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Old Testament New Testament JAN READ THROUGH THE BIBLE Wed 1 Gen. 1:1-3:7 Matt. 1 Thu 2 Gen. 3:8-5:20 Matt. 2 Fri 3 Gen. 5:21-8:5 Matt. 3 Sat 4 Gen. 8:6-10:19 Sun 5 Ps. 1-5; Prov. 1:1-19 Mon 6 Gen. 10:20-12:20 Matt. 4 Tue 7 Gen. 13-15 Matt. 5 Wed 8 Gen. 16:1-18:21 Matt. 6 Thu 9 Gen. 18:22-20:13 Matt. 7 Fri 10 Gen. 20:14-22:24 Matt. 8 Sat 11 Gen. 23:1-24:49 Sun 12 Ps. 6-9; Prov. 1:20-33 Mon 13 Gen. 24:50-26:11 Matt. 9 Tue 14 Gen. 26:12-27:40 Matt. 10 Wed 15 Gen. 27:41-29:35 Matt. 11 Thu 16 Gen. 30:1-31:21 Matt. 12 Fri 17 Gen. 31:22-32:32 Matt. 13 Sat 18 Gen. 33:1-35:8 Sun 19 Ps. 10-13; Prov. 2 Mon 20 Gen. 35:9-36:43 Matt. 14 Tue 21 Gen. 37-38 Matt. 15 Wed 22 Gen. 39:1-41:13 Matt. 16 Thu 23 Gen. 41:14-42:24 Matt. 17 Fri 24 Gen. 42:25-44:17 Matt. 18 Sat 25 Gen. 44:18-48:16 Sun 26 Ps. 14-17; Prov. 3:1-18 Mon 27 Gen. 48:17-50:26 Matt. 19 Tue 28 Ex. 1:1-3:12 Matt. 20 Wed 29 Ex. 3:13-5:21 Matt. 21 Thu 30 Ex. 5:22-7:25 Matt. 22 Fri 31 Ex. 8-9 Matt. 23 A View of the Past "Long before cancer plagued my family, some things set us apart," Karen explains. "Although I live in Texas now, I grew up in Connecticut. The significant thing about my family was that no one knew the Lord. "There was nothing in my background that involved God or church. I had absolutely no knowledge of God. Yet, for some reason, I thought He existed and wanted to know Him. It wasn't until I was an adult that someone asked me if I wanted to be saved and have all my sins forgiven. Of course I did! "This person told me that all I had to do was ask Jesus into my heart. As far as I knew, no one had ever prayed for me. I knew nothing about prayer, but I went home and asked Jesus into my heart. Fearing I would never change my ways, I explained to Him that I would never quit smoking or go to church." Within three months, Karen's life had been radically transformed. She had been baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke in tongues. The Lord supernaturally delivered her from smoking, and she joined a church. During that time, Karen had been involved in a toxic relationship and didn't know how to get out. When she asked the Lord to show her how to get out of that relationship, He did. "I told the Lord that if He would show me how to get out, someday I would write a book about wisdom to help other people," she recalled. After the Lord delivered her from that relationship, Karen had no interest in ever marrying, she recalls. "I was fasting and seeking the Lord when I had a vision. I saw a man I'd met in business, and the Lord said I was going to marry him. I'd never had a vision before and didn't know whether to believe it was true. I went to a female minister, to my pastor and the elders of my church, and asked them to pray. "Each of them prayed and confirmed that God wanted me to marry Stephen Wells. Later, the Lord told Stephen that he was to marry me. He had been divorced and wasn't interested in marrying again; but God had other plans. "The Lord asked Stephen, 'Will you take a wife,'" Karen recalled, "and Stephen asked the Lord who He was talking about." In 1991, Stephen and Karen were married. Not long after that, they were called to the ministry. The War Over Memories "Now, in October 2010, I had to go home and tell my husband that I had terminal cancer. I got in to see an oncologist, who explained that I had Stage 4 lymphoma with bone involvement. He started me on chemotherapy and radiation. "My first and greatest war was over memories. Losing my father, stepfather and mother to cancer had been grueling. The devil kept telling me, 'Now I'm going to get you. You're going to die of cancer too.' Those thoughts bombarded my mind. The first thing I did was use the Word to pull down every thought into obedience to Christ. "I pled the blood of Jesus over my mind and thoughts. I had to keep my thoughts on God and His Word." Within a week of Karen's diagnosis, Stephen was upstairs in his study, when he heard a minister on TV give a prophetic word that he knew was for them. Running to Karen, he said, "You've got to hear this!" "You're not going to die," the prophet said. "You're going to be a fruitful bough. You're going to flourish." Each time things seemed the darkest, Jesus would bring them right back where they were supposed to be—encouraged and strengthened in Him. One day, the Lord spoke something unexpected to Karen: Many have taken counsel together against you. But I'm going to bring you into My counsel. What did that mean? She and Stephen prayed over it. 1 6 : B V O V