THE BIBLE IN A YEAR (with Alicia Purdy)

JUDGEMENT AND JUSTIFICATION unfold on the Day 167 Bible in a Year reading as God’s wrath toward sin is seen, yet reframed to show His everlasting mercy to all who call upon His name. Where can mercy be found even in the mess? 🔥 DAY 167 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 1 Kings 14:1-15:24 - Judgment on Jeroboam's house, Abijah's sickness, Rehoboam's reign in Judah. ✅ Acts 10:1-23 - Cornelius' vision, P...

A KINGDOM DIVIDED, A BROTHERHOOD BROKEN on Day 166 of The Bible in a Year. How does the Kingdom of God unite once again through Christ in a New Covenant after hundreds of years of Old Covenant brokenness? 🔥 DAY 166 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 1 Kings 12:20-13:34 - Rehoboam's foolishness, Israel's rebellion, prophecy against the altar at Bethel, judgment on Jeroboam. ✅ Acts 9:26-43 - Saul's intro...

BETRAYAL AND IDOLATRY DESTROY A KINGDOM on Day 165 of The Bible in a Year. A betrayal of God’s love and the destruction of His wrath toward sin show that even the wisest can be led astray like fools when they desire the things of the world. 🔥 DAY 165 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 1 Kings 11:1-12:19 - Solomon's foreign wives lead him astray, God's judgment on Solomon, rebellion of Jeroboam. ✅ Acts...

TELEPORTED BY THE SPIRIT ? On day 164 of The Bible in a Year, the Holy Spirit speaks to humanity and sends His people wherever He needs them to witness of the Messiah. Is there ANYTHING too hard for God? 🔥 DAY 164 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 1 Kings 9:1-10: 29 - God's covenant with Solomon, Solomon's wisdom tested, his prosperity, and fame. ✅ Acts 8: 14-40 - Samaritans receive the Holy Spirit, S...

CAN WORDS OF LIFE SPEAK AMID PERSECUTION AND DEATH ? ON Day 163 of The Bible in a Year, joy and sorrow unfold as God is glorified while the apostles scatter after the first martyr falls. 🔥 DAY 163 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 1 Kings 8:1-66 - Dedication of the temple, Solomon's prayer of dedication, God's presence fills the temple. ✅ Acts 7:51-8:13 - Stephen's indictment of Israel's leaders, his...

A TEMPLE ACROSS TIME FROM SOLOMON TO STEVEN on Day 162 of The Bible in a Year where the testimony of the Lord brings inspiration, conviction, life, and death. Where is God’s light when the world grows dark? 🔥 DAY 162 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 1 Kings 7:1-50 - Solomon's palace and other buildings constructed, furnishings for the temple, completion of the temple. ✅ Acts 7: 30-50 - Stephen tells...

A GOSPEL OF LIFE AND DEATH on Day 161 of the Bible in a Year. Is it harder to LIVE for the LORD or die for the message of the Gospel? 🔥 DAY 161 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 1 Kings 5:1-6: 38 - Solomon prepares to build the temple, construction begins, details of the temple's design and materials. ✅ Acts 7:1-29 - Stephen's defense before the Sanhedrin, recounting Israel's history, from Abraham to...

CUT THE BABY IN HALF?! Supernatural wisdom saves on the Day 160 Bible in a Year Reading Plan, and sets in motion the early church authority structure. How can God promise that if you sow in tears you will reap in joy? He knows something we don’t… 🔥 DAY 160 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 1 Kings 3:3-4: 34 - Solomon's wisdom displayed in judgment, wisdom sought through prayer, discernment in the dispu...

DECEPTION, DEDICATION, and DECLARATION across the generations on Day 159 of The Bible in a Year – and DISCERNMENT. What does God have to show you to navigate your life according to His path? 🔥 DAY 159 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 1 Kings 2:1-3:2 - David's charge to Solomon, instructions and warnings, Solomon's wisdom displayed in judgment, consolidating power. ✅ Acts 5:1-42 - Ananias and Sapphira...

TRENGTH FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT brings strength in difficulties and adversity on Day 158 of reading the Bible in a Year! Where does help truly come from when everything seems hopeless? 🔥 DAY 158 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 1 Kings 1:1-53 - Adonijah's rebellion, Nathan and Bathsheba's intervention, Solomon anointed king, Adonijah's demise ✅ Acts 4:1-37 - Peter and John before Sanhedrin, boldness in...

THE HOLY SPIRIT GROWS THE CHURCH on Day 157 of The Bible in a Year, and repentance brings relief to those trapped in the snare of sin – even the king. 🔥 DAY 157 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 23:24-24:25 – David’s mighty men listed; David takes a census and repents and builds an altar. ✅ Acts 3:1-26 – Peter heals lame beggar, preaches repentance on Solomon’s porch, proclaims God’s servant...

JESUS SENDS THE HOLY SPIRIT AND POWER FROM ON HIGH on Day 156 of The Bible in a Year. What does David’s song have in common with what Peter preached generations beforehand? 🔥 DAY 156 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 22:1-23: 23 - David's song of deliverance, God's faithfulness, David's mighty men, exploits and valor. ✅ Acts 2:1-47 - Day of Pentecost, Holy Spirit descends, Peter's sermon, tho...

HEAVEN AND EARTH COLLIDE on the Day 155 Bible in a Year reading as Jesus ascends into heaven and the promise of the Spirit's power draws near. What are YOU waiting for? 🔥 DAY 155 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 20: 14-21: 22 - Sheba's head thrown to Joab, Bichri's rebellion quashed, three years of famine, Gibeonites avenged. ✅ Acts 1:1-26 - Jesus' ascension, Matthias chosen to replace Judas...

TEARS AND SORROW TURN TO JOY on Day 154 of the Bible in a Year reading plan. How will the Lord accomplish the transformation of bitterness into beauty when God's people walk through seasons of triumph and tragedies? 🔥 DAY 154 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 19: 11-20: 13 - David returns as king, confronts Judah and Israel, Sheba's rebellion, Joab kills Amasa. ✅ John 21:1-25 - Jesus appears...

HE IS RISEN! JUST AS HE SAID! On the Day 135 Bible in a Year reading plan, what does an EMPTY TOMB testify of? Miracles after misery. Hope after hardship. Joy after grief. LIFE AFTER DEATH! 🔥 DAY 153 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 18:1-19: 10 - David's army defeats Absalom's forces, Absalom caught in the oak tree, Joab kills Absalom, David grieves. ✅ John 20:1-31 - Mary finds empty tomb, J...

THE MESSIAH GIVES HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR SIN on the Day 152 Bible in a Year reading, yet His work on earth is not yet done. O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?! 🔥 DAY 152 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 17:1-29 - Ahithophel's advice rejected, Hushai's counsel followed, Absalom's army defeated, Absalom killed, David mourns. ✅ John 19: 23-42 - Soldiers cast lots for Jesus' garments, Jesus' care f...

A HOUSE DIVIDED BEGINS TO FALL on the Day 151 Bible in a Year reading plan. David's household suffers from rebellion, while Jesus is tried, convicted, and named "The King of the Jews". 🔥 DAY 151 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 15: 23-16: 23 - David flees Absalom's rebellion, Shimei curses him, Hushai spies for David, counsel against Ahithophel's advice. ✅ John 18: 25-19: 22 - Peter denies J...

BITTERNESS, BETRAYAL AND MORE BETRAYAL! On Day 150 of the Bible in a Year Reading Plan, David and his descendent, Jesus Christ, suffer from betrayal - How can God's light shine when we experience such darkness?? 🔥 DAY 150 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 14:1-15: 22 - Joab arranges Absalom's return, Absalom reconciled, cunning plan, Absalom's conspiracy, David's flight. ✅ John 18:1-24 - Betr...

A FAMILY TORN APART BY TURMOIL on Day 149 of the Bible in a Year Reading Plan - how far will it go? With trauma and troubles in the world throughout the generations, and even in His own earthly lineage, Jesus Christ prays for a demonstration of love in light of eternal mercy. 🔥 DAY 149 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 13:1-39 - Amnon rapes Tamar, Absalom's revenge, Absalom flees, David mourns...

CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART! On Day 148, sin and sorrow ravage the hearts and minds and lives of people because of man's wickedness, but the Messiah Jesus Christ shows the mercy of God in turning sorrows into joy. 🔥 DAY 148 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 12:1-31 - Nathan confronts David, judgment for his sin, death of Bathsheba's child, Solomon's birth. ✅ John 16:1-33 - Jesus warns of perse...

GOD IS LOVE EVEN AMID THE WORLD'S HATE on the Day 147 Bible in a Year reading plan where the ravages of sin destroys lives, but, love builds up, and strength is found in the Lord when weaknesses emerge. 🔥 DAY 147 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 9:1-11: 27 - David shows kindness to Mephibosheth, defeats Ammonites, adultery with Bathsheba, Uriah's death. ✅ John 15:1-27 - Jesus the true vine,...

DOES GOD FULFILL EVERY DESIRE? On Day 146 of The Bible in a Year, David's desire to be part of a new work for the Lord is not granted to him - why?? Jesus Christ redefines what "peace" means in the Kingdom of God, apart from how the world defines it. 🔥 DAY 146 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 7:1-8: 18 - David desires to build temple, God promises eternal throne, David's victories, justice an...

DISOBEDIENCE BRINGS DESTRUCTION on the Day 145 Bible in a Year reading plan where a breakdown of God's due order brings death, but Christ bridges the divide and the Holy Spirit is promised, bringing life. 🔥 DAY 145 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 4:1-6: 23 - Ish-bosheth murdered, David avenges, he brings the ark to Jerusalem, Uzzah's death, Obed-edom blessed. ✅ John 13: 31-14: 14 - Jesus gl...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW? On Day 144 of the Bible in a Year reading plan, the bitter sting of betrayal brings pain and perspective, and reveals the true strength it takes to continue on in spite of the increasing weight of the burdens. 🔥 DAY 144 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 2: 12-3: 39 - David's reign begins, Ish-bosheth's death, Abner's defection, Joab murders Abner, David laments A...

A TALE OF TWO KINGS on the Day 143 Bible in a Year reading plan where a powerful throughline is shown: David and Christ, the Messiah, generations apart and eternally linked. 🔥 DAY 143 BIBLE READING BREAKDOWN: ✅ 2 Samuel 1:1-2: 11 - David mourns Saul and Jonathan's death; he inquires of the Lord, and is anointed king over Judah. ✅ John 12: 20-50 - Greeks seek Jesus; He speaks of His impending de...