THE BIBLE IN A YEAR (with Alicia Purdy)

SOLD INTO SLAVERY on the Day 18 Bible in a Year reading plan with a difficult account of suffering amid the Savior's mercy seen through the Light of the World casting out the darkness. 🔥 DAY 18 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 37:1-38 :30 Joseph's dreams, sold into slavery, Judah's family. ✅ Matthew 12: 22-45 Jesus heals a demon-possessed man, confronts Pharisees, teaches on blasphemy against...

A HEALING ON THE SABBATH & A SHEPHERD WHO SERVES on the Day 17 Bible in a Year reading plan where generations unfold over time as the Lord observes humanity, and sends His servant to lead His people back to Him 🔥 DAY 17 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 35:1-36:43 Jacob returns to Bethel, births and deaths in Jacob's family, genealogy of Esau. ✅ Matthew 12:1-21 Jesus confronts Pharisees re...

THE WORDS OF A FOOL REVEAL FOLLY IN THE HEART on the Day 16 Bible in a Year reading plan where the grandeur of God is clearly seen, His love clearly felt, and yet His presence denied by those blinded by sun. 🔥 DAY 16 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 32: 13-34: 31 Jacob prepares to meet Esau, reconciles with him, Dinah's violation and its consequences. ✅ Matthew 11:7-30 Jesus praises John the...

WRESTLING WITH THE ALMIGHTY GOD on the Day 15 Bible in a Year reading plan where the Lord shows His great love in reaching those who run from His authority, and sends mercy on those suffering from the world's sin. 🔥 DAY 15 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 31: 17-32: 12 Jacob flees Laban, encounters angels; prepares to meet Esau in fear. ✅ Matthew 10: 24-11:6 Disciples not above teacher, John...

PERSECUTION, PROBLEMS, & PROMISES IN CHRIST on the Day 14 Bible in a Year reading plan showing that even as people walk through trials, God's promises through Jesus Christ bring peace that passes understanding. 🔥 DAY 14 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 30:1-31 :16 Rachel and Leah compete for children; Jacob leaves Laban's household. ✅ Matthew 10:1-23 Jesus sends disciples, warns of persec...

DIRTY DEALINGS & MIRACULOUS HEALINGS on the Day 13 Bible in a Year reading plan where a contrast is seen across the ages between God's hand of mercy through Christ and the betrayal, devastation, and humiliation of sin. 🔥 DAY 13 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 28:1-29 :35 Jacob leaves for Paddan Aram, meets Rachel. Laban is deceitful concerning Leah and Rachel. ✅ Matthew 9: 18-38 Jairus'...

DECEPTION AND BETRAYAL AMONG BROTHERS on the Day 12 Bible in a Year reading plan where God's people struggle with sin, yet the Savior shows a new way of living and loving in the world. 🔥 DAY 12 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 26: 17-27: 46 Isaac faces disputes over wells, Jacob deceives Esau, receives blessings. ✅ Matthew 9:1-17 Jesus forgives sins, calls Matthew, teaches about fasting, and...

GENERATIONS ARE BLESSED IN THE LORD on the Day 11 Bible in a Year reading plan with a clear pattern of man's flaws and God's faithfulness throughout every generation of His people. 🔥 DAY 11 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 24: 52-26: 16 Isaac marries Rebekah. God blesses Isaac's prosperity and wealth. ✅ Matthew 8: 18-34 Discipleship costs, Jesus calms the storm, casts out demons in Gadarenes....

THE MOVEMENTS OF MAN GUIDED BY GOD'S HAND on the Day 10 Bible in a Year reading plan showing that the Lord sees, hears, understands, and answers. Even when people see the impossible, God DOES the impossible! 🔥 DAY 10 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 23:1-24: 51 Sarah's death, Abraham buys burial plot, Isaac and Rebekah's marriage arranged. ✅ Matthew 8:1-17 Jesus heals a leper, Centurion's ser...

A TESTING OF FAITH PROVES THE FAITHFUL on the Day 9 Bible in a Year reading plan where the Lord examines His people to show them who He really is, and to show them who they really are. 🔥 DAY 9 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 20:1-22: 24 Abraham deceives Abimelech, birth of Isaac, and God tests Abraham. ✅ Matthew 7: 15-29 Beware false prophets, build on solid foundation, Jesus' teaching aston...

DESTRUCTION OF SODOM, A PILLAR OF SALT & PEACE THROUGH CHRIST on the Day 8 Bible in a Year reading plan where devastation through sin will always exact its eternal price for those not covered by submission to the Savior of the World. 🔥 Day 8 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 18: 16-19: 38 Angels warn Lot, Sodom's destruction; Lot's wife looks back. ✅ Matthew 6: 25-7: 14 Do not worry, seek...

AN ETERNAL PROMISE & AN ETERNAL JUDGEMENT on the Day 7 Bible in a Year reading plan where the eternity of the Lord is seen in righteousness and recompense for sin, with redemption in God's wise plan for His people. 🔥 DAY 7 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 16:1-18: 15 - Hagar conceives Ishmael, God promises Isaac through Sarah, Sodom's judgment foretold. ✅ Matthew 6:1-24 Jesus' teachings o...

LOVING THOSE WHO HATE YOU on the Day 6 Bible in a Year reading plan where the establishment of righteousness through Christ transforms how the world interacts with the people of God and redefines what it means to follow the Lord. 🔥 DAY 6 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 13:5-15: 21 - "Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness." ✅ Matthew 5: 27-48 - "I say to you, lov...

THIRSTING FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS EVEN SIN'S DESERT on the Day 5 Bible in a Year reading plan where wickedness will always exist, but those who thirst for righteousness will pursue the Lord in wisdom and leave the world behind. 🔥 DAY 5 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 11:1-13:4 - "Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot...pitched his tent as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly w...

A RAINBOW PROMISING GOD'S ETERNAL COVENANT on the Day 4 Bible in a Year reading plan where the Lord's wrath against sin brings newness of life, foreshadowing the Messiah who cleansed sin ONCE AND FOR ALL. 🔥 DAY 4 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 8:1-10: 32 - "I have set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth." ✅ Matthew 4: 12-25 - "And He said t...

A GLOBAL FLOOD CLEANSES GOD'S CREATION DESTROYED BY SIN on the Day 3 Bible in a Year reading plan where God's redemption is seen through Christ, even as the rebellion of humanity continues to unfold and destroy. 🔥 DAY 3 BIBLE BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 5:1-7: 24 - "So God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh is come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I will destroy th...

TEMPTATION AND TROUBLE IN PARADISE on Day 2 of The Bible in Year reading plan where the enemy's lies conflict with the truth and God's perfect creation succumbs to the devastation and betrayal of sin. 🔥 DAY 2 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 3:1-4: 26 - "Then the serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! For God knows that on the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you wi...

IN THE BEGINNING on Day 1 of The Bible in a Year reading plan, the genesis of the world AND of the Word unfold with power through the Spirit of the Lord, and of His Christ, and the Father who spoke LIFE and LIGHT into the darkness! 🔥 DAY 1 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ Genesis 1:1-2: 25 - "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light."...