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Read Luke 7:1 through 9:50 Imagine how the disciples felt as they were sailing across the Sea of Galilee when waves from a storm started coming into their boat. They looked over and saw Jesus sleeping in the midst of a storm. Fearful of drowning and needing help, they woke Jesus up. Jesus rebuked the storm and brought peace to a …

Read 2 Kings 19:1 through 21:26 On the earth today there are many things that can make us fearful. Terrorism is widespread around the globe. You read of murders, kidnapping, and rape every time you pick up a news[1]paper or turn on the television set. There are wars and rumors of wars just as the Bible predicted many years ago. …

Read Luke 4:16 through 6:49 Teaching by the shore of Lake Gennesaret, Jesus asked Peter to launch his boat so He could sit in it as he taught the people. Peter did as Jesus asked. When Jesus finished teaching, He told Peter to take the boat to deep water and put down the nets. Peter had already fished all night …

Read 1 Kings 1:1 through 3:28 One night early in his reign, King Solomon settled down for the night in his royal bed. Perhaps he fretted about how to rule peaceably, for his father’s kingdom had always been at war. But tonight would be no ordinary night. God visited him in a dream and said, “Ask for whatever you want …

Read 2 Samuel 21:1 through 22:51; Psalm 18:1–50 King David wrote that the Lord was his rock, his fortress, and his deliverer (Psalm 18:2). Is the Lord your rock—your fixed and sure foundation? In 1965 the band “The Who” rocked the world with “My Generation.” Like most rebel songs of the sixties, it sent a “get lost” message to the “establishment.” …

Read 1 Samuel 23; Psalms 54:1–7; 63:1–11 Pam greeted the class with trepidation. This is going to be tough, she thought. The first year of teaching school is challenge enough in itself. Add to that the pain of a divorce process and three teenagers to raise alone, and you have a recipe for certain distress. That was Pam’s situation. A …

Read Mark 14:1 through 16:20 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him (Mark 15:19). As a mother my heart bleeds for Mary as she watches her firstborn son be tortured and crucified. Any doubt I may have had about the authenticity of Christ’s claim to be God is washed away by …

Read 1 Samuel 13:1 through 16:13 Saul drew first blood, but the Philistine army, teeming with soldiers, pursued him with a vengeance. When Samuel did not show up at the appointed time, Saul panicked. He altered the game plan. But in so doing, he paid a tremendous price. “You acted foolishly,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the …

Read 士Judges 6:1 through 8:35 Ants are very strong. You’ve probably seen a small ant moving the weight of a large leaf or piece of food. In experiments, ants have been found to be able to carry as much as five times their body weight in their jaws. If the item is too heavy to lift, the ant can move an …

Read Joshua 7:1 through 8:35 Eleven-year-old Jeremy waited for three years—which felt like a lifetime—for this moment. Dennis, his father, enrolled him in a firearms safety class offered in the community. Now, Jeremy was finally at the shooting range after several weekly classroom sessions. Jeremy listened carefully to the leader’s directions on how to adjust the sights on the gun …