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Read 2 Samuel 14:1 through 15:37 Absalom, King David’s son, did not have an easy life. He fled from home after killing his half brother for raping his sister. Eventually he was allowed to return home, but his relationship with his father was strained. Absalom undermined his father’s authority by promising that he would be a more compassionate ruler than …

Read Deuteronomy 29:1 through 30:20; Mark 12:35 through 13:11 In 1946, a widowed mother and her three teen daughters felt challenged to give in a “sacrificial” offering for a poor family. That month the woman and her daughters ate only potatoes, turned off lights to save electricity, cleaned homes, did babysitting, and scraped together seventy dollars, which they joyfully gave …

Read Mark 10:1 through 11:33 For years Jacob searched for a way to God. In college, he investigated different world religions but never found what he was looking for. He tried doing good deeds, but they never seemed good enough. He made great efforts to improve himself, but he still felt the weight of his inadequacies. One day a friend …

Read Numbers 27:1 through 30:16; Mark 5:14 through 6:13 Anxiety is common to everyone. What will the doctor’s report say? Will the plane land safely in this storm? Where is my child? He is not home, and it is getting late. How will the bills be paid? The people of the New Testament experienced anxiety too. A former demoniac was …