The Bible for the Broken
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A free daily journey through Scripture for those who feel shattered, weary, or disappointed. Honest theology and gentle hope—one day at a time.
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Something quiet is coming January 1, 2026. If you’re weary from grief, chronic illness, broken relationships, or disappointment (maybe even with God) … This is for you. A free daily walk through the entire Bible, Genesis → Revelation. No pressure.
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The wilderness was not her choice.
Hagar fled—wounded, unseen.
But the Lord found her.
He called her by name:
El Roi—the God who sees me.
You don’t have to earn His attention.
He sees you too.
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Hagar fled—wounded, unseen.
But the Lord found her.
He called her by name:
El Roi—the God who sees me.
You don’t have to earn His attention.
He sees you too.
👉 Today’s Bible study & podcast: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-18-imp...
Day 18 – Impatience and Intervention
When waiting becomes unbearable, we're tempted to force God's hand. But even in our impatience, God sees us—and He remains faithful.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The wilderness was not her choice.
Hagar fled—wounded, unseen.
But the Lord found her.
He called her by name:
El Roi—the God who sees me.
You don’t have to earn His attention.
He sees you too.
👉 Today’s Bible study & podcast: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-18-imp...
Hagar fled—wounded, unseen.
But the Lord found her.
He called her by name:
El Roi—the God who sees me.
You don’t have to earn His attention.
He sees you too.
👉 Today’s Bible study & podcast: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-18-imp...
The night is long.
The questions are real.
Abram doubted. God promised.
Faith isn’t about strength—it’s about His faithfulness.
He holds the promise. He holds you.
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The questions are real.
Abram doubted. God promised.
Faith isn’t about strength—it’s about His faithfulness.
He holds the promise. He holds you.
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Day 17 – Promise and Perseverance
Abram asks honest questions, and God responds with a covenant sealed in His own faithfulness. Your doubts don't disqualify you.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The night is long.
The questions are real.
Abram doubted. God promised.
Faith isn’t about strength—it’s about His faithfulness.
He holds the promise. He holds you.
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The questions are real.
Abram doubted. God promised.
Faith isn’t about strength—it’s about His faithfulness.
He holds the promise. He holds you.
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Kings clash. Cities fall. Loved ones taken.
Abram hears. He rises. He rescues.
God’s call moves us beyond fear—sometimes swiftly, sometimes unexpectedly, always under His hand.
Where are you waiting on God? Watch. Pray. Trust.
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Abram hears. He rises. He rescues.
God’s call moves us beyond fear—sometimes swiftly, sometimes unexpectedly, always under His hand.
Where are you waiting on God? Watch. Pray. Trust.
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Day 16 – Vindication and Victory
Abraham rescues Lot from captivity, refuses the spoils of Sodom, and honors God alone. When justice feels delayed, God is still moving.
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January 17, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Kings clash. Cities fall. Loved ones taken.
Abram hears. He rises. He rescues.
God’s call moves us beyond fear—sometimes swiftly, sometimes unexpectedly, always under His hand.
Where are you waiting on God? Watch. Pray. Trust.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-16-vin...
Abram hears. He rises. He rescues.
God’s call moves us beyond fear—sometimes swiftly, sometimes unexpectedly, always under His hand.
Where are you waiting on God? Watch. Pray. Trust.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-16-vin...
Kings clash. Cities fall. Loved ones taken.
Abram hears. He rises. He rescues.
God’s call moves us beyond fear—sometimes swiftly, sometimes unexpectedly, always under His hand.
Where are you waiting on God? Watch. Pray. Trust.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-16-vin...
Abram hears. He rises. He rescues.
God’s call moves us beyond fear—sometimes swiftly, sometimes unexpectedly, always under His hand.
Where are you waiting on God? Watch. Pray. Trust.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-16-vin...
Day 16 – Vindication and Victory
Abraham rescues Lot from captivity, refuses the spoils of Sodom, and honors God alone. When justice feels delayed, God is still moving.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Kings clash. Cities fall. Loved ones taken.
Abram hears. He rises. He rescues.
God’s call moves us beyond fear—sometimes swiftly, sometimes unexpectedly, always under His hand.
Where are you waiting on God? Watch. Pray. Trust.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-16-vin...
Abram hears. He rises. He rescues.
God’s call moves us beyond fear—sometimes swiftly, sometimes unexpectedly, always under His hand.
Where are you waiting on God? Watch. Pray. Trust.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-16-vin...
Lot went east.
Abram stayed west.
One grasped.
One trusted.
God made room.
Where are you tempted to grasp instead of trust?
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Abram stayed west.
One grasped.
One trusted.
God made room.
Where are you tempted to grasp instead of trust?
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Day 15 – Provision and Parting
Abram and Lot must separate—not because of sin, but because the land can't hold them both. God blesses the one who chooses trust over grasping.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Lot went east.
Abram stayed west.
One grasped.
One trusted.
God made room.
Where are you tempted to grasp instead of trust?
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Abram stayed west.
One grasped.
One trusted.
God made room.
Where are you tempted to grasp instead of trust?
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God calls Abram to leave.
No map. Only a promise.
Abram stumbles.
God remains faithful.
Faith isn’t perfect steps.
It’s obedience in uncertainty.
Where is God asking you to go?
What small step of trust can you take today?
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No map. Only a promise.
Abram stumbles.
God remains faithful.
Faith isn’t perfect steps.
It’s obedience in uncertainty.
Where is God asking you to go?
What small step of trust can you take today?
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Day 14 – Patience and Providence
[APOLOGIES FOR THE EXTRA EMAIL THAT WENT OUT LAST NIGHT. IT WAS INTENDED AS AN OPTIONAL DEEPER REFLECTION LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF TODAY'S STUDY]
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January 14, 2026 at 12:36 PM
God calls Abram to leave.
No map. Only a promise.
Abram stumbles.
God remains faithful.
Faith isn’t perfect steps.
It’s obedience in uncertainty.
Where is God asking you to go?
What small step of trust can you take today?
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-14-pat...
No map. Only a promise.
Abram stumbles.
God remains faithful.
Faith isn’t perfect steps.
It’s obedience in uncertainty.
Where is God asking you to go?
What small step of trust can you take today?
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-14-pat...
They built a tower to reach heaven.
God scattered them.
What looked like judgment
was also mercy.
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God scattered them.
What looked like judgment
was also mercy.
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Day 13 – Brokenness and Blessing
At Babel, humanity tried to build without God—and He scattered them in mercy. Sometimes God breaks what we build in pride to make room for what He will build in grace.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:08 AM
They built a tower to reach heaven.
God scattered them.
What looked like judgment
was also mercy.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-13-bro...
God scattered them.
What looked like judgment
was also mercy.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-13-bro...
The waters recede.
Dry ground appears.
God speaks covenant —
not because we are faithful,
but because He is.
The storm does not have the final word.
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Dry ground appears.
God speaks covenant —
not because we are faithful,
but because He is.
The storm does not have the final word.
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Day 12 – Promise and Presence
God establishes His covenant with Noah—and with you. The rainbow reminds us: God's promises don't rest on our faithfulness. They rest on His.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:34 AM
The waters recede.
Dry ground appears.
God speaks covenant —
not because we are faithful,
but because He is.
The storm does not have the final word.
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Dry ground appears.
God speaks covenant —
not because we are faithful,
but because He is.
The storm does not have the final word.
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The rain stopped.
The ark stayed.
God remembered.
The waters receded.
Still waiting?
This is not forever.
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The ark stayed.
God remembered.
The waters receded.
Still waiting?
This is not forever.
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January 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The rain stopped.
The ark stayed.
God remembered.
The waters receded.
Still waiting?
This is not forever.
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The ark stayed.
God remembered.
The waters receded.
Still waiting?
This is not forever.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-11-cov...
The waters rise. The world you knew is changing. Uncertainty presses in.
But even in the storm, God sustains you. He shuts the door—not to trap you, but to protect you.
Faith doesn't mean the flood won't come. It means trusting God through the waiting.
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But even in the storm, God sustains you. He shuts the door—not to trap you, but to protect you.
Faith doesn't mean the flood won't come. It means trusting God through the waiting.
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January 11, 2026 at 5:28 AM
The waters rise. The world you knew is changing. Uncertainty presses in.
But even in the storm, God sustains you. He shuts the door—not to trap you, but to protect you.
Faith doesn't mean the flood won't come. It means trusting God through the waiting.
👉 b4tb.substack.com/p/day-10-wat...
But even in the storm, God sustains you. He shuts the door—not to trap you, but to protect you.
Faith doesn't mean the flood won't come. It means trusting God through the waiting.
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When the world unraveled, Noah walked with God. Faith obeys even when the future is unclear. Where is God asking for your trust today?
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January 10, 2026 at 5:19 AM
When the world unraveled, Noah walked with God. Faith obeys even when the future is unclear. Where is God asking for your trust today?
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“And he died… and he died… and he died.” Until Enoch walked with God—and the pattern broke. What feels inevitable is not beyond His reach.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:44 AM
“And he died… and he died… and he died.” Until Enoch walked with God—and the pattern broke. What feels inevitable is not beyond His reach.
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Human hands build cities and shape beauty— and still, pride and violence grow alongside it.
Yet God does not abandon the story.
In the midst of the spiral, people begin to call on His name.
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Yet God does not abandon the story.
In the midst of the spiral, people begin to call on His name.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Human hands build cities and shape beauty— and still, pride and violence grow alongside it.
Yet God does not abandon the story.
In the midst of the spiral, people begin to call on His name.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-7-patt...
Yet God does not abandon the story.
In the midst of the spiral, people begin to call on His name.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-7-patt...
Human hands build cities and shape beauty— and still, pride and violence grow alongside it.
Yet God does not abandon the story.
In the midst of the spiral, people begin to call on His name.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-7-patt...
Yet God does not abandon the story.
In the midst of the spiral, people begin to call on His name.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-7-patt...
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Human hands build cities and shape beauty— and still, pride and violence grow alongside it.
Yet God does not abandon the story.
In the midst of the spiral, people begin to call on His name.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-7-patt...
Yet God does not abandon the story.
In the midst of the spiral, people begin to call on His name.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-7-patt...
Consequences stretch beyond Eden—but so does God’s compassion.
Even when sin drives us into exile, God still speaks, warns, and protects. Justice and mercy walk side by side.
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Even when sin drives us into exile, God still speaks, warns, and protects. Justice and mercy walk side by side.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Consequences stretch beyond Eden—but so does God’s compassion.
Even when sin drives us into exile, God still speaks, warns, and protects. Justice and mercy walk side by side.
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Even when sin drives us into exile, God still speaks, warns, and protects. Justice and mercy walk side by side.
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God does not withdraw His compassion, even in judgment.
A covering is given. A Redeemer is promised.
Mercy lingers—present even in the consequences.
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A covering is given. A Redeemer is promised.
Mercy lingers—present even in the consequences.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
God does not withdraw His compassion, even in judgment.
A covering is given. A Redeemer is promised.
Mercy lingers—present even in the consequences.
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A covering is given. A Redeemer is promised.
Mercy lingers—present even in the consequences.
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God steps into the places you fear He cannot love.
Even when you hide, even when shame sets in, He calls: “Where are you?”
One small step. One truth. He is already moving toward you.
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Even when you hide, even when shame sets in, He calls: “Where are you?”
One small step. One truth. He is already moving toward you.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:30 AM
God steps into the places you fear He cannot love.
Even when you hide, even when shame sets in, He calls: “Where are you?”
One small step. One truth. He is already moving toward you.
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Even when you hide, even when shame sets in, He calls: “Where are you?”
One small step. One truth. He is already moving toward you.
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Your worth is given, not earned. God formed you with care and sustains you by His Spirit. You do not sustain yourself—He does. Rest in His sovereign care today.
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👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Your worth is given, not earned. God formed you with care and sustains you by His Spirit. You do not sustain yourself—He does. Rest in His sovereign care today.
👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
Your worth is given, not earned. God formed you with care and sustains you by His Spirit. You do not sustain yourself—He does. Rest in His sovereign care today.
👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
January 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Your worth is given, not earned. God formed you with care and sustains you by His Spirit. You do not sustain yourself—He does. Rest in His sovereign care today.
👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
Your worth is given, not earned. God formed you with care and sustains you by His Spirit. You do not sustain yourself—He does. Rest in His sovereign care today.
👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
January 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Your worth is given, not earned. God formed you with care and sustains you by His Spirit. You do not sustain yourself—He does. Rest in His sovereign care today.
👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
👉 Today’s Bible study and podcast here: b4tb.substack.com/p/day-3-huma...
If you bear God’s image, He calls you because of that image—not because of what you have done or can do.
You do not need to prove your worth. Even if all you can do today is breathe, you are held.
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You do not need to prove your worth. Even if all you can do today is breathe, you are held.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:11 AM
If you bear God’s image, He calls you because of that image—not because of what you have done or can do.
You do not need to prove your worth. Even if all you can do today is breathe, you are held.
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You do not need to prove your worth. Even if all you can do today is breathe, you are held.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-2-ligh...
If you bear God’s image, He calls you because of that image—not because of what you have done or can do.
You do not need to prove your worth. Even if all you can do today is breathe, you are held.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-2-ligh...
You do not need to prove your worth. Even if all you can do today is breathe, you are held.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:20 PM
If you bear God’s image, He calls you because of that image—not because of what you have done or can do.
You do not need to prove your worth. Even if all you can do today is breathe, you are held.
b4tb.substack.com/p/day-2-ligh...
You do not need to prove your worth. Even if all you can do today is breathe, you are held.
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What if your chaos or darkness is exactly where God has chosen to act?
Day 1 of The Bible for the Broken—daily Scripture for hard seasons. Free.
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Day 1 of The Bible for the Broken—daily Scripture for hard seasons. Free.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:31 AM
What if your chaos or darkness is exactly where God has chosen to act?
Day 1 of The Bible for the Broken—daily Scripture for hard seasons. Free.
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Day 1 of The Bible for the Broken—daily Scripture for hard seasons. Free.
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Launch day tomorrow.
Daily Bible study + podcast starting Jan 1. Slow, gentle, real.
Not another resolution. Just daily bread.
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Daily Bible study + podcast starting Jan 1. Slow, gentle, real.
Not another resolution. Just daily bread.
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#BibleStudy #DailyDevotional
December 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Launch day tomorrow.
Daily Bible study + podcast starting Jan 1. Slow, gentle, real.
Not another resolution. Just daily bread.
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#BibleStudy #DailyDevotional
Daily Bible study + podcast starting Jan 1. Slow, gentle, real.
Not another resolution. Just daily bread.
b4tb.substack.com
#BibleStudy #DailyDevotional
Launch day tomorrow.
Daily Bible study + podcast starting Jan 1. Slow, gentle, real.
Not another resolution. Just daily bread.
b4tb.substack.com
#BibleStudy #DailyDevotional
Daily Bible study + podcast starting Jan 1. Slow, gentle, real.
Not another resolution. Just daily bread.
b4tb.substack.com
#BibleStudy #DailyDevotional
December 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Launch day tomorrow.
Daily Bible study + podcast starting Jan 1. Slow, gentle, real.
Not another resolution. Just daily bread.
b4tb.substack.com
#BibleStudy #DailyDevotional
Daily Bible study + podcast starting Jan 1. Slow, gentle, real.
Not another resolution. Just daily bread.
b4tb.substack.com
#BibleStudy #DailyDevotional