NIV, Great Rescue: Discover Your Part in God's Plan: Revised Edition

The Great Rescue

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Table of Contents

Cover Page

Articles and Resources

OLD TESTAMENT

NEW TESTAMENT

Copyright

Colophon

OLD TESTAMENT

NEW TESTAMENT

Genesis by Chapters

Exodus by Chapters

Leviticus by Chapters

Numbers by Chapters

Deuteronomy by Chapters

Joshua by Chapters

Judges by Chapters

Ruth by Chapters

1 Samuel by Chapters

2 Samuel by Chapters

1 Kings by Chapters

2 Kings by Chapters

1 Chronicles by Chapters

2 Chronicles by Chapters

Ezra by Chapters

Nehemiah by Chapters

Esther by Chapters

Job by Chapters

Psalms by Chapters

Proverbs by Chapters

Ecclesiastes by Chapters

Song of Songs by Chapters

Isaiah by Chapters

Jeremiah by Chapters

Lamentations by Chapters

Ezekiel by Chapters

Daniel by Chapters

Hosea by Chapters

Joel by Chapters

Amos by Chapters

Obadiah

Jonah by Chapters

Micah by Chapters

Nahum by Chapters

Habakkuk by Chapters

Zephaniah by Chapters

Haggai by Chapters

Zechariah by Chapters

Malachi by Chapters

Matthew by Chapters

Mark by Chapters

Luke by Chapters

John by Chapters

Acts by Chapters

Romans by Chapters

1 Corinthians by Chapters

2 Corinthians by Chapters

Galatians by Chapters

Ephesians by Chapters

Philippians by Chapters

Colossians by Chapters

1 Thessalonians by Chapters

2 Thessalonians by Chapters

1 Timothy by Chapters

2 Timothy by Chapters

Titus by Chapters

Philemon

Hebrews by Chapters

James by Chapters

1 Peter by Chapters

2 Peter by Chapters

1 John by Chapters

2 John

3 John

Jude

Revelation by Chapters

Articles and Resources

How to Use The Great Rescue (NIV), eBook Edition

Preface

Alphabetical Order of the Books of the Bible

Dedication

About Walk Thru the Bible

Acknowledgements

Reading Plans

30 Days for New Christians

30 Days With Jesus

30 Days in the Psalms

30 Stories You’ve Probably Never Heard

30 Stories of Love and Friendship

Topical Index

Theme Index

Subject Index

Scripture Index

Table of Weights and Measures

Index to Color Maps

Maps

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Preface

The goal of the New International version (NIV) is to enable English-speaking people from around the world to read and hear God’s eternal Word in their own language. Our work as translators is motivated by our conviction that the Bible is God’s Word in written form. We believe that the Bible contains the divine answer to the deepest needs of humanity, sheds unique light on our path in a dark world and sets forth the way to our eternal well-being. Out of these deep convictions, we have sought to recreate as far as possible the experience of the original audience—blending transparency to the original text with accessibility for the millions of English speakers around the world. We have prioritized accuracy, clarity and literary quality with the goal of creating a translation suitable for public and private reading, evangelism, teaching, preaching, memorizing and liturgical use. We have also sought to preserve a measure of continuity with the long tradition of translating the Scriptures into English.

The complete NIV Bible was first published in 1978. It was a completely new translation made by over a hundred scholars working directly from the best available Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts. The translators came from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, giving the translation an international scope. They were from many denominations and churches—including Anglican, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Brethren, Christian Reformed, Church of Christ, Evangelical Covenant, Evangelical Free, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, Wesleyan and others. This breadth of denominational and theological perspective helped to safeguard the translation from sectarian bias. For these reasons, and by the grace of God, the NIV has gained a wide readership in all parts of the English-speaking world.

The work of translating the Bible is never finished. As good as they are, English translations must be regularly updated so that they will continue to communicate accurately the meaning of God’s Word. Updates are needed in order to reflect the latest developments in our understanding of the biblical world and its languages and to keep pace with changes in English usage. Recognizing, then, that the NIV would retain its ability to communicate God’s Word accurately only if it were regularly updated, the original translators established The Committee on Bible Translation (CBT). The committee is a self-perpetuating group of biblical scholars charged with keeping abreast of advances in biblical scholarship and changes in English and issuing periodic updates to the NIV. CBT is an independent, self-governing body and has sole responsibility for the NIV text. The committee mirrors the original group of translators in its diverse international and denominational makeup and in its unifying commitment to the Bible as God’s inspired Word.

In obedience to its mandate, the committee has issued periodic updates to the NIV. An initial revision was released in 1984. A more thorough revision process was completed in 2005, resulting in the separately published Today’s New International version (TNIV). The updated NIV you now have in your hands builds on both the original NIV and the TNIV and represents the latest effort of the committee to articulate God’s unchanging Word in the way the original authors might have said it had they been speaking in English to the global English-speaking audience today.

The first concern of the translators has continued to be the accuracy of the translation and its faithfulness to the intended meaning of the biblical writers. This has moved the translators to go beyond a formal word-for-word rendering of the original texts. Because thought patterns and syntax differ from language to language, accurate communication of the meaning of the biblical authors demands constant regard for varied contextual uses of words and idioms and for frequent modifications in sentence structures.

As an aid to the reader, sectional headings have been inserted. They are not to be regarded as part of the biblical text and are not intended for oral reading. It is the committee’s hope that these headings may prove more helpful to the reader than the traditional chapter divisions, which were introduced long after the Bible was written.

For the Old Testament the standard Hebrew text, the Masoretic Text as published in the latest edition of Biblia Hebraica, has been used throughout. The Masoretic Text tradition contains marginal notations that offer variant readings. These have sometimes been followed instead of the text itself. Because such instances involve variants within the Masoretic tradition, they have not been indicated in the textual notes. In a few cases, words in the basic consonantal text have been divided differently than in the Masoretic Text. Such cases are usually indicated in the textual footnotes. The Dead Sea Scrolls contain biblical texts that represent an earlier stage of the transmission of the Hebrew text. They have been consulted, as have been the Samaritan Pentateuch and the ancient scribal traditions concerning deliberate textual changes. The translators also consulted the more important early versions—the Greek Septuagint, Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion, the Latin vulgate, the Syriac Peshitta, the Aramaic Targums and, for the Psalms, the Juxta Hebraica of Jerome. Readings from these versions, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the scribal traditions were occasionally followed where the Masoretic Text seemed doubtful and where accepted principles of textual criticism showed that one or more of these textual witnesses appeared to provide the correct reading. In rare cases, the committee has emended the Hebrew text where it appears to have become corrupted at an even earlier stage of its transmission. These departures from the Masoretic Text are also indicated in the textual footnotes. Sometimes the vowel indicators (which are later additions to the basic consonantal text) found in the Masoretic Text did not, in the judgment of the committee, represent the correct vowels for the original text. Accordingly, some words have been read with a different set of vowels. These instances are usually not indicated in the footnotes.

The Greek text used in translating the New Testament is an eclectic one, based on the latest editions of the Nestle-Aland/United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament. The committee has made its choices among the variant readings in accordance with widely accepted principles of New Testament textual criticism. Footnotes call attention to places where uncertainty remains.

The New Testament authors, writing in Greek, often quote the Old Testament from its ancient Greek version, the Septuagint. This is one reason why some of the Old Testament quotations in the NIV New Testament are not identical to the corresponding passages in the NIV Old Testament. Such quotations in the New Testament are indicated with the footnote (see Septuagint).

Other footnotes in this version are of several kinds, most of which need no explanation. Those giving alternative translations begin with Or and generally introduce the alternative with the last word preceding it in the text, except when it is a single-word alternative. When poetry is quoted in a footnote, a slash mark indicates a line division.

It should be noted that references to diseases, minerals, flora and fauna, architectural details, clothing, jewelry, musical instruments and other articles cannot always be identified with precision. Also, linear measurements and measures of capacity can only be approximated (see the Table of Weights and Measures). Although Selah, used mainly in the Psalms, is probably a musical term, its meaning is uncertain. Since it may interrupt reading and distract the reader, this word has not been kept in the English text, but every occurrence has been signaled by a footnote.

One of the main reasons the task of Bible translation is never finished is the change in our own language, English. Although a basic core of the language remains relatively stable, many diverse and complex linguistic factors continue to bring about subtle shifts in the meanings and/or connotations of even old, well-established words and phrases. One of the shifts that creates particular challenges to writers and translators alike is the manner in which gender is presented. The original NIV (1978) was published in a time when a man would naturally be understood, in many contexts, to be referring to a person, whether male of female. But most English speakers today tend to hear a distinctly male connotation in this word. In recognition of this change in English, this edition of the NIV, along with almost all other recent English translations, substitutes other expressions when the original text intends to refer generically to men and women equally. Thus, for instance, the NIV (1984) rendering of 1 Corinthians 8:3, But the man who loves God is known by God becomes in this edition But whoever loves God is known by God. On the other hand, man and mankind, as ways of denoting the human race, are still widely used. This edition of the NIV therefore continues to use these words, along with other expressions, in this way.

A related shift in English creates a greater challenge for modern translations: the move away from using the third-person masculine singular pronouns—he/him/his—to refer to men and women equally. This usage does persist at a low level in some forms of English, and this revision therefore occasionally uses these pronouns in a generic sense. But the tendency, recognized in day-to-day usage and confirmed by extensive research, is away from the generic use of he, him and his. In recognition of this shift in language and in an effort to translate into the common English that people are actually using, this revision of the NIV generally uses other constructions when the biblical text is plainly addressed to men and women equally. The reader will frequently encounter a they, them or their to express a generic singular idea. Thus, for instance, Mark 8:36 reads: What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? This generic use of the indefinite or singular they/them/their has a venerable place in English idiom and has quickly become established as standard English, spoken and written, all over the world. Where an individual emphasis is deemed to be present, anyone or everyone or some other equivalent is generally used as the antecedent of such pronouns.

Sometimes the chapter and/or verse numbering in English translations of the Old Testament differs from that found in published Hebrew texts. This is particularly the case in the Psalms, where the traditional titles are often included in the Hebrew verse numbering. Such differences are indicated in the footnotes at the bottom of the page. In the New Testament, verse numbers that marked off portions of the traditional English text not supported by the best Greek manuscripts now appear in brackets, with a footnote indicating the text that has been omitted (see, for example, Matthew 17:[21]).

Mark 16:9–20 and John 7:53–8:11, although long accorded virtually equal status with the rest of the Gospels in which they stand, have a very questionable—and confused—standing in the textual history of the New Testament, as noted in the bracketed annotations with which they are set off. A different typeface has been chosen for these passages to indicate even more clearly their uncertain status.

Basic formatting of the text, such as lining the poetry, paragraphing (both prose and poetry), setting up of (administrative-like) lists, indenting letters and lengthy prayers within narratives and the insertion of sectional headings, has been the work of the committee. However, the choice between single-column and double-column formats has been left to the publishers. Also the issuing of red-letter editions is a publisher’s choice—one the committee does not endorse.

The committee has again been reminded that every human effort is flawed—including this revision of the NIV. We trust, however, that many will find in it an improved representation of the Word of God, through which they hear his call to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and to service in his kingdom. We offer this version of the Bible to him in whose name and for whose glory it has been made.

The Committee on Bible Translation

September 2010

Alphabetical Order of the Books of the Bible

The books of the New Testament are indicated by italics.

Dedication

To our friend Pam Callam Johnson

Whose gentle spirit, generous heart and loyal service have profoundly touched her Walk Thru the Bible family and advanced God’s Kingdom for over 30 years. We are deeply grateful.

About Walk Thru the Bible

For more than three decades, Walk Thru the Bible has been dedicated to igniting a passion for God’s Word worldwide through live events, devotional magazines and resources designed for both small groups and individual use. Known for innovative methods and high-quality resources, we serve the whole body of Christ across denominational, cultural and national lines.

Walk Thru the Bible communicates the truths of God’s Word in a way that makes the Bible readily accessible to anyone. We are committed to developing user-friendly resources that are Bible centered, of excellent quality, life changing for individuals, and catalytic for churches, ministries and movements; and we are committed to maintaining our global reach through strategic partnerships while adhering to the highest levels of integrity in all we do.

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Acknowledgements

A heartfelt thanks to Chris Tiegreen for his insights into God’s great heart and his amazing kingdom; to Paula Kirk for her Biblical wisdom and motherly guidance; and to Donna Pennell for her accurate yet gentle editing hand.

Also a special thanks to author Randy Alcorn for his book Heaven, which provided many of the incredible insights in the devotionals about heaven.

Laurin Makohon

General Editor

30 Days for New Christians

30 Days With Jesus

30 Days in the Psalms

30 Stories You’ve Probably Never Heard

30 Stories of Love and Friendship

Topical Index

The subject index is designed to help you find information on the different topics and issues discussed in the devotions in this Bible.

Abilities and talents

Day 259, Practicing Your Passion

Day 260, God’s Pleasure↓

Abusing grace

Day 159, Abusing Grace↓

Acceptance by God

Day 158, No Strings↓

Accepting Jesus

Day 164, Eternal Life↓

Day 171, Follow↓

Access to God

Day 192, Royal Access↓

Adam and Eve

Day 12, Breath of Life↓

Day 161, Closeness↓

Adoption

Day 183, Adoption↓

Affirmation

Day 283, Q & A↓

Agape

Day 78, Love↓

Angels

Day 1, Love↓

Day 6, The Prequel↓

Day 22, Special Agents↓

Anger

Day 89, Overcoming Evil↓

Apathy

Day 86, Fire in the Bones↓

Appeal of sin

Day 144, Chocolate-Covered Death↓

Appreciation

Day 113, Appreciate↓

Archnemesis

Day 6, The Prequel↓

Armor of God

Day 63, Armor Up↓

Arts

Day 262, The Arts↓

Ask God for help

Day 43, Prayer Works↓

Day 44, Keep Asking↓

Day 64, Wrong Spirit↓

Day 97, Snake Hunt↓

Day 184, Protector↓

Day 255, Useful↓

Day 348, Ask↓

Atonement

Day 146, Blood Sacrifice↓

Authority of Jesus

Day 60, More Than Conquerors↓

Be creative

Day 241, Hands On↓

Be holy

Day 232, Being More↓

Beauty

Day 211, The Power of Beauty

Day 212, Echoes of Home↓

Day 213, Creators↓

Day 239, Beauty

Day 270, Soap Bubbles

Becoming more like Jesus

Day 114, Like Him↓

Being a Christian

Day 165, Religious Things↓

Being with angels

Day 126, Home↓

Being with Jesus

Day 125, With Him↓

Day 132, Together↓

Be more

Day 232, Being More↓

Betrayal

Day 5, By His Wounds↓

Biology

Day 268, Our Bodies↓

Bitterness

Day 85, A New Rhythm↓

Blameless before God

Day 177, Righteous↓

Blood sacrifice

Day 146, Blood Sacrifice

Bonding

Day 81, Bond↓

Born again

Day 190, Born Again↓

Bridegroom

Day 320, Bridegroom↓

Broken relationships

Day 149, Restoration↓

Causing God pain

Day 79, Grieved↓

Changing the world

Day 18, The Transformation↓

Cheating on God

Day 14, Cheating on God

Choices

Day 9, The Liar↓

Day 33, Decision Power↓

Day 95, Free Will↓

Day 113, Appreciate↓

Day 122, End of Evil↓

Day 141, Deathly Consequences↓

Day 142, Distance↓

Day 150, Set Free↓

Day 152, Sexual Temptation↓

Day 155, Every Day↓

Day 218, Navigating Culture↓

Day 248, Freedom↓

Day 287, Freedom↓

Day 288, Unclear↓

Christianity

Day 174, Sitting With God↓

Clothing

Day 230, Fashion↓

Combating evil

Day 96, Taking a Stand↓

Comfort

Day 109, Deeper Knowing↓

Communicating with God

Day 36, True Sight↓

Compassion

Day 39, Beyond Sight↓

Day 88, Feel and Do↓

Confession

Day 148, Confession↓

Day 172, No Condemnation↓

Conforming to the world

Day 216, Swimming in It↓

Day 222, Transformed↓

Day 223, Fully Alive↓

Day 231, Boxed In↓

Connecting with God

Day 70, Worldview↓

Day 137, Connection↓

Day 337, God’s Heart↓

Connection to heaven

Day 357, Oasis↓

Conscience

Day 178, Forgiven↓

Consequences of sin

Day 145, Sin’s Damage↓

Day 149, Restoration↓

Day 161, Closeness

Contradicting God’s truths

Day 258, The Asterisk↓

Convicted of sin

Day 173, Where the Law Comes In↓

Correction and learning

Day 243, The Gift of Failure↓

Corruption

Day 7, The Corrupter↓

Cost of sin

Day 147, Blood↓

Create beauty

Day 262, The Arts

Creation

Day 1, Love↓

Day 12, Breath of Life

Day 101, The Plan↓

Day 213, Creators

Creator

Day 318, Sustainer↓

Creatures

Day 266, Critters

Cross, the

Day 107, The Greatest Evil↓

Culture

Day 226, Big Picture

Culture creator

Day 225, Culture Creator↓

Culture stereotypes

Day 279, Mixed Messages↓

Culture’s changes

Day 218, Navigating Culture

Culture’s communication

Day 225, Culture Creator

Culture’s influence

Day 216, Swimming in It

Day 217, Changes↓

Day 219, Subtle Messages↓

Day 221, Conformed↓

Day 223, Fully Alive↓

Day 224, Kingdom Unveiler↓

Day 231, Boxed In

Day 232, Being More

Culture’s lessons

Day 220, A Firm Foundation

Culture’s origins

Day 217, Changes

Darkness

Day 2, Good↓

Dead to sin

Day 179, Dead to Sin↓

Death

Day 4, The Pursuit↓

Day 7, The Corrupter↓

Day 125, With Him↓

Deception

Day 7, The Corrupter↓

Demons

Day 24, Satan’s Team↓

Despair

Day 85, A New Rhythm↓

Destruction of evil

Day 121, Restoration↓

Day 123, Heavenly Things↓

Discouragement

Day 85, A New Rhythm↓

Discovery

Day 238, Healthy Skepticism↓

Dishonoring God

Day 221, Conformed

Distortions of sexuality

Day 275, Distortions↓

Distrust

Day 152, Sexual Temptation↓

Division

Day 9, The Liar↓

Doing God’s work

Day 42, United↓

Doing good

Day 204, God Visible↓

Do something for God

Day 74, Creative↓

Doubts

Day 13, Doubts↓

Dream big

Day 195, You Belong Here↓

Dreams and desires

Day 118, Under-Dreamers↓

Day 291, Two Extremes

Day 292, Dreams

Day 293, Fulfillment↓

Day 294, Waiting Room

Day 295, Unlimited

Each person is unique

Day 336, Unique

Effects of sin

Day 141, Deathly Consequences↓

Emotions

Day 81, Bond↓

Day 84, Faith or Feeling↓

Day 90, By Design↓

Encountering God

Day 66, Alive↓

End times

Day 19, The Final Battle↓

Entitlement

Day 219, Subtle Messages↓

Eternal life

Day 58, Switching Kingdoms↓

Day 164, Eternal Life↓

Day 361, The Truest Story↓

Day 365, Happily Ever After↓

Eternity

Day 134, Being With Him↓

Evil

Day 6, The Prequel↓

Day 92, The Dark Middle↓

Day 96, Taking a Stand↓

Day 101, The Plan↓

Day 104, Trouble↓

Day 105, Victory↓

Day 106, With You↓

Day 107, The Greatest Evil↓

Evil destroyed

Day 122, End of Evil↓

Examine your life

Day 233, Whole Person↓

Excellence

Day 245, Excellence↓

Expectations

Day 155, Every Day↓

Failure is a gift

Day 243, The Gift of Failure↓

Faith

Day 35, Faith↓

Day 40, Fight↓

Day 65, Victory↓

Day 167, Faith Alone↓

Day 168, Faith’s Power↓

Day 255, Useful↓

Day 346, Reality↓

Day 347, Seeing Without Eyes↓

Day 349, Let It Grow

Day 350, Choosing to Trust↓

Faith to move mountains

Day 100, Move It↓

Fall, the

Day 3, A Different Fruit↓

Day 11, Before There Was Time↓

Day 56, Cosmic Realities↓

Day 57, Disarmed↓

Day 101, The Plan↓

Day 110, Cosmic Trial↓

Fallen world

Day 92, The Dark Middle↓

False teachings

Day 167, Faith Alone↓

Fashion

Day 230, Fashion

Father, Son, Holy Spirit

Day 272, The Story↓

Fear of failure

Day 194, No Fear↓

Feelings

Day 84, Faith or Feeling↓

Day 87, Feelings↓

Fighting Satan

Day 61, In Him↓

Focus on other people

Day 240, Art of People↓

Following God

Day 170, The Teacher↓

Day 286, More Than a Map↓

Day 289, Trouble↓

Following God’s laws

Day 169, The Law’s Curse↓

Following Jesus

Day 56, Cosmic Realities↓

Day 81, Bond

Day 82, The Ultimate Goal↓

Day 171, Follow↓

Day 174, Sitting With God

Day 176, Salvation Plus↓

Following the law

Day 170, The Teacher↓

Foreign languages

Day 265, Foreign Languages

Forgiveness

Day 5, By His Wounds↓

Day 26, The Battlefield↓

Day 35, Faith↓

Day 58, Switching Kingdoms↓

Day 59, New Creation↓

Day 89, Overcoming Evil↓

Day 148, Confession↓

Day 172, No Condemnation↓

Day 176, Salvation Plus↓

Day 178, Forgiven↓

Day 328, Forgiving

Forgiving others

Day 37, More Than What You See↓

Fragmented life

Day 234, Roles↓

Freedom

Day 248, Freedom↓

Freedom to sin

Day 159, Abusing Grace↓

Free from pain of sin

Day 150, Set Free↓

Free will

Day 95, Free Will↓

Friendship with God

Day 338, Friendship

Day 339, Heart to Heart

Day 340, Better Than BFF

Fruit of the Spirit

Day 64, Wrong Spirit↓

Day 80, Joy↓

Fulfillment

Day 244, Work and Pain↓

Garden of Eden

Day 116, In the Garden↓

Gender differences

Day 277, Different Is Good

Day 280, The Gender Factor↓

Gender factor

Day 280, The Gender Factor

Gender mixed messages

Day 279, Mixed Messages

Genders

Day 273, Defined↓

Day 276, Complements↓

Gender strengths

Day 278, Recognizing Strengths

Day 285, Stepping Into Ourselves↓

God allows evil

Day 91, Father-Filtered↓

Day 93, Hand of Mercy↓

Day 102, Worth It↓

God answers prayer

Day 34, Prayer↓

Day 44, Keep Asking↓

God as servant

Day 334, Servant King

God became human

Day 335, Unfathomable

God-followers

Day 130, One Big Family↓

God hates evil

Day 91, Father-Filtered↓

God is all-knowing

Day 103, Heaven’s Coming↓

Day 199, So Close↓

Day 326, With Us

Day 330, God Knows

God is everywhere

Day 200, Student of God↓

God is good

Day 102, Worth It↓

Day 103, Heaven’s Coming↓

Day 136, The Great Adventure↓

Day 201, What Is Good?↓

God is joyful

Day 80, Joy↓

God is your friend

Day 329, Friend

Godlessness

Day 219, Subtle Messages↓

God listens

Day 41, Our Influence↓

Day 42, United

God’s anger

Day 95, Free Will

God’s blessings

Day 71, Blessing God↓

Day 193, Prayer Promises↓

God’s care

Day 187, Hidden With Christ↓

God’s character

Day 1, Love↓

Day 4, The Pursuit↓

Day 271, Reflecting God

God’s children

Day 32, Identity

Day 182, In His Lap↓

Day 188, Heirs↓

Day 195, You Belong Here↓

God’s classroom

Day 251, God School↓

Day 252, Creation Speaks↓

Day 254, Constant Companion↓

Day 257, School

God’s classroom defaced

Day 253, Defaced

God’s comfort

Day 94, More Than Aware↓

God’s commitment

Day 185, The Father’s Love↓

God’s creations

Day 235, Journey With God↓

Day 247, God-ness

God’s discipline

Day 185, The Father’s Love↓

God’s emotions

Day 76, Not a Robot

Day 77, At the Heart↓

God’s family

Day 186, Royal Family↓

Day 191, Welcome Home↓

God’s gifts

Day 15, The Loved Warriors↓

Day 31, Return↓

Day 260, God’s Pleasure

God’s goodness revealed

Day 205, God’s Heart

God’s grace

Day 333, Righteousness and Grace

God’s guidelines

Day 248, Freedom

Day 287, Freedom↓

God’s instructions

Day 137, Connection↓

God’s justice

Day 104, Trouble↓

Day 163, Intersection↓

God’s kingdom

Day 17, Advancing the Kingdom↓

Day 18, The Transformation↓

Day 25, God’s Kingdom

Day 39, Beyond Sight↓

Day 98, Un-Kingdom↓

Day 191, Welcome Home↓

Day 195, You Belong Here

Day 210, Sacred and Secular↓

Day 341, God’s Kingdom

Day 342, Appearances

Day 343, True Home

Day 344, True ID↓

Day 345, True Colors

Day 346, Reality

Day 348, Ask↓

Day 358, Nudges

God’s kingdom on earth

Day 20, Happily Ever After↓

God’s laws

Day 173, Where the Law Comes In↓

Day 203, Morality Is Good↓

God’s leading

Day 69, Guided↓

God’s love

Day 1, Love↓

Day 11, Before There Was Time↓

Day 13, Doubts↓

Day 15, The Loved Warriors↓

Day 38, Hard Times↓

Day 39, Beyond Sight↓

Day 53, Fruitful Words↓

Day 78, Love

Day 79, Grieved↓

Day 82, The Ultimate Goal↓

Day 83, Connected

Day 104, Trouble↓

Day 137, Connection↓

Day 138, Deep Love↓

Day 158, No Strings↓

Day 160, Undeserved↓

Day 163, Intersection↓

Day 183, Adoption↓

Day 185, The Father’s Love

Day 332, His Wings

Day 364, Finally Home↓

God’s mercy

Day 4, The Pursuit↓

God’s message

Day 15, The Loved Warriors

God’s name

Day 304, The Son↓

Day 305, The Holy Spirit↓

Day 308, Jealous↓

Day 315, Judge↓

Day 316, Light of the World↓

Day 317, King of Kings↓

Day 318, Sustainer↓

Day 319, Shepherd↓

Day 320, Bridegroom

Abba

Day 181, Tender Protector↓

Day 303, Father

Adonai

Day 302, Yahweh↓

Elohim

Day 301, Elohim

El Roi

Day 310, The God Who Sees

El-Shaddai

Day 306, God Almighty

Good Shepherd

Day 319, Shepherd↓

Jealous

Day 308, Jealous↓

Judge

Day 315, Judge↓

LORD Almighty

Day 314, Lord of the Angel Armies↓

LORD of Hosts

Day 314, Lord of the Angel Armies↓

Lord of lords

Day 317, King of Kings↓

Sustainer

Day 318, Sustainer

Yahweh

Day 302, Yahweh↓

Yahweh Rapha

Day 307, The Lord Who Heals

Yahweh Sabaoth

Day 314, Lord of the Angel Armies

Yahweh Tsidkenu

Day 312, The Lord Our Righteous Savior

Yahweh Yireh

Day 309, The Lord Who Provides

YHWH

Day 302, Yahweh↓

God’s perfect righteousness

Day 323, Perfect Righteousness

God’s personal name

Day 302, Yahweh

God’s plan

Day 92, The Dark Middle

Day 101, The Plan

Day 136, The Great Adventure

God’s power

Day 43, Prayer Works↓

Day 325, Big

God’s presence

Day 21, In the Room With You

Day 38, Hard Times↓

Day 46, Real↓

Day 49, Everywhere↓

Day 50, History With God↓

Day 69, Guided↓

Day 75, Convergence↓

Day 321, Overwhelming

God’s promises

Day 105, Victory↓

Day 350, Choosing to Trust↓

God’s protection

Day 184, Protector

God’s purpose

Day 115, Purpose↓

God’s response to prayer

Day 45, Partners↓

Day 54, Learning Process↓

God’s truths

Day 36, True Sight

Day 208, The Word and the World↓

Day 209, The Lens of Truth↓

Day 356, A New Way to See↓

Day 362, There Will Come a Day↓

God’s voice

Day 52, God’s Voice↓

God’s will

Day 44, Keep Asking

Day 286, More Than a Map

Day 287, Freedom

Day 290, Journey↓

God’s Word

Day 66, Alive

God’s wrath

Day 106, With You↓

God the Father

Day 181, Tender Protector

Day 182, In His Lap

Day 183, Adoption

Day 193, Prayer Promises↓

God the King

Day 331, Benevolent King

God the Son

Day 304, The Son↓

God the Warrior

Day 311, The Lord Is My Banner

God uses evil for good

Day 91, Father-Filtered

God working in you

Day 85, A New Rhythm↓

Good and evil

Day 87, Feelings

Day 93, Hand of Mercy

Day 201, What Is Good?

Good behavior

Day 197, Behave?↓

Good gifts from God

Day 202, Goodness Is God-ness

Goodness, truth, beauty

Day 2, Good↓

Day 214, The Grid

Day 215, Glimpses of God

Good Shepherd

Day 319, Shepherd

Gossip

Day 8, The Tempter↓

Day 9, The Liar↓

Day 151, Gossip↓

Grace

Day 156, Free to Us↓

Day 158, No Strings↓

Day 160, Undeserved↓

Greatest commandment

Day 197, Behave?↓

Greed

Day 8, The Tempter↓

Grieving

Day 111, Praise for Despair↓

Grow and stretch

Day 246, Really Living

Day 250, Digging Deeper↓

Grow emotionally

Day 236, Wider, Deeper, Further↓

Grow intellectually

Day 236, Wider, Deeper, Further↓

Grow spiritually

Day 236, Wider, Deeper, Further↓

Guides to goodness

Day 203, Morality Is Good

Guilt

Day 98, Un-Kingdom↓

Day 172, No Condemnation↓

Hard times

Day 38, Hard Times

Day 39, Beyond Sight↓

Day 104, Trouble↓

Day 106, With You↓

Day 108, No Cause and Effect↓

Day 289, Trouble↓

Day 363, In the Dark Middle

Having a full life

Day 293, Fulfillment

Healing

Day 109, Deeper Knowing↓

Healthy skepticism

Day 238, Healthy Skepticism↓

Heaven

Day 16, The Here and Not Yet

Day 20, Happily Ever After

Day 28, Everlasting Beings↓

Day 29, Heaven↓

Day 102, Worth It↓

Day 103, Heaven’s Coming↓

Day 117, Un-Broken↓

Day 118, Under-Dreamers

Day 119, Hints of Home↓

Day 120, Perfect Bodies↓

Day 124, Merge↓

Day 126, Home↓

Day 129, Early Lessons↓

Day 130, One Big Family↓

Day 132, Together↓

Day 134, Being With Him↓

Day 135, ’Round the Bend↓

Day 364, Finally Home↓

Day 365, Happily Ever