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Read Proverbs 17:1 through 20:30 The number of friends people have seems to shrink as they grow older. In childhood, people think everyone is their friend. Parents have to teach their children not to trust strangers. In the teenage years these numbers start to level off, especially in junior high and high school. There young people learn that some “friends” aren’t …

Read Psalms 136:1 through 142:7 Why do attempts to communicate with others sometimes end in frustration? Perhaps because no other human being is capable of grasping the joys, sorrows, hopes, and fears that have formed a unique individual. Even parents, friends, and spouses, have little understanding of what’s happening in the depths of a person’s soul. But there is someone who …

Read Psalms 120:1 through 135:21 The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life (Psalm 121:7). What a promise! This verse from Psalm 121 inspires visions of an idyllic life with no pains or troubles. But it can also cause Christians to ask, “Why isn’t my life free from harm?” A seventeen-year-old girl named Joni Eareckson may …

Read Romans 1:1 through 4:25 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was …

Read Psalms 72:1–20; 86:1–17 Lynette was starting another workweek. Deep in morning traffic, she sipped her coffee while watching the cars in front of her. Traffic was at a standstill. She glanced at her watch, worrying she would be late again. She could feel her anger rise. A stack of work left over from last week awaited her—not to mention the …