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January 3rd - Many are going back to work for the first time in the new year today.  Work places different expectations and temptations on us.  For some, work is a refuge; for others, it is a stressor.  More often, I am beginning to see work as my mission field.  No matter what your occupation, every person around you needs encouragement. Every person needs Jesus.



Genesis 1:3
"Then God said, 'Let there be light', and there was light."

Exodus 1:3
"Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,"

Leviticus 1:3
"'If the animal you present as a burnt offering is from the herd, it must be a male with no defects.  Bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle so you may be accepted by the Lord.'"

Numbers 1:3
"'twenty years old or older who are able to go to war.  You and Aaron must register the troops,"

Deuteronomy 1:3
"But forty years after the Israelites left Egypt, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses addressed the people of Israel, telling them everything the Lord had commanded him to say."


Joshua 1:3
"I promise you what I promised Moses: 'Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you -"

Judges 1:3
"The men of Judah said to their relatives from the tribe of Simeon, 'Join with us to fight against the Canaanites living in the territory allotted to us.  Then we will help you conquer your territory.' So the men of Simeon went with Judah.'"

Ruth 1:3
"Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons."

1 Samuel 1:3
"Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of Heaven's Armies at the Tabernacle.  The priests of the Lord at that time were the two sons of Eli - Hophni and Phinehas."

2 Samuel 1:3
"'Where have you come from?' David asked. 'I escaped from the Israelite camp,' the man replied."

1 Kings 1:3
"So they searched throughout the land of Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag from Shunem and brought her to the king."

2 Kings 1:3
"But the angel of the Lord told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, 'Go and confront the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, "Is there no God in Israel? Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will recover?""

1 Chronicles 1:3
"Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,"

2 Chronicles 1:3
"Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gideon, for God's Tabernacle was located there. (This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the Lord's servant, had made in the wilderness.)"

Ezra 1:3
"Any of you who are his people may go to Jerusalem in Judah to rebuild this Temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives in Jerusalem.  And may your God be with you!"

Nehemiah 1:3
"They said to me, 'Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah.  They are in great trouble and disgrace.  The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire."

Esther 1:3
"In the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials.  He invited all the military officers of Persia and Media as well as the princes and nobles of the provinces."

Job 1:3
"He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys.  He also had many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area."

Psalm 1:3
"They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season.  Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do."

Proverbs 1:3
"Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair."

Ecclesiastes 1:3
"What do people get for all their hard work under the sun?"

Song of Songs 1:3
"How fragrant your cologne; your name is like its spreading fragrance. No wonder all the young women love you!"

Isaiah 1:3
"Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master's care - but Israel doesn't know its master.  My people don't recognize my care for them."

Jeremiah 1:3
"The Lord's messages continued throughout the reign of King Jehoiakim, Josiah's son, until the eleventh year of the reign of King Zedekiah, another of Josiah's sons.  In August of that eleventh year the people of Jerusalem were taken away as captives."

Lamentations 1:3
"Judah has been led away into captivity, oppressed with cruel slavery.  She lives among foreign nations and has no place of rest."

Ezekiel 1:3
"(The Lord gave this message to Ezekiel son of Buzi, a priest, beside the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians, and he felt the hand of the Lord take hold of him.)"

Daniel 1:3
"Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief of staff, to bring to the palace some of the young men of Judah's royal family and other noble families, who had been brought to Babylon as captives."

Hosea 1:3
"So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she became pregnant and gave Hosea a son."


Joel 1:3
"Tell your children about it in the years to come, and let your children tell their children. Pass the story down from generation to generation."

Amos 1:3
"This is what the Lord says: 'The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They beat down my people in Gilead as grain is threshed with iron sledges."

Obadiah 1:3
"You have been deceived by your own pride because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains.  'Who can ever reach us way up here?' you ask boastfully."

Jonah 1:3
"But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord.  He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish.  He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish."

Micah 1:3
"Look! The Lord is coming! He leaves his throne in heaven and tramples the heights of the earth."


Nahum 1:3
"The Lord is slow to get angry, but his power is great, and he never lets the guilty go unpunished."

Habakkuk 1:3
"Must I forever see these evil deeds? Why must I watch all this misery?  Wherever I look, I see destruction and violence.  I am surrounded by people who love to argue and fight."

Zephaniah 1:3
"'I will sweep away people and animals alike.  I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish in the sea.  I will reduce the wicked to heaps of rubble, and I will wipe humanity from the face of the earth,' says the Lord."

Haggai 1:3
"Then the Lord sent this message through the prophet Haggai:"

Zechariah 1:3
"Therefore, say to the people, 'This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies.'"

Malachi 1:3
"but I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country.  I turned Esau's inheritance into a desert for jackals."

Matthew 1:3
"Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar), Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram."

Mark 1:3
"He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord's coming! Clear the road for him!'"

Luke 1:3
"Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write a careful account for you, most honorable Theophilus,"

John 1:3
"God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him."

Acts 1:3
"During the forty days after his crucifixion, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive.  And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God."

Romans 1:3
"The Good News is about his Son.  In his earthly life he was born into King David's family line,"

1 Corinthians 1:3
"May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace."

2 Corinthians 1:3
"All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort."

Galatians 1:3
"May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace."

Ephesians 1:3
"All praise to God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ."

Philippians 1:3
"Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God."


Colossians 1:3
"We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."


1 Thessalonians 1:3
"As we pray to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ."


2 Thessalonians 1:3
"Dear brothers and sisters, we can't help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing."

1 Timothy 1:3
"When I left for Macedonia, I urged you to stay there in Ephesus and stop those whose teaching is contrary to the truth."

2 Timothy 1:3
"Timothy, I thank God for you - the God I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did.  Night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers."

Titus 1:3
"And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone.  It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him."

Philemon 1:3
"May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace."

Hebrews 1:3
"The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command.  When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven."

James 1:3
"For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow."


1 Peter 1:3
"All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead.  Now we live with great expectation,"

2 Peter 1:3
"By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life.  We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence."

1 John 1:3
"We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us.  And our fellowship is with the Father and with his son, Jesus Christ."

2 John 1:3
"Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ - the Son of the Father - will continue to be with us who live in truth and love."

3 John 1:3
"Some of the traveling teachers recently returned and made me very happy by telling me about your faithfulness and that you are living according to the truth."

Jude 1:3
"Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share.  But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once and for all time to his holy people."

Revelation 1:3
"God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near."