Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book  "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible."  "Part Two," featuring volumes 57-113, was published  in December 2022.

Happy New Year, everyone. Buckle your seatbelts; 2025 could be a wild ride! However, always remember that “HE is in control.” Also, my husband and I repeatedly say, “Jesus, I trust in you!” Both “truths” are comforting to us and hopefully will be to you.

Today, I am pleased to announce that my Bible study is based on a double “calling.” Two verses “demanded” attention that I felt called to share. First:

“As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).

How this verse “demanded attention” is why I love the Lord. Hanging in our kitchen, next to the refrigerator, is a 12-inch square bronze-colored frame showcasing fake parchment with that Joshua verse. This “Hallmark store” art has been there for 13 years but blended into the kitchen wall, so I didn’t “see” it –until last week when the Lord intervened.

Suddenly, I “saw” the verse, read it, and felt called to write about it. Why I suddenly saw this “art” next to the refrigerator is unexplainable, but we know that “nothing is impossible with God.”

Thus, we will study this verse because when one “demands” my attention, it usually means it is not just for me but destined to resonate with some readers. (Let me know if that applies to you.)

Second: Initially, I planned to make this study only about Joshua’s verse, but while in church, I heard the following verse, which also demanded my attention. God speaks:

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you........

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