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Bible Story of the Day
All daily storiesLuke 1:26–33
Gabriel Comes to NazarethSix months after visiting Zechariah, the angel Gabriel is sent to a small village in Galilee, to a young woman named Mary, engaged to Joseph. He greets her as highly favoured and tells her she will bear a son, Jesus, who will reign on David's throne for ever.
Christmas
See all 150From the first promise in Eden to the morning star of Revelation: 150 Christmas stories, each told from its own passage.
Genesis 3:8–15
The First PromiseOn the saddest day in the garden, Adam and Eve hide from God. But before God speaks a word of consequence to them, he speaks a promise: a child of the woman will one day crush the serpent.
Genesis 12:1–3; 22:15–18
All Families BlessedGod calls Abram to leave home for a land he has never seen, and promises that through his family every nation on earth will be blessed. Years later, on a mountain, God repeats the promise.
Genesis 22:1–14
God Will Provide the LambGod tests Abraham by asking for his beloved son Isaac. On the climb up Mount Moriah, Isaac asks where the lamb is, and Abraham answers that God himself will provide it.
Genesis 28:10–17
Heaven OpenedJacob runs from home with only a stone for a pillow. In a dream he sees a stairway joining earth and heaven, and God promises to be with him wherever he goes.
Genesis 49:8–12
The Sceptre Shall Not DepartOld Jacob, near death in Egypt, gathers his twelve sons to bless them. To Judah he speaks of a lion, a sceptre, and a ruler whom the nations will obey.
Exodus 12:1–14
The Lamb at the DoorOn the night before Israel leaves Egypt, God tells every family to choose a lamb and mark their doorframes with its blood. When the judgement passes through the land, it passes over the marked houses.
Beginnings
See all 6Genesis 1:1–2:3
In the BeginningOut of darkness and deep water, God speaks a good and ordered world into being, crowns it with people made in his image, and then rests.
Genesis 6–9
Noah and the FloodIn a world gone wrong, Noah trusts God, builds an ark, and rides out the flood. Afterwards God sets a rainbow in the clouds as the sign of his promise.
Genesis 2:4–3:24
The Garden of EdenGod plants a garden, makes the man and the woman, and gives them one boundary. A crafty voice asks a question, a choice is made, and God comes walking in the evening, calling, “Where are you?”
Genesis 4:1–16
Cain and Abel: Sin at the DoorTwo brothers bring offerings to God. When Cain’s anger grows, God warns him that sin is crouching at the door, and even after the worst happens, God marks Cain with mercy.
Genesis 5:21–24
Enoch Walked with GodIn a family tree where every life ends with “and he died”, one man breaks the pattern. Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and then he was not, for God took him.
Genesis 11:1–9
The Tower of BabelOn a wide plain, people who all speak one language set out to build a tower to the heavens and make a name for themselves. God comes down to look, and the building site falls into confusion.
Patriarchs
See all 19Genesis 22:1–19
Abraham and IsaacGod tests Abraham on Mount Moriah. On the way up, Isaac asks where the lamb is, and at the top God stops Abraham’s hand and provides a ram instead.
Genesis 37; 39–45
Joseph: From the Pit to the PalaceSold into slavery by his jealous brothers, Joseph rises from prison to Pharaoh’s right hand, and when his brothers come begging for grain, he chooses to forgive.
Genesis 12:1–9
The Call of AbramGod tells Abram to leave his country and family for a land he has never seen, and promises that through him every family on earth will be blessed. At seventy-five, with no children, Abram goes.
Genesis 13
Abram and Lot: You Choose FirstWhen the herders of Abram and his nephew Lot start quarrelling over grazing, Abram makes peace by letting Lot choose first. Lot picks the green plain near Sodom, and God renews his promise to Abram.
Genesis 14:17–24
Melchizedek, the Priest-KingComing home from rescuing Lot, Abram is met by two kings. Melchizedek of Salem brings bread and wine and a blessing from God Most High; the king of Sodom brings an offer Abram refuses.
Genesis 15
Count the StarsChildless and worried, Abram pours out his heart to God. God takes him outside to count the stars, Abram believes, and that night God seals his promise with a covenant of smoke and fire.
Exodus
See all 28Exodus 3; 12–14
Through the SeaGod calls a reluctant shepherd from a burning bush, brings his people out of slavery on the night of the Passover, and opens a path through the sea.
Exodus 2:1–10
The Basket in the ReedsWhen Pharaoh orders that Hebrew baby boys be thrown into the Nile, one brave mother hides her son in a waterproof basket among the reeds, his sister keeps watch, and Pharaoh’s own daughter comes down to the river.
Exodus 2:11–25
A Stranger in a Strange LandPrince Moses tries to fight injustice his own way, kills an Egyptian slave master and flees into the desert. At a well in Midian he finds a new home, while back in Egypt God hears his people’s cry.
Exodus 3–4
The Bush That Did Not Burn UpA shepherd in the wilderness sees a bush on fire that never burns up. From the flames, God calls Moses by name, tells him his name, I AM, and sends him back to Egypt to set his people free, in spite of every excuse Moses can find.
Exodus 7–11
Let My People Go: The Ten PlaguesMoses carries one message to the most powerful king on earth: let my people go. Pharaoh says no, again and again, while Egypt is shaken by signs no magician can match.
Exodus 16
Bread from HeavenHungry and grumbling in the desert, Israel wakes to find the ground covered with something nobody has seen before. God's lesson is simple: gather what you need, every day, and trust him for tomorrow.
Judges
See all 20Joshua 2
Rahab and the Scarlet CordTwo Israelite spies slip into Jericho and are nearly caught. A woman named Rahab hides them on her roof, risks her life for theirs, and asks for one thing in return: a scarlet cord in her window.
Joshua 3–4
Crossing the JordanThe Jordan is in full flood, and a whole nation must cross it. The priests carrying the ark step into the water, the river stops, and twelve stones are carried out to make sure no one ever forgets.
Joshua 6
The Walls of JerichoJericho is shut up tight, and God gives Joshua the strangest battle plan in history: march, stay silent, blow the trumpets, and wait. On the seventh day, the people shout, and the walls come down.
Joshua 7
Achan's SecretAfter the walls of Jericho fall, one man hides a few stolen treasures under his tent, and a whole nation learns that secret sin is never only private.
Joshua 10:1–15
The Day the Sun Stood StillFive kings surround the city of Gibeon, and Joshua keeps a promise he was tricked into making. By the end of the day, Israel will say there has never been a day like it.
Joshua 24
Choose This DayAn old Joshua gathers every tribe at Shechem, tells the story of all God has done, and asks one question that every generation has to answer for itself: whom will you serve?
Kings
See all 361 Samuel 17
David and GoliathFor forty days a giant mocks Israel’s army. Then a young shepherd arrives with a sling, five smooth stones, and complete trust in the Lord.
1 Samuel 9–10
Saul and the Lost DonkeysA tall young farmer goes looking for his father's lost donkeys and comes home as the anointed king of Israel, though when the moment comes, he hides among the baggage.
1 Samuel 15
Better Than SacrificeKing Saul is given a clear command and keeps the parts he likes. When Samuel confronts him, every excuse unravels, and Saul learns that God wants obedience more than offerings.
1 Samuel 16
The Lord Looks on the HeartSamuel goes to Bethlehem to anoint a new king. Seven tall sons of Jesse pass by, and God chooses none of them, until the youngest is called in from the sheep.
1 Samuel 18–20
David and Jonathan: The Arrow SignalThe king's son becomes the best friend of the man the king fears most. When Saul turns against David, Jonathan risks everything to keep his promise, and sends his warning with a bow and arrows.
1 Samuel 24
In the Cave at En-gediHunted by King Saul, David finds the king alone and unguarded in a dark cave. His men say this is his chance. David cuts a piece from Saul's robe, and lets him go.
Prophets
See all 23Daniel 6
Daniel and the LionsJealous officials trap an old and honest man with a law he cannot obey. Daniel keeps praying anyway, and spends a night in a den of lions.
Jonah 1–4
Jonah Runs the Other WayGod sends Jonah to the great city of Nineveh. Jonah sails the other way, into a storm, a great fish and a lesson about how wide God's mercy really is.
Isaiah 6
Holy, Holy, Holy: Isaiah Sees the LordIn the temple, Isaiah sees the Lord on his throne and hears the seraphim calling “Holy, holy, holy”. Undone by his own sin, he is cleansed with a burning coal and answers God’s call: “Here am I; send me.”
Jeremiah 1
Jeremiah: Too Young to Speak?God calls young Jeremiah to be a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah protests that he is too young, but God touches his mouth, shows him two visions, and promises, “I am with thee to deliver thee.”
Jeremiah 18:1–12
At the Potter’s HouseGod sends Jeremiah to watch a potter at work. When a pot is spoiled, the potter reshapes it, and God uses the moment to show his people that they are like clay in his hands, and that it is not too late to turn back.
Jeremiah 38
Jeremiah in the MudAngry officials lower Jeremiah into a muddy cistern and leave him to die. Then Ebed-melech, a foreign official in the palace, risks speaking up to the king, and pulls the prophet out with ropes and old rags.
Exile and Return
See all 23Daniel 1
Daniel and the King's TableTaken far from home to be trained in the king of Babylon's palace, young Daniel is given a new name, a new language and the king's own food. He decides there is one line he will not cross, and asks for a ten-day test.
Daniel 2
The King's Impossible DreamThe king of Babylon demands that his wise men tell him not only what his dream means, but what he dreamed. No one can. Daniel and his friends pray, and God reveals a great statue and a stone that becomes a mountain.
Daniel 3
The Fiery FurnaceWhen the music plays, everyone in Babylon must bow to the king's golden statue. Three young men stay standing. Thrown into a blazing furnace, they are seen walking in the fire, and they are not alone.
Daniel 5
The Writing on the WallAt a royal feast, King Belshazzar drinks from the holy cups taken from God's temple. Suddenly a hand appears and writes on the palace wall. Only the aged Daniel can read the message: the king has been weighed and found wanting.
Esther 1–2
Esther Becomes QueenIn the dazzling court of the Persian king, a queen is sent away and an orphaned Jewish girl named Esther is chosen to take her place, while her cousin Mordecai quietly saves the king's life.
Esther 3–5
For Such a Time as ThisWhen proud Haman plots to destroy every Jew in the Persian Empire, Queen Esther must decide whether to risk her life by walking uninvited into the king's presence.
Wisdom and Songs
See all 15Job 1–2
Job Loses EverythingJob is a good man with a full life, until, in a single day, nearly everything is taken from him. He grieves, he worships, and three friends come and sit with him in silence.
Job 38–42
God Answers Job from the StormAfter long days of argument, God finally speaks to Job out of a whirlwind, not with explanations but with the wonders of creation, and Job, humbled and comforted, sees God for himself.
Psalm 23
The Lord Is My ShepherdA shepherd's song for every season of life: green pastures, still waters, a dark valley, and a table spread with enemies watching. Psalm 23 says the Lord walks with us through all of it.
Proverbs 8–9
Wisdom Calls OutIn the busiest part of town, Wisdom stands up and shouts an invitation to anyone who will listen. Down the street, Folly is calling too. Two voices, two tables, and a choice for every passer-by.
Job 2:11–13; 42:7–10
Seven Days of SilenceWhen disaster falls on Job, three friends travel to sit with him in silence for seven days. Then they start talking, and say far too much. In the end God corrects them, and Job prays for the friends who hurt him.
1 Samuel 22:1–2; Psalm 57
A Song from the CaveOn the run from King Saul, David hides in the cave of Adullam, where four hundred troubled men gather around him. Psalm 57 is the song connected with that time: in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, and my heart is steadfast.
Life of Jesus
See all 32Luke 1:26–38; 2:1–20; Matthew 2:1–12
A Baby in a MangerAn angel visits a young woman in Nazareth. Months later, in crowded Bethlehem, her son is laid in a feeding trough, and shepherds come running to see.
Matthew 28; Luke 24:1–12; John 20:1–18
The Empty TombAt dawn on the first day of the week, grieving women go to Jesus' tomb and find the stone rolled away. Before the day is out, Mary Magdalene has heard him speak her name.
Luke 2:22–38
Simeon and Anna: The Long WaitForty days after Jesus is born, Mary and Joseph bring him to the temple. Two faithful old people who have waited their whole lives recognise him at once.
Matthew 2:13–23
Flight by Night: The Escape to EgyptWarned in a dream, Joseph wakes Mary in the middle of the night and the little family flees to Egypt as refugees, staying hidden until it is safe to return and make a home in Nazareth.
Luke 2:41–52
Lost and Found in JerusalemOn the way home from the Passover festival, Mary and Joseph realise twelve-year-old Jesus is missing. Three anxious days later they find him in the temple, listening to the teachers and asking questions.
Luke 3:1–20
A Voice in the WildernessOut by the Jordan River, John calls crowds to turn back to God, gives tax collectors and soldiers surprisingly practical advice, points to someone greater, and pays a price for telling a ruler the truth.
Parables
See all 12Luke 10:25–37
The Good SamaritanA clever question about who counts as a neighbour gets a story nobody expected: a wounded traveller, two religious men who pass by, and an outsider who stops.
Luke 15:11–32
The Son Who Came HomeA younger son takes his inheritance and wastes it far from home. When he limps back, his father runs to meet him, and his older brother has to decide whether to come in to the party.
Matthew 13:1–23
The Sower and the SoilsFrom a boat on the Sea of Galilee, Jesus tells of a farmer scattering seed on a path, on rock, among thorns and on good soil, and then explains what the soils mean.
Matthew 13:31–33
The Mustard Seed and the YeastTwo tiny stories, one from the field and one from the kitchen, show how God's kingdom starts small and hidden but grows until it fills everything.
Matthew 13:44–46
The Hidden Treasure and the PearlOne man stumbles on treasure buried in a field; another searches for years and finds a priceless pearl. Both gladly sell everything they have, because God's kingdom is worth it.
Luke 15:1–10
The Lost Sheep and the Lost CoinWhen people grumble that Jesus welcomes sinners, he tells of a shepherd who searches the hills for one lost sheep and a woman who sweeps her house for one lost coin, and of the joy in heaven when the lost are found.
Early Church
See all 4Acts 15:1–35
The Council at JerusalemMust Gentile believers become Jewish to follow Jesus? The young church faces its first great argument, listens to Peter, Paul, Barnabas and James, and decides not to load extra burdens on the newcomers.
Acts 20:17–38
Goodbye at MiletusOn his way to Jerusalem, Paul calls the leaders of the Ephesian church to the port of Miletus to say goodbye. He reminds them how he lived among them, warns them to guard the flock, and they kneel, pray and weep together.
Acts 26
Paul Before King AgrippaA prisoner in chains stands before a king, a queen and a Roman governor. Paul tells them how he once hunted Jesus' followers, until a light on the Damascus road changed everything.
Acts 28:11–31
Paul in RomeAfter shipwreck and winter on Malta, Paul finally reaches Rome. Believers walk miles to meet him, and for two years, under guard in a rented house, he welcomes everyone who comes and speaks about Jesus freely.
Letters
See all 36Romans 16:1–16
Phoebe Carries the LetterPaul's great letter to the Romans ends with a long list of names. First comes Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, who is travelling to Rome, and then dozens of friends, women and men, whom Paul greets one by one.
Romans 8:28–39
Nothing Can Separate UsPaul writes to believers living in the capital of a powerful empire, some of whom had already been driven from their homes. He tells them that nothing in all creation can separate them from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 12
A Living SacrificeIn a city full of temples and altars, Paul tells the believers in Rome to offer God their whole lives, and shows them what real love looks like: blessing enemies, sharing with those in need, and weeping with those who weep.
1 Corinthians 12:12–27
One Body, Many PartsThe church in Corinth is split into rival groups, and some members think they matter more than others. Paul writes to them about a body where the foot, the ear and even the weakest parts all belong and all matter.
1 Corinthians 13
The Greatest of These Is LoveThe church in Corinth had every spiritual gift but was short on love. Paul writes them the Bible's most famous words about love: patient, kind, never giving up, and greater even than faith and hope.
1 Corinthians 11:17–34
The Lord's Supper in CorinthWhen the Corinthian believers meet to share the Lord's Supper, the wealthy eat first and the poor go hungry. Paul reminds them of the night Jesus broke bread, and tells them to wait for one another.
Revelation
See all 5Revelation 1:9–20
The Vision on PatmosExiled to a rocky island for his faith, the old apostle John hears a voice like a trumpet behind him. He turns, and sees the risen Jesus in glory, who tells him, fear not.
Revelation 2–3
Letters to Seven ChurchesThe risen Jesus sends a message to each of seven real churches in Asia Minor. Some are praised, some are warned, and every one receives a promise for those who overcome.
Revelation 4
The Throne RoomJohn sees a door standing open in heaven. Inside is God's throne, circled by an emerald rainbow, and every creature around it singing holy, holy, holy.
Revelation 7:9–17
A Great MultitudeJohn sees a crowd too big to count, from every nation and language, waving palm branches before God's throne. The Lamb will be their shepherd, and God will wipe away every tear.
Revelation 22:1–5
The River of LifeAt the very end of the Bible, John is shown a crystal river flowing from God's throne, and the tree of life growing on its banks. The story that began in a garden ends with God's people seeing his face, and no more night.
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