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
The Battle of the Sexes
Men and women weren’t created to be the same.
“God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.”
- Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
The Right to Vote
Get into the habit of doing that.
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”
- Romans 6:16 (KJV)
The Compromise
It was a shocking piece of legislation.
“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
- Romans 8:6 (KJV)
Antietam
There’ll never be a better time.
“If the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him.”
- 1 Kings 18:21 (KJV)
The Mayflower
Trust He has great plans for you.
“So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
- Isaiah 55:11 (NKJV)
Darwin Didn’t Understand
Charles Darwin didn’t understand.
“...fearfully and wonderfully made.”
- Psalm 139:14 (KJV)
The Forgotten Man of Music
There’s power to transform a life.
“The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword.”
- Hebrews 4:12 (KJV)
The Rescue
God will free you from what binds you.
“He who sins is of the devil.”
- 1 John 3:8 (NKJV)
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)
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)
The Injured Olympian
His life and outlook changed.
“Encourage one another and build one another up.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NASB)
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)
Sixty Million a Year
It’s easy to criticize.
“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
- Matthew 6:21 (KJV)
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)
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)
“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)
The Google Effect
It’s worth remembering.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
- Exodus 20:8 (NKJV)
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 of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.”
- Matthew 5:30 (NKJV)
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, until the indignation is past.”
- Isaiah 26:20 (NKJV)
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)
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)
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 I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
Get the Very Best
We can devastate the entire planet.
“I have come that they may have life,… more abundantly.”
- John 10:10 (NKJV)
“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 7:24 (NKJV)
Krakatoa
He is the God of nature.
“Peace, be still!”
- Mark 4:39 (NKJV)
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)
Eradicated
Death will be gone forever.
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:26 (KJV)
Pompeii and Archaeology
You’d be unwise not to.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart.”
- Proverbs 3:5 (NKJV)
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)
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 in him?”
- 1 John 3:17 (NKJV)
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 1:16 (KJV)
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)
Endangered Birds Killed
He mostly obeyed.
“To obey is better than sacrifice.”
- 1 Samuel 15:22 (NKJV)
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)
Buried Upside Down!
What matters is that you come out.
“The dead in Christ shall rise.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16 (KJV)
The Message
Usain Bolt sprinted into history.
“I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.”
- 2 Samuel 18:29 (KJV)
An Assumption
She was a remarkable human.
“Blessed are you among women.”
- Luke 1:42 (NKJV)
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)
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 (NKJV)
Sue the T-Rex
No contest!
“In the beginning God created.”
- Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
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 had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.”
- Genesis 2:2-3 (KJV)
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)
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 ever be with the Lord.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:17 (KJV)
The Gate
President Nixon resigns.
“Walk as children of light.”
- Ephesians 5:8 (KJV)
The Milgram Experiment
The temptation is to do what you’re told.
“We ought to obey God rather than men.”
- Acts 5:29 (KJV)
How to Handle Technology
The world’s first website was introduced.
“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes.”
- Psalm 101:3 (KJV)
God Hurts With You
It’s the devil who is cruel.
“An enemy has done this.”
- Matthew 13:28 (NKJV)
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)
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 tongue, and people.”
- Revelation 14:6 (KJV)
Separation of Church and State
We become what we despise.
“All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him.”
- Revelation 13:8 (KJV)
Fashionable Outrage
Easy to agree with, harder to live by!
“Let nothing be done through selfish ambition.”
- Philippians 2:3 (NKJV)
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 5:10 (ESV)
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)
The Royal Wedding
It ought to be forever.
“Love one another.”
- John 13:34 (KJV)
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)
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)
Paris Olympics Mocks Christianity
Be a Christian.
“Whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.”
- Matthew 5:39 (NKJV)
The Battle of Britain
Always!
“You are my hiding place and my shield.”
- Psalm 119:114 (NKJV)
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)
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)
Rings Around Neptune
God upholds all things, including you.
“...upholding all things by the word of His power.”
- Hebrews 1:3 (KJV)
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 made.”
- Romans 1:20 (KJV)
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 mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” - Psalm 8:3-4 (NKJV)
Wrongfully Convicted
Locked up for 43 years!
“I find no fault in him.”
- John 19:4 (KJV)
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)
The Collapse
It all matters.
“...the little foxes that spoil the vines.”
- Song of Solomon 2:15 (NKJV)
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)
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 His harvest.”
- Matthew 9:37-38 (NKJV)
Is God Good?
The crane toppled to the ground.
“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.”
- 1 Peter 4:12-13 (KJV)
Assassination Attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania
There are no exceptions to this.
“Love your enemies.”
- Matthew 5:44 (KJV)
Srebrenica
You’ll see very different outcomes.
“Yield yourselves unto God.”
- Romans 6:13 (KJV)
Cut Your Risk by Half
Why don’t people act on warnings like this?
“Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own.”
- 1 Corinthians 6:19 (NKJV)
The Rainbow Warrior
There are consequences to your actions.
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap.”
- Galatians 6:7 (NASB)
The Fake Doctor
Be the genuine article.
“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
- Philippians 3:14 (KJV)
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
God is not a torturer.
“Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’”
- Ezekiel 33:11 (NKJV)
The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
The results are the same.
“Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart.”
- Jeremiah 15:16 (NKJV)
Heretics?
The only approval you need…
“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake.”
- Matthew 5:11 (NKJV)
The Latter Rain
Power for Christian living!
“And He will cause the rain to come down for you—the former rain, and the latter rain.”
- Joel 2:23 (NKJV)
More Important Than Food
He set a world record.
“I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.”
- Job 23:12 (KJV)
“Blessed Are the Meek”
There’s enough ugliness in the world.
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
- Matthew 5:5 (NKJV)
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