Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
AUGUST 16 - Nº 228 John 5:1-18 The Pharisees and teachers of the Law had to decide whether Jesus was the Deliverer God had promised to...
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Jesus Invites a Tax Collector to Join Him
AUGUST 15 - Nº 227 Matthew 9:9-13; Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32 After healing the paralyzed man who had been let down through a hole in the...
Healing a Leper and a Paralyzed Man
AUGUST 14 - Nº 226 Matthew 8:2-4; 9:1-8; Mark 1:40 – 2:12; Luke 5:12-26 While Jesus was teaching in one of the villages, a man came to...
Acceptance Followed by Rejection
AUGUST 11 - Nº 223 John 4:43-54; Luke 4:16-30 Jesus left Samaria and continued his journey into Galilee. His first stop was in Cana where...
Jesus Stays in Sychar
AUGUST 10 - Nº 222 John 4:27-43 Jesus had just met a woman at a well outside a Samaritan village called Sychar. He had confronted her...
Jesus Meets a Woman at a Well
AUGUST 9 - Nº 221 John 4:1-26 Jesus and his followers left Judea to return to Galilee. The biblical account states that he “had” to go...
Jesus Cleans Out the Temple
AUGUST 7 - Nº 219 John 2:13-23 Every year Jewish families were expected to travel to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover (see #44 -...
Jesus Is Baptized
AUGUST 3 - Nº 215 Matthew 3:1-17; Mark 1:1-11; Luke 1:80; 3:1-23; John 1:19-34 While Jesus was growing up in Nazareth, the miraculous...
Jesus Grows Up
AUGUST 2 - Nº 214 Matthew 2:12-23; Luke 2:39-52 When Herod realized that the Magi had left Israel without reporting back to him (see #213...
Gifts from the Magi
AUGUST 1 - Nº 213 Luke 2:22-38; Matthew 2:1-13 God sent special people into the lives of Joseph and Mary to confirm that their baby was...
400 Years of Silence
JULY 27 - Nº 208 Galatians 4:4 For 400 years God did not speak to His people. He did not send messengers to warn them or inform them of...
Malachi: The Last Old Testament Prophet
JULY 26 - Nº 207 Nehemiah 13; Malachi 1 – 4 The Jews who returned to Judah from Persia had rebuilt the Temple with the help of...
The Walls Are Completed
JULY 25 - Nº 206 Nehemiah 4:15 – 6:14; 8:1 – 9:38; 11:1-3 Since the men rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem were facing murderous threats...
Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem
JULY 24 - Nº 205 Nehemiah 1:1 – 4:14 Zerubbabel had rebuilt the Temple (see #198 - July 17 & 199 - July 18), and Ezra had re-taught the...
Haman’s Evil Plot
JULY 20 - Nº 201 Esther 2:19 – 4:17 Every day Esther’s uncle Mordecai sat at the King’s gate with the decision makers and men of...
Esther Becomes the Queen of Persia
JULY 19 - Nº 200 Esther 1:1 – 2:18 Back in Babylon, King Darius I became sick and died. His son Xerxes (also known as Ahasuerus) was...
The Temple Is Completed
JULY 18 - Nº 199 Ezra 5 – 6; Haggai 1 The Jewish settlers who had moved back to Jerusalem were struggling. Not only were they threatened...
Daniel’s Dreams
JULY 16 - Nº 197 Daniel 7 – 12 Daniel had interpreted many important dreams for others. But one night, he had a troubling dream of his...
Daniel Makes a Decision
JULY 8 - Nº 189 Daniel 1 When Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon, he invaded Judah several times before he finally conquered Jerusalem....
God Sends the Assyrian Army Home
JUNE 23 - Nº 174 2 Kings 18:13 – 19:8; 2 Chronicles 32:1-8; Isaiah 36:1 – 37:8 The Assyrian army had already captured the northern...
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