Simon and the Sinner
AUGUST 21- Nº 233 Luke 7:36-50 There was a man named Simon who was one of the leaders of the Pharisees in Galilee. (This is not Simon...
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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...
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...
Power Over Demons and Disease
AUGUST 13 - Nº 225 Mark 1:21-39; Luke 4:31-44; Matthew 8:14-17; Matthew 4:23-25 On the Sabbath day, Jesus went to the synagogue in...
Fishing for People
AUGUST 12 - Nº 224 Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11 While Jesus was spending time in Cana and revisiting his hometown of...
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’ First Miracle
AUGUST 6 - Nº 218 John 2:1-11 It was just the beginning of Jesus’ ministry on earth. He and the men who were now following him (see #217...
Jesus’ First Followers
AUGUST 5 - Nº 217 John 1:35-51 Not long after Jesus left the wilderness, he walked past the place where John had baptized him (see #215 -...
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...
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...
The Messiah Is Born
JULY 31 - Nº 212 Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-20 Soon after Mary returned to Nazareth, Joseph had a big decision to make. His fiancée was...
God Breaks the Silence
JULY 29 - Nº 210 Luke 1:1-25 The Old Testament prophets predicted the coming of a Messiah. They prophesied about a Savior who would...
Four Gospels—One Story
JULY 28 - Nº 209 Matthew 1:1; Mark 10:45; Luke 1:1-4; John 20:30-31 As God was preparing the world for the coming of His Son, the...
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...
A Summary of Isaiah’s Prophecies
JUNE 26 - Nº 177 Isaiah 1 – 12 During the last year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah (see #168 - June 17), a prophet named Isaiah had a...
Joel’s Message to Judah
JUNE 13 - Nº 164 Joel 1 – 3 Edom wasn’t the only nation that was at fault in the centuries-old feud that constantly simmered between the...
Balaam’s Donkey
February 27 - Nº 58 Numbers 21:10-35; 22:1-34 Many of the nations that the Israelites had to pass through on their way to the Promised...
Birth Pains
February 7 - Nº 38 Exodus 1 For generations, Israel’s descendants (also called Hebrews) grew and multiplied in Egypt. They were safe...
Blessings and Forgiveness
February 3 - Nº 34 Genesis 47 – 49:1, 10, 33; 50:15-21 After Joseph’s family arrived in Egypt and settled in Goshen, the famine grew even...
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