THE STORY OF ADAM & EVE – Genesis 3:8–13, 23–24 – And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God...
THE STORY OF NOAH – Genesis 7:17–18, 22–24; 8:1a – The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the...
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM – Genesis 17:1, 4–7 – When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, … “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your...
THE STORY OF HAGAR – Genesis 21:14–19 – So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba....
THE STORY OF JACOB, RACHEL, & LEAH – Genesis 27:36, 29:16–18, 31, 35 – Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob [meaning, “He cheats”]? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.”… Now Laban...
THE STORY OF JOSEPH – Genesis 37:23–24, 28; 39:2 – So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. And they took him and threw him into a pit. … Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and...
THE STORY OF MOSES – Exodus 12:3, 6, 11–13 – Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. … and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month,...
THE STORY OF JOSHUA – Joshua 6:1–5 – Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. And the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. You shall...
THE STORY OF SAUL – 1 Samuel 15:1–3a, 7, 9, 17, 19, 23b – And Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD. Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in...
THE STORY OF DAVID – Psalm 51:7–12 – Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in...
THE STORY OF ELIJAH – 1 Kings 19:9–12, 15–16, 18 – There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” He said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the...
THE STORY OF THE TEMPLE – 2 Chronicles 6:41–7:3 – “And now arise, O LORD God, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Let your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in your goodness. O LORD God, do not turn...
THE STORY OF JEREMIAH – Lamentations 3:49–57 – “My eyes will flow without ceasing, without respite, until the LORD from heaven looks down and sees; my eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the daughters of my city. “I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my...
THE STORY OF DANIEL – Daniel 6:16–23 – Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!” And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and...
THE STORY OF JONAH – Jonah 3:6, 10; 4:1–2 – The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. … When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the...
THE STORY OF ZERUBBABEL – Ezra 3:10–13 – And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the directions...
THE STORY OF ELIZABETH – Luke 1:5–7, 13–14 – In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking...
THE STORY OF ZECHARIAH – Matthew 13:13–17 – [And Jesus said,] “This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: ‘“You...
THE STORY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST – Matthew 3:1–6 – In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in...
THE STORY OF SIMEON – Luke 2:25–32 – Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he...
THE STORY OF MARY – Luke 1:26–33, 38 – In the sixth month [of Elizabeth’s pregnancy] the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary....
THE STORY OF JOSEPH – Matthew 1:18–25 – Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and...
THE STORY OF THE WISE MEN – Matthew 2:9–12 – After listening to the king, [the wise men] went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they...
THE STORY OF JESUS – Luke 2:1–7 – In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also...
OUR STORY – Revelation 21:1–4 – Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her...