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***article continues below*** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Read Through the Bible MARCH Old Testament/New Testament Tues 1 Num. 7:79-89, 8:1-26 / John 1 Wed 2 Num. 9-10 / John 2 Thu 3 Num. 11-12 / John 3 Fri 4 Num. 13-14 / John 4 Sat 5 Num. 15-17 / John 5-6 Sun 6 Num. 18-19 / John 7 Mon 7 Num. 20-21 / John 8 Tue 8 Num. 22-23 / John 9 Wed 9 Num. 24-25 / John 10 Thu 10 Num. 26 / John 11 Fri 11 Num. 27-28 / John 12 Sat 12 Num. 29-31:1-24 /John 13-14 Sun 13 Num. 31:25-54, 32:1-42 / John 15 Mon 14 Num. 33 / John 16 Tue 15 Num. 34-35 / John 17 Wed 16 Num. 36; Deut. 1 / John 18 Thu 17 Deut. 2-3 / John 19 Fri 18 Deut. 4-5 / John 20 Sat 19 Deut. 6-8 / John 21; Acts 1 Sun 20 Deut. 9-10 / Acts 2 Mon 21 Deut. 11-12 / Acts 3 Tue 22 Deut. 13-14 / Acts 4 Wed 23 Deut. 15-16 / Acts 5 Thu 24 Deut. 17-18 / Acts 6 Fri 25 Deut. 19-20 / Acts 7 Sat 26 Deut. 21-23 / Acts 8-9 Sun 27 Deut. 24-25 / Acts 10 Mon 28 Deut. 26-27 / Acts 11 Tue 29 Deut. 28-29 / Acts 12 Wed 30 Deut. 30-31 / Acts 13 Thu 31 Deut. 32-33 / Acts 14 “Read Through the Bible in a Year Plan” written by Marilyn Hickey, and used by permission. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Jamie’s life hadn’t always been this joyful. At 18, she’d gotten pregnant and her family had disowned her. By age 21, she’d been married and divorced, the mother of two children: Amber, age 2; and 1-year-old Nathan. She had felt so alone as she struggled to survive with the help of public assistance. Even then, God had not forgotten her. Jamie worked her way off public assistance and into a corporate job. She started her own Mary Kay business in 1992, was introduced to Kenneth Copeland Ministries, and discovered that she was a daughter of the King. She had a Father who had never left her, and would never forsake her. She had a family of faith who embraced her and prayed for her. Like a butterfly released from its cocoon, Jamie had been transformed by the knowledge of her identity in Christ. She soared to the top of Mary Kay, becoming a national sales director, one of only 225 in the U.S. and 675 worldwide in the 53-year history of the company. Amber and Nathan had been 13 and 12 when she married Peter Vrinios. She and Peter had a son together, Sammy. In addition to her spiritual family, Jamie had what she had dreamed of for years: a happy home filled with love and laughter. As the years passed, Amber and Nathan matured into amazing adults. At 20, Nathan had started his own successful business in website design and development. He mentored Sammy, who by age 13 had started designing custom game controllers. Sammy developed his own YouTube channel and made $40,000 selling them online. Then, he’d gotten a storefront and opened a business called Imagine Controllers. By 15, he was making television appearances to talk about his business. The only thing marring their happiness had been Jamie’s health. In 2009, she had flown to Ukraine to lead a training seminar for Mary Kay. Unbeknownst to her, she had returned home with more than the usual souvenirs and memorabilia of her travels. In 2010, she learned she had come home infected with a parasite that took a year to manifest symptoms in her body. She had seen doctors and taken her stand of faith. Conventional doctors had no answers for her and she rejected their recommendation to remove her colon. Twelve long months later, her 5-foot-8½-inch frame had wasted to a mere 90 pounds. She’d been walking on the beach one day at dusk when she noticed an old man in the water. “How far do you have to go?” he asked. “Not far,” Jamie replied. “That’s good,” he said looking at the dark, foreboding sky. “Because when it rains, it comes fast.” Rain. At that moment, Jamie knew God had spoken to her through the man’s words. The rain, a metaphor for the manifestation of her healing, was coming fast. That’s just the way it happened, fast and powerful like the rain that pounded the coast that evening. She wrote a book about her experience called "Warrior Magnificent" that was published in 2014. Now, walking onto her lanai, Jamie exuded health and vitality. She had finally been led to integrative doctors who diagnosed the parasitic infection that had been ravaging her body and offered solutions that restored her health. Jamie released a contented sigh. Life was good. As she relaxed on the veranda, her cellphone rang. It was her son Nathan, now 29 and married. He’d been sailing the Caribbean with friends for the past few days and should be on his way home. “Hi, Nate!” The moment he answered, Jamie knew something was wrong. His voice was shaking as he related what had happened. Going through customs in Jamaica, officials said they found a bullet in his duffel bag. Nathan had been arrested and was being taken to the Kingston jail. Facing five years in prison, his trial was scheduled for 8 a.m. the next day. Although a capable adult, his call for help tore at every mother-fiber of Jamie’s being. 12 : BVOV

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