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Day 25

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Today's Reading:Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17   God has numbered each hair and freckle on our body- and in the same way, He has numbered every day of our lives. Nothing can escape His careful count. Even in deep suffering, Job was able to cling to this truth as he pleaded with God, “If...

Day 24

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Today's Reading:Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13  Job, in his pain feels that his suffering will never end- he begs God to just let him die because every day drags on forever. When you are the one hurting, time can feel endless, but when you are watching someone else suffer, it is easy to...

Day 23

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Today's Reading:Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9  Biblically, mercy is the God of wonder holding back the judgement we have earned, while grace is the God of light pouring out blessings we could never deserve. Mercy is the quiet “no” spoken from heaven when we should...

Day 22

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Today's Reading:Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5   In the Bible, Leviathan is an ancient chaos monster- a fire-breathing sea dragon that swallowed everything in its path. People looked at the storms and disasters, all uncontrolled chaos and labeled it...

Day 21

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Today's Reading: There is no reading today, but you can use this time to catch up on any days that you may have missed this week. Click here to access prior days. Congratulations we are three weeks in and finished Genesis, the first book of the Bible. God calls Abraham, promising him land...

Day 20

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Today's Reading:Genesis 47Genesis 48Genesis 49Genesis 50  Joseph is not overlooked or “skipped” when it comes to inheritance—far from it as he receives much more than any of his brothers. While the other brothers/tribes receive their allotments in Canaan, Joseph’s...

Day 19

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Today's Reading:Genesis 44Genesis 45 Genesis 46  Joseph instructed the steward to return his brothers' silver and to hide his own silver cup in Benjamin’s sack (Genesis 44:1–2) to test his brothers for a change of heart. Years ago, they sold Joseph (Genesis 37), had they...

Day 18

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Today's Reading:Genesis 41Genesis 42Genesis 43  Joseph spent two years in prison for upholding God’s laws and righteousness, remaining faithful even when falsely accused. Yet God was with him, protected him, and granted him favor, so that he was made overseer of the prison...

Day 17

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Today's Reading:Genesis 38Genesis 39Genesis 40  Jacob had 12 sons, and each with their own account of family lineage by Leah, Rachel and both their servant maids. Reuben, son number one, slept with his father’s concubine and lost his birthright, Simeon and Levi, the second and third...

Day 16

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Today's Reading:Genesis 34Genesis 35Genesis 36Genesis 37  There are sensitive topics in the Bible, but they should be discussed as they are Scripturally based and can uncover God working behind the scenes. Genesis 34-37 is full of rape, deceit, murder, idolatry, betrayal and grief, but...