New beginnings
It's never too late to start again.
- The fire on the beachCome, have breakfast.John 21:12
- Asked three timesSimon son of John, do you love Me?John 21:17
- Blessed with empty handsBlessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 5:3
- TodayTruly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.Luke 23:43
- For joyThe kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.Matthew 13:44
- Born againTruly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.John 3:3
- Let the children comeLet the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs…Mark 10:14
- Today at your houseZacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.Luke 19:5
- A strange questionDo you want to get well?John 5:6
- Be openedEphphatha! … Be opened!Mark 7:34
- A doctor for the sickIt is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.Matthew 9:12
- Wind and SpiritThe wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from…John 3:8
- A new breathReceive the Holy Spirit.John 20:22
- The last hourDo I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am…Matthew 20:15
- One more yearSir, leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.Luke 13:8
- In the queueLet it be so now. It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.Matthew 3:15
- The first words in MarkThe time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!Mark 1:15
- An empty, swept houseI will return to the house I left. On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean,…Matthew 12:44
- New wineskinsInstead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.Mark 2:22
- Saying yes, doing noThere was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said: Son, go and work today…Matthew 21:28
- What is your name?What is your name?Mark 5:9
- Back in lineGet behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.Mark 8:33
- Come forthLazarus, come out! … Unwrap him and let him go.John 11:43 and 44
- Why do you persecute me?Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? … I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.Acts 9:4 and 5
- Pergamum: a new nameTo the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone…Revelation 2:17
Reading plans with this theme
- Forty days to EasterThe life of Jesus in forty words, from the temple in Jerusalem to Easter morning. Start on Wednesday 17 February 2027 and read every day, Sundays included. Day 33 then falls on Palm Sunday, day 38 on Good Friday and day 40 on Easter Sunday, 28 March 2027. Lent itself begins a week earlier, on Ash Wednesday, because its Sundays are not counted.40 days
- The beginningThe first words of Jesus, from the temple at twelve to the first days in Galilee. Eighteen days.18 days
- Jesus in GalileeMiracles, conversations and hard sayings around the lake. Forty-three words from the time in Galilee, roughly in the order the Gospels tell them.43 days
- All the parablesForty-three stories and images Jesus used, roughly in the order of the Gospels. Just over six weeks, one story a day.43 days
- People who met JesusEight encounters. How Jesus treated the sick, outsiders and people with a past.8 days
- After the resurrectionFrom the empty tomb to the promise of the Spirit. Fourteen words of the risen Jesus.14 days