants and maids consider me a stranger. I am like a foreigner to them. When I call my servant,…
Focus Chapters: Genesis 28:6-22 Genesis 29 Genesis 30:1-24 Standout Verse(s): THE ACTION Genesis 29:16-18, 22-23, 25-28, 30 NLT Now Laban had two daughters. The older daughter was named Leah, and the younger one was Rachel. There was no sparkle in Leah’s eyes, but Rachel had a beautiful figure and a lovely face. Since Jacob was…
Have you ever felt rejection? Have you ever been metaphorically slapped in the face by shame over the way someone made you feel? Have you ever been made to squirm in your chair as you listened to someone talk about you in such a condescending manner that grated? Does anyone come to mind as you…
