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Scripture Translations and Acknowledgments
Scripture Translations: AMPC: Scripture quotations marked (AMPC) are taken from the Amplified® Bible Classic Edition. Copyright ©1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission (www.lockman.org). BBE: Scripture quotations marked (BBE) are taken from The Bible in Basic English, 1949/1964 Public Domain. Publisher: Cambridge Press. CEB: Scripture quotations marked (CEB) are taken from the Common Bible: New Revised Standard Version Bible. Copyright ©1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. CEV: Scripture quotations marked (CEV) are from the Contemporary English Version. Copyright ©1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by permission. ERV: Scripture quotations marked (ERV) are taken from the Easy To Read Version. Copyright ©2006 by World Bible Translation Center. All rights reserved. ESV: Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®). Copyright ©2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. GNT: Scripture quotations marked (GNT) are taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version—Second Edition. Copyright ©1992 by American Bible Society. Used by permission. MSG: Scripture quotations marked (MSG) are taken from The Message. Copyright ©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. NAS: Scripture quotations marked (NAS) are taken from the New American Standard Bible®. Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission (www.lockman.org). NCV: Scripture quotations marked (NCV) are taken from the New Century Version®. Copyright ©2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. NET: Scripture quotations marked (NET) are taken from The NET Bible, New English Translation. Copyright ©1996 by Biblical Studies Press, LLC. All rights reserved. NIV: Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by Permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide, www.zondervan.com. NKJV: Scripture quotations marked (NKJV) are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright ©1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. NLT: Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation. Copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. NRS: Scripture quotations marked (NRS) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Copyright ©1952 [2nd editions, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. PHPS: Scripture quotations marked (PHPS) are taken from The New Testament in Modern English. Copyright ©1958, 1959, 1960 J.B. Phillips and 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957 The Macmillian Company, New York. Used by permission. All rights reserved. RSV: Scripture quotations marked (RSV) are taken from the Revised Standard Version Bible. Copyright ©1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. TEV: Scripture quotations marked (TEV) are taken from The Good News Bible, Today’s English Version. New York. American Bible Society, Copyright ©1992. Used by permission. All rights reserved. TLB: Scripture quotations marked (TLB) are taken from The Living Bible. Copyright ©1997, 1971 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Acknowledgments:
Jun 6: Batterson, Mark. Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity. (Colorado Springs, CO: Multnomah Books, 2009). 160.
Jun 7: Batterson, Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity. 154-155, 164.
Jun 11: Meyer, Joyce. Promises For Your Everyday Life. (Joyce Meyer Ministries, 2013). 11.
Jun 12: Meyer, Joyce. Closer To God Each Day. (Brentwood, TN: FaithWords, 2015). 43.
Jun 18: Merritt, James. 52 Weeks With Jesus. (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2014). 38-39.
Jun 19: Merritt, 52 Weeks With Jesus. 40.
Jun 20: Maxwell, John C. How Successful People Grow. (New York: Center Street, 2014). 117-118.
Jun 21: Maxwell, How Successful People Grow. 119-120.
Jul 1: Merritt, 52 Weeks With Jesus. 73, 75.
Jul 2: Merritt, 52 Weeks With Jesus. 72-73, 75.
Jul 3: Batterson, Mark. In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day. (Multnomah 2006). 114-115.
Jul 4: Batterson, In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day. 113, 118.
Jul 5: Batterson, In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day. 119, 121-122.
Jul 6: Wiles, Jeremy. “Why 68% Of Christian Men Watch Porn.” Posted May 12, 2022 (modified July 11, 2022). www.soulrefiner.com.
Jul 12: Ortberg, John. All the Places to Go…How Will You Know? Participant’s Guide. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 2015). 8-9.
Jul 13: Ortberg, All the Places to Go…How Will You Know? Participant’s Guide. 9-10.
Jul 14: Ortberg, All the Places to Go…How Will You Know? Participant’s Guide. 29-30.
Jul 15: Warren, Rick. God’s Answers to Life’s Difficult Questions. (Grand Rapids, MI; Zondervan, 2006). 131-132.
Jul 16: Warren, God’s Answers to Life’s Difficult Questions. 133-134.
Jul 17: Warren, God’s Answers to Life’s Difficult Questions. 134-135.
Jul 17: Carter, Russell Kelso (1849-1928). “Standing on the promises of Christ my King.”
Jul 18: Ortberg, All the Places to Go…How Will You Know? Participant’s Guide. 16.
Jul 19: Thompson, Derek. “A World Without Work.” The Atlantic (July/August 2015 issue). Ortberg, All the Places to Go…How Will You Know? Participant’s Guide. 17-18.
Jul 22: Ortberg, All the Places to Go…How Will You Know? Participant’s Guide. 31-32.
Jul 24: Meyer, Promises For Your Everyday Life. 116.
Jul 25: Maxwell, How Successful People Grow. 137.
Jul 27: Jakes, T. D. 64 Lessons For a Life Without Limits. (New York: Atria Books, 2011). 174-175.
Jul 28: Meyer, Promises For Your Everyday Life. 10.
Jul 29: Ortberg, All the Places to Go…How Will You Know? Participant’s Guide. 26.
Jul 30: Ortberg, All the Places to Go…How Will You Know? Participant’s Guide. 37.
Jul 31: Ortberg, All the Places to Go…How Will You Know? Participant’s Guide. 27-28.
Aug 1: Meyer, Promises For Your Everyday Life. 117.
Aug 3: Jakes, 64 Lessons For a Life Without Limits. 183-185.
Aug 4: Jakes, 64 Lessons For a Life Without Limits. 177-178.
Aug 5: Jakes, 64 Lessons For a Life Without Limits. 178-179.
Aug 6: Jakes, 64 Lessons For a Life Without Limits. 179-180.
Aug 7: Jakes, 64 Lessons For a Life Without Limits. 180.
Aug 8: Merritt, 52 Weeks With Jesus. 34, 37.
Aug 9: Jakes, 64 Lessons For a Life Without Limits. 11-13.
Aug 10: Pegues, Deborah Smith. 30 Days to a Great Attitude. (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2009). 71-72.
Aug 14: Maxwell, How Successful People Grow. 116.
Aug 15: Maxwell, John C. Jumpstart Your Growth. (New York: Center Street, 2015). 116-117.
Aug 16: Pegues, Deborah Smith. 30 Days to Taming Your Stress. (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2007). 50-51.
Aug 17: Pegues, Deborah Smith. Emergency Prayers. (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2008).
Aug 18: Maxwell, How Successful People Grow. 132-133.
Aug 19: Maxwell, How Successful People Grow. 134-135.
Aug 21: Duffield, Jr., George (1858). “Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross.”
Aug 22: God’s Little Devotional Book. (Colorado Springs, CO: Honor Books, 2003). 139.
Aug 23: God’s Little Devotional Book. (Colorado Springs, CO: Honor Books, 2003). 111.
Aug 24: Evans, Tony. Tony Evans’ Book of Illustrations. (Chicago: Moody, 2009). 174-175.
Aug 26: Merritt, 52 Weeks With Jesus. 56-57.
Aug 27: Merritt, 52 Weeks With Jesus. 70.
Aug 29: Jakes, 64 Lessons For a Life Without Limits. 20.
Aug 30: Batterson, Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity. 126-128.