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260 Devotional: April 25, Genesis 20
Genesis 20 English Standard Version (ESV) Abraham and Abimelech 1 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night…
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260 Devotional: April 22, Genesis 19
Genesis 19 English Standard Version (ESV) God Rescues Lot 1 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth 2 and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend…
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260 Devotional: April 21, Genesis 18
Genesis 18 English Standard Version (ESV) 1 And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet…
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260 Devotional: April 20, Genesis 17
Genesis 17 English Standard Version (ESV) Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, 2 that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” 3 Then Abram fell on his face. And God said…
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260 Devotional: April 19, Genesis 16
Genesis 16 English Standard Version (ESV) Sarai and Hagar 1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram…
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260 Devotional: April 18, Genesis 15
Genesis 15 English Standard Version (ESV) God’s Covenant with Abram 1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of…
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260 Devotional: April 15, Genesis 14
Genesis 14 English Standard Version (ESV) Abram Rescues Lot 1 In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,2 these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king ofZeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3 And all these…
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260 Devotional: April 14, Genesis 13
Genesis 13 English Standard Version (ESV) Abram and Lot Separate 1 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. 2 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.3 And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the…
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260 Devotional: April 13, Genesis 12
Genesis 12 English Standard Version (ESV) The Call of Abram 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will…
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260 Devotional: April 12, Genesis 11
Genesis 11 English Standard Version (ESV) The Tower of Babel 11 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they…
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260 Devotional: April 11, Genesis 10
Genesis 10 English Standard Version (ESV) Nations Descended from Noah 10 These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan: Elishah,Tarshish, Kittim,…
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260 Devotional: April 8, Genesis 9
Genesis 9 English Standard Version (ESV) 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground…
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260 Devotional: April 7, Genesis 8
Genesis 8 English Standard Version (ESV) The Flood Subsides 1 But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. 2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the…
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260 Devotional: April 6, Genesis 7
Genesis 7 English Standard Version (ESV) 7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and…
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260 Devotional: April 5, Genesis 6
Genesis 6 English Standard Version (ESV) Increasing Corruption on Earth 1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in…
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260 Devotional: April 4, Genesis 5
Genesis 5 English Standard Version (ESV) Adam’s Descendants (Chapter 4) 25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”26 To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At…
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260 Devotional: April 1, Genesis 4
Genesis 4 English Standard Version (ESV) Cain and Abel 1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 3 In the course…
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260 Devotional: March 31, Genesis 3
Genesis 3 English Standard Version (ESV) The Fall 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat…
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260 Devotional: March 30, Genesis 2
Genesis 2 English Standard Version (ESV) The Seventh Day, God Rests 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the…
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260 Devotional: March 29, Genesis 1
Genesis 1 English Standard Version (ESV) The Creation of the World 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,”…
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260 Devotion: March 28, Genesis Introduction
First Day into Genesis Genesis is the first of five books written by Moses during the Exodus period, about 1450 – 1400 B.C. Moses used direct revelation from God and the written and oral traditions of his people as sources. He surveyed history from the creation to his own day. The Book of Genesis…
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260 Devotional: March 27, Luke 24
Easter Sunday Luke 24 The Resurrection 1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the…
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260 Devotional: March 25, Luke 23:44-56
Week 7 Friday (Good Friday) Luke 23:44-56 The Death of Jesus 44 It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud…
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260 Devotional: March 24, Luke 23:1-43
Week 7 Thur Luke 23:1-43 Jesus Before Pilate 1 Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” 3 And…
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260 Devotional: March 23, Luke 22:39-71
Week 7 Wed Luke 22:39-71 Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives 39 And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” 41 And…
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260 Devotional: March 22, Luke 22:1-38
Week 7 Tue Luke 22:1-38 The Plot to Kill Jesus 1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people. Judas to Betray Jesus 3 Then Satan entered into Judas called…
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260 Devotional: March 21, Luke 21
Week 7 Mon Luke 21 The Widow’s Offering 1 Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2 and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 3 And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 For…
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260 Devotional: March 18, Luke 20
Week 6 Friday Luke 20 The Authority of Jesus Challenged 1 One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up 2 and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is…
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260 Devotional: March 17, Luke 19:28-48
Week 6 Thur Luke 19:28-48 The Triumphal Entry 28 And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village in front of you,…
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260 Devotional: March 16, Luke 19:1-27
Week 6 Wednesday Luke 19:1-27 Jesus and Zacchaeus 1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was…