May 9 – 13, 2022
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May 9 – 13, 2022

Click for a PDF version   Monday Read Psalm 2 The title Messiah is not found in the Old Testament even though the concept has its roots there. Messiah means simply “Anointed One,” and was primarily a reference to the One who had been anointed as the ruler over God’s people. This is evident in...

May 2 – 6, 2022
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May 2 – 6, 2022

Click for a PDF version   Monday Read Luke 1:26-28; Matthew 1:18-25, 2:13-23 The Family of Jesus: Joseph, adoptive father of Jesus, the Child Can you think of a prominent Bible character, a person who was intimately involved in the life of Jesus but for whom there is no record in Scripture of any word...

April 25 – 29, 2022
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April 25 – 29, 2022

Click for a PDF version   Monday Read Job 24:13-17; 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 16-17; 4:1-5 I am now 66 years old, having lived my first 39 years as a periodically churchgoing “cultural Christian,” the last 27 walking with Jesus. I’m struck by how this parallels the Bible itself: 66 books total, 39 in the Old...

April 18 – 22, 2022
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April 18 – 22, 2022

Click for a PDF version   Monday Read Luke 24 Reasons to believe Jesus resurrected from death While the teachings of Jesus provide invaluable instruction for the Christian life, His resurrection is the essential doctrine of our Christian faith. The Apostle Paul believed the resurrection of Jesus was the basis for Christianity. He wrote: “If...

April 11 – 15, 2022
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April 11 – 15, 2022

Click for a PDF version   Monday Read Mark 11:12-14, 20-21; Matthew 21:28-22:14 It’s Holy Week, a.k.a. “Passion (Suffering) Week,” culminating in Jesus’ crucifixion and His miraculous resurrection commemorated by Easter. A common thread throughout last week’s devos: Jesus separating His followers from enemies—the latter facing judgment. That theme intensifies this week as we consider...

April 4 – 8, 2022
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April 4 – 8, 2022

Click for a PDF version   Monday Read Isaiah 26:19; John 11:1-53 These next two weeks we walk with Jesus toward His mission’s fulfillment at Calvary. We’ll highlight key events and teaching within the estimated (and disputed) chronology for the weeks preceding Palm Sunday and Resurrection Sunday. Today’s featured incident occurred sometime between Hannukah (December)...

March 28 – April 1, 2022
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March 28 – April 1, 2022

Click for a PDF version   Monday Read Genesis 50:20; Romans 12:21 God makes something beautiful out of our lives. “All I had to offer Him was brokenness and strife, But He made something beautiful out of my life.” —Gaither Trio, “Something Beautiful” When all was said and done, Joseph put it this way: “What...

March 21-25, 2022
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March 21-25, 2022

Click for a PDF version   Monday Read Genesis 42:1-28; Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:13-15 Out of Egypt This week’s Genesis readings set the climax to Joseph’s story. Via Joseph’s ordeals God relocated Jacob, Jacob’s twelve sons and their families to Egypt (Genesis 46-47). After Joseph’s death, however, Egypt enslaved the Jews for 400+ years until...

March 14 – 18, 2022
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March 14 – 18, 2022

Click for a PDF version   Monday Read Genesis 39:20-23; 40:1-5, 23; 41:1 Genesis 41 begins with a simple statement marking the passing of time: “When two full years had passed …” To put this statement in perspective, the story of Joseph begins in chapter 37 when he was 17 years old (v. 2). In...

March 7 – 11, 2022
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March 7 – 11, 2022

Click for a PDF version   Monday Genesis 39:1 Integrity—Despite Our Past Having read the amazing story of Joseph as a young boy, the hatred of his brothers, the deep love of his father Jacob, and the choice made between death and slavery, this first verse of Genesis 39 appears almost anti-climactic: “Now Joseph had...