Daily Bible Verse Studies

Each study runs seven days. Every day has one verse, a few plain paragraphs from me, a question to sit with, and a short prayer. It takes about five minutes with a cup of coffee.

Start at Day 1 and go in order. They build on each other.

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Aging Without Shrinking

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For the years when strength changes and people start speaking a little slower to you. Seven verses on growing old without being set aside.

  1. Day 1 Do Not Cast Me Away Psalm 71:9
  2. Day 2 A Crown, Not a Countdown Proverbs 16:31
  3. Day 3 Renewed Like the Eagle Isaiah 40:31
  4. Day 4 A Future the Body Can't Cancel 2 Corinthians 5:1
  5. Day 5 Still Declaring What He's Done Psalm 71:18
  6. Day 6 Numbering My Days on Purpose Psalm 90:12
  7. Day 7 Sustained to the Gray Hairs Isaiah 46:4

Rest That Isn't Retirement

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Jesus offers rest, and it turns out to be a different thing from stopping. Seven days on what that rest looks like in an ordinary week.

  1. Day 1 I Said I'd Tell You Plainly Matthew 11:28
  2. Day 2 Not the Same as Stopping Hebrews 4:9-10
  3. Day 3 The Sabbath Was Never About Being Useless Mark 2:27
  4. Day 4 Be Still and Let That Be Enough Psalm 46:10
  5. Day 5 My Yoke Is Easy Matthew 11:29-30
  6. Day 6 A Quiet Place to Lie Down Psalm 23:2
  7. Day 7 Return to Your Rest, My Soul Psalm 116:7

Trusting God With Your Money

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The retirement math keeps me up some nights. Seven days on contentment and generosity, and on who actually holds the numbers.

  1. Day 1 Learning to Be Content Hebrews 13:5; Philippians 4:11-12
  2. Day 2 The Birds Don't Have a 401(k) Matthew 6:26
  3. Day 3 The Warning I Keep Needing to Hear Luke 12:15
  4. Day 4 Leaning Somewhere Other Than My Own Math Proverbs 3:5-6
  5. Day 5 My Portion, Not My Plan Psalm 73:26
  6. Day 6 Generosity Before I Feel Ready 2 Corinthians 9:7
  7. Day 7 The Shepherd Handles Running Out Psalm 23:1

Purpose After the Paycheck

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What do you do when the job title goes away? Seven days on the work God made you for, before the career and after it.

  1. Day 1 Made Before the Job Title Ephesians 2:10
  2. Day 2 Work That Doesn't Show Up on a W-2 Colossians 3:23-24
  3. Day 3 The Gift Doesn't Expire Romans 12:6
  4. Day 4 A Body That Doesn't Retire Its Members 1 Corinthians 12:18
  5. Day 5 Whatever Is Left, Give It Ecclesiastes 9:10
  6. Day 6 Not a Postscript Philippians 1:6
  7. Day 7 Well Done Isn't Said at the Retirement Party Matthew 25:21

God bless,
Paul