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Every Word
Every Word is a one-minute, Bible-based devotional presented by John Bradshaw, designed to provide a daily dose of spiritual reflection in the midst of a busy schedule.
Episodes
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Reunification
For so long it seemed impossible. “[Jesus] … has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation.” - Ephesians 2:14 (NKJV)
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Remembering 9/11
Evil exists. “Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” - 1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)
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The Injured Olympian
His life and outlook changed. “Encourage one another and build one another up.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NASB)
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The 96-Gun Salute
If you wanted one compelling reason… “And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.” - Daniel 2:35 (KJV)
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Sixty Million a Year
It’s easy to criticize. “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” - Matthew 6:21 (KJV)
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They Switched Sides
Change is good when it leads you closer to God. “...will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body.” - Philippians 3:21 (NKJV)
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Conjoined Twins Separated
It will bring out the best in you. “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.” - Proverbs 4:7 (NKJV)
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“I’m Going to Need These Legs!”
You have a great opportunity. “...five talents, to another two, and to another one.” - Matthew 25:15 (KJV)
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The Google Effect
It’s worth remembering. “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” - Exodus 20:8 (NKJV)
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The Great Fire of London
You might have to make some tough decisions. “If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one…
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The Carrington Event
What do you do about the unexpected? “Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment…
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The Fire They Underestimated
Let today count. “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” - Matthew 16:24 (KJV)
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Princess Diana
Why not live that way now? “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power.” - Revelation 20:6 (NKJV)
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The Hotline
No red telephone?! “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will…
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Get the Very Best
We can devastate the entire planet. “I have come that they may have life,… more abundantly.” - John 10:10 (NKJV)
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“I Have a Dream”
The essence of Christianity! “Whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.” - Matthew…
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Hidden
There’s a place of safety. “Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings.” - Psalm 17:8 (NKJV)
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Eradicated
Death will be gone forever. “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” - 1 Corinthians 15:26 (KJV)
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Pompeii and Archaeology
You’d be unwise not to. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart.” - Proverbs 3:5 (NKJV)
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The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
They reveal the spirit that motivates them. “...to give His life a ransom for many.” - Matthew 20:28 (KJV)
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Fannie Lou
We’re here to help others. “But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide…
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The 50th State
He made the stars. “God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also.” - Genesis…
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Unused Power
Still there, full of explosives! “To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” - Romans 8:6 (KJV)
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Endangered Birds Killed
He mostly obeyed. “To obey is better than sacrifice.” - 1 Samuel 15:22 (NKJV)
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Woodstock
This was not society at its best. “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” - Romans 12:2 (NKJV)
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Buried Upside Down!
What matters is that you come out. “The dead in Christ shall rise.” - 1 Thessalonians 4:16 (KJV)
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The Message
Usain Bolt sprinted into history. “I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.” - 2 Samuel 18:29 (KJV)
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An Assumption
She was a remarkable human. “Blessed are you among women.” - Luke 1:42 (NKJV)
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The Would-Be Assassin
Anger can be overcome. “‘Be angry, and do not sin’: do not let the sun go down on your wrath.” - Ephesians 4:26 (NKJV)
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Three World Records in One Day
Ultimate fulfillment! “You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” - Psalm 16:11…
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Mt. Rushmore
Some things are worth remembering. “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He…
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A Judge Warns Elvis Presley
Don’t live like you’re lost. “...a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people.” - 1 Peter 2:9 (NKJV)
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Kokura, Japan: Saved by Clouds
A quirk of the weather… “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we…
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The Milgram Experiment
The temptation is to do what you’re told. “We ought to obey God rather than men.” - Acts 5:29 (KJV)
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How to Handle Technology
The world’s first website was introduced. “I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes.” - Psalm 101:3 (KJV)
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God Hurts With You
It’s the devil who is cruel. “An enemy has done this.” - Matthew 13:28 (NKJV)
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Jesse Owens
There’s no place for it. “[God] has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth.” - Acts 17:26 (NKJV)
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Lewis and Clark
There’s only one way. “I saw another angel..., having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and…
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Separation of Church and State
We become what we despise. “All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him.” - Revelation 13:8 (KJV)
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Fashionable Outrage
Easy to agree with, harder to live by! “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition.” - Philippians 2:3 (NKJV)
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The Gambler Arrested
Why did she rob four banks? “He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.” - Ecclesiastes…
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They Saved His Life
The greatest demonstration of love, ever! “When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son.” - Romans 5:10 (KJV)
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World War I
That’s a problem. “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” - 1 Timothy 6:10 (NKJV)
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Deceived Online
We’ll see them all in heaven. “I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” - Jeremiah 31:34 (KJV)
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Paris Olympics Mocks Christianity
Be a Christian. “Whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.” - Matthew 5:39 (NKJV)
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The Battle of Britain
Always! “You are my hiding place and my shield.” - Psalm 119:114 (NKJV)
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Abdicated
Too bad he didn’t follow its teachings. “How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.” - Psalm 119:9 (NKJV)
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The Detroit Riots
Christ’s way is the best way. “...not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing.” - 1 Peter 3:9 (NKJV)
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Rings Around Neptune
God upholds all things, including you. “...upholding all things by the word of His power.” - Hebrews 1:3 (KJV)
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John Scopes Convicted
They went along with the foolishness. “The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are…
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Apollo 11
“One small step for a man…” “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are…
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The Perfect 10
The only person ever! “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” - 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV)
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The Collapse
It all matters. “...the little foxes that spoil the vines.” - Song of Solomon 2:15 (NKJV)
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Problems Solved
Rely on God. “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:19 (KJV)
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Missionary William Carey
Two billion people haven’t heard. “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into…