A Year with Jesus

Daily Readings and Meditations

Eugene H. Peterson

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN:
  9780062032423
• Print ISBN:
  9780061118432
• Topic: Theology & Religion

The Christian pastor, scholar and author of The Message guides you on a year of daily reading, reflection, and prayer with Jesus.

Chosen from the Gospels, these 365 readings encourage us to remove ourselves from our hectic, day-to-day pace and pray with the natural, comforting rhythms of Jesus' own teachings. Each selection is accompanied by reflections and prayer from the theologian and Gold Medallion Book Award-winner Eugene Peterson. With the wisdom of the Gospels and Peterson's inspiring insight, this volume will be a welcome companion for anyone who seeks a spiritual connection with Jesus.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• A Year with Jesus
• January 1 - The Book of the Genealogy
• January 2 - Of Whom Jesus was Born
• January 3 - By Tamar
• January 4 - All the Generations
• January 5 - The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
• January 6 - Joseph, Being a Righteous Man
• January 7 - Name Him Jesus
• January 8 - Spoken … Through the Prophet
• January 9 - He Did …
• January 10 - Jesus/Herod
• January 11 - Wise Men
• January 12 - He was Frightened
• January 13 - By No Means Least
• January 14 - Search Diligently
• January 15 - Where the Child Was
• January 16 - They Knelt Down and Paid Him Homage
• January 17 - Warned in a Dream
• January 18 - Flee to Egypt
• January 19 - Rachel Weeping
• January 20 - Herod Died
• January 21 - In the Wilderness … Proclaiming
• January 22 - John
• January 23 - Who Warned You to Flee?
• January 24 - He Will Baptize You
• January 25 - Baptized
• January 26 - He Fasted Forty Days
• January 27 - Loaves of Bread
• January 28 - The Pinnacle of the Temple
• January 29 - A Very High Mountain
• January 30 - Jesus Began to Proclaim
• January 31 - As He Walked by the Sea
• February 1 - Up the Mountain
• February 2 - The Poor in Spirit
• February 3 - Those Who Mourn
• February 4 - The Meek
• February 5 - Hunger and Thirst
• February 6 - The Merciful
• February 7 - The Pure in Heart
• February 8 - The Peacemakers
• February 9 - Persecuted
• Febuary 10 - Rejoice and Be Glad
• Febuary 11 - Salt
• Febuary 12 - Light
• Febuary 13 - Good Works
• Febuary 14 - Fulfill
• Febuary 15 - Exceeds
• Febuary 16 - If You Are Angry
• Febuary 17 - Tear It Out
• Febuary 18 - Divorce
• Febuary 19 - Do Not Swear at All
• Febuary 20 - Love Your Enemies
• Febuary 21 - Perfect
• Febuary 22 - Practicing Your Piety
• Febuary 23 - In Secret
• Febuary 24 - Like the Hypocrites
• Febuary 25 - When You Pray
• Febuary 26 - Empty Phrases
• Febuary 27 - Knows What You Need
• Febuary 28 - Pray Then in This Way
• March 1 - Father
• March 2 - Name
• March 3 - Kingdom
• March 4 - Will
• March 5 - Give
• March 6 - Forgive
• March 7 - Rescue
• March 8 - Kingdom/Power/Glory
• March 9 - If You Forgive
• March 10 - Do Not Look Dismal
• March 11 - Treasures
• March 12 - If Your Eye Is Healthy
• March 13 - Two Masters
• March 14 - Do Not Worry
• March 15 - A Single Hour
• March 16 - Little Faith
• March 17 - Your Heavenly Father Knows
• March 18 - Strive First
• March 19 - So Do Not Worry
• March 20 - Do Not Judge
• March 21 - The Speck/The Log
• March 22 - Pearls Before Swine
• March 23 - Ask
• March 24 - … Do So to Them
• March 25 - The Narrow Gate
• March 26 - Beware of False Prophets
• March 27 - Fruits
• March 28 - Lord, Lord
• March 29 - Founded on the Rock
• March 30 - “Astounded at His Teaching”
• March 31 - “Lord, If You Choose”
• April 1 - Only Speak the Word
• April 2 - Nowhere to Lay His Head
• April 3 - Little Faith
• April 4 - They Begged Him to Leave
• April 5 - Your Sins Are Forgiven
• April 6 - Follow Me
• April 7 - Mercy, and Not Sacrifice
• April 8 - Fresh Wineskins
• April 9 - Daughter
• April 10 - Two Blind Men
• April 11 - The Harvest Is Plentiful
• April 12 - Give Without Payment
• April 13 - Shake Off the Dust
• April 14 - Before the Son of Man Comes
• April 15 - How Much More
• April 16 - You Are of More Value
• April 17 - Not Worthy
• April 18 - A Cup of Cold Water
• April 19 - Are We to Wait?
• April 20 - What Then Did You Go out to See?
• April 21 - Take It by Force
• April 22 - This Generation
• April 23 - Woe to You!
• April 24 - Revealed
• April 25 - Come to Me
• April 26 - Lord of the Sabbath
• April 27 - … How to Destroy Him
• April 28 - It Is Only by Beelzebul
• April 29 - Out of the Abundance
• April 30 - The Sign of the Prophet Jonah
• May 1 - Worse than the First
• May 2 - My Mother and My Brothers
• May 3 - Listen!
• May 4 - Why … in Parables?
• May 5 - He Indeed Bears Fruit
• May 6 - Weeds
• May 7 - Like a Mustard Seed
• May 8 - The End of the Age
• May 9 - All
• May 10 - Separate the Evil
• May 11 - Trained for the Kingdom
• May 12 - Except in Their Own Country
• May 13 - The Five Loaves and the Two Fish
• May 14 - Take Heart
• May 15 - Lord, Save Me
• May 16 - Only Touch the Fringe
• May 17 - Tradition of the Elders
• May 18 - Explain the Parable
• May 19 - Have Mercy on Me!
• May 20 - Bread Enough in the Desert
• May 21 - The Yeast of the Pharisees
• May 22 - You Are the Messiah
• May 23 - If Any Man Would Come …
• May 24 - Transfigured Before Them
• May 25 - Tell No One About the Vision
• May 26 - Faith as a Grain
• May 27 - Then the Children Are Free
• May 28 - Become Like Children
• May 29 - Cut It Off
• May 30 - One of These Little Ones
• May 31 - Two or Three
• June 1 - How Often?
• June 2 - Is It Lawful?
• June 3 - To Whom It Is Given
• June 4 - Lay His Hands on Them and Pray
• June 5 - Give to the Poor
• June 6 - Who Then Can Be Saved?
• June 7 - The Last Will Be First
• June 8 - The Son of Man Will Be Handed Over
• June 9 - His Life a Ransom for Many
• June 10 - What Do You Want?
• June 11 - Mount of Olives
• June 12 - Did as Jesus Directed
• June 13 - Branches from the Trees
• June 14 - Hosanna in the Highest!
• June 15 - The Whole City was in Turmoil
• June 16 - Den of Robbers
• June 17 - Prepared Praise
• June 18 - Whatever You Ask in Prayer
• June 19 - By What Authority?
• June 20 - Which of the Two
• June 21 - What Will He Do to Those Tenants?
• June 22 - The Very Stone
• June 23 - They Made Light of It
• June 24 - Whose Likeness?
• June 25 - In the Resurrection
• June 26 - Asked Him a Question
• June 27 - Whose Son?
• June 28 - Do Not Practice
• June 29 - Woe to You
• June 30 - How Often!
• July 1 - Thrown Down
• July 2 - When Will This Be?
• July 3 - The End Is Not Yet
• July 4 - They Will Hand You Over
• July 5 - If Those Days Had Not Been Cut Short
• July 6 - Do Not Believe It
• July 7 - Gather His Elect
• July 8 - Not Pass Away
• July 9 - You Also Must Be Ready
• July 10 - The Faithful and Wise Slave
• July 11 - Ten Bridesmaids
• July 12 - One Talent
• July 13 - Inherit the Kingdom
• July 14 - By Stealth
• July 15 - Very Costly Ointment
• July 16 - Opportunity to Betray Him
• July 17 - Took … Bread, … Took a Cup
• July 18 - The Flock Will Be Scattered
• July 19 - Your Will Be Done
• July 20 - Deserted Him and Fled
• July 21 - Caiaphas … Peter
• July 22 - In the Beginning
• July 23 - Made Through Him
• July 24 - The Life was the Light
• July 25 - Light/Darkness
• July 26 - Witness to the Light
• July 27 - The World Did Not Know Him
• July 28 - Born … of God
• July 29 - The Word Became Flesh
• July 30 - John Testified
• July 31 - From His Fullness
• August 1 - The Only Son
• August 2 - I Am the Voice …
• August 3 - Why Are You Baptizing?
• August 4 - Here Is the Lamb of God
• August 5 - Like a Dove
• August 6 - Two Disciples
• August 7 - He First Found His Brother
• August 8 - Nathanael
• August 9 - A Wedding in Cana
• August 10 - Capernaum … for a Few Days
• August 11 - Zeal for Your House
• August 12 - The Temple of His Body
• August 13 - He Knew All People
• August 14 - Born Anew
• August 15 - The Wind Blows Where It Chooses
• August 16 - How Can These Things Be?
• August 17 - God So Loved the World
• August 18 - This Is the Judgment
• August 19 - Baptizing at Aenon
• August 20 - … I Must Decrease
• August 21 - He Who Comes from Heaven
• August 22 - Jacob’s Well
• August 23 - If You Knew the Gift of God
• August 24 - Give Me This Water
• August 25 - Worship in Spirit and Truth
• August 26 - Ripe for Harvesting
• August 27 - Your Son Will Live
• August 28 - I Have No One
• August 29 - Equal to God
• August 30 - The Son Gives Life
• August 31 - That All May Honor the Son
• September 1 - The Dead Will Hear the Voice
• September 2 - If You Believed Moses …
• September 3 - Then Jesus Took the Loaves
• September 4 - The Food That Endures
• September 5 - Bread from Heaven
• September 6 - I Am the Bread of Life
• September 7 - Do Not Complain
• September 8 - Down from Heaven
• September 9 - How … ?
• September 10 - This Teaching Is Difficult
• September 11 - Do You Also Wish to Go Away?
• September 12 - Not Even His Brothers Believed
• September 13 - My Teaching Is Not Mine
• September 14 - I Am from Him
• September 15 - What Does He Mean … ?
• September 16 - Division in the Crowd
• September 17 - Caught in the Very Act
• September 18 - I Am the Light of the World
• September 19 - The Testimony of Two
• September 20 - Where Is Your Father?
• September 21 - Who Are You?
• September 22 - Free Indeed
• September 23 - The Father of Lies
• September 24 - Why Do You Not Believe Me?
• September 25 - My Father Who Glorifies
• September 26 - Who Sinned … ?
• September 27 - The Pool of Siloam
• September 28 - And He Worshiped Him
• September 29 - We Are Not Blind…?
• September 30 - A Thief and a Bandit
• October 1 - They Know His Voice
• October 2 - I Am the Gate
• October 3 - Abundantly
• October 4 - Good Shepherd
• October 5 - The Hired Hand
• October 6 - One Flock, One Shepherd
• October 7 - I Lay Down My Life
• October 8 - Tell Us Plainly
• October 9 - Out of the Father’s Hand
• October 10 - Blasphemy
• October 11 - Believe the Works
• October 12 - Lazarus … Is Ill
• October 13 - Lazarus Is Dead
• October 14 - I Am the Resurrection
• October 15 - Jesus Began to Weep
• October 16 - Lazarus, Come Out
• October 17 - Filled with the Fragrance
• October 18 - A Grain of Wheat
• October 19 - This Voice
• October 20 - … But to Save the World
• October 21 - Are You Going to Wash My Feet?
• October 22 - Entirely Clean
• October 23 - Not All of You Are Clean
• October 24 - An Example
• October 25 - You Are Blessed
• October 26 - You May Believe
• October 27 - Receives
• October 28 - Who Is It?
• October 29 - Glorified
• October 30 - A New Commandment
• October 31 - By This …
• November 1 - Denied Me
• November 2 - Believe
• November 3 - In My Father’s House
• November 4 - … Can We Know the Way?
• November 5 - Show Us the Father
• November 6 - Words…. Works
• November 7 - Greater Works
• November 8 - Ask
• November 9 - If
• November 10 - Another Advocate
• November 11 - Orphaned
• November 12 - In
• November 13 - Those Who Love Me
• November 14 - Will Teach You Everything
• November 15 - Peace I Leave with You
• November 16 - I Am Going to the Father
• November 17 - Let Us Be on Our Way
• November 18 - I Am the True Vine
• November 19 - Abide in Me
• November 20 - Much Fruit
• November 21 - Abide
• November 22 - My Joy … Your Joy
• November 23 - Greater Love
• November 24 - Friends
• November 25 - I Chose You
• November 26 - You Do Not Belong to the World
• November 27 - Hated
• November 28 - Testify
• November 29 - Keep You from Stumbling
• November 30 - Nevertheless
• December 1 - Prove the World Wrong
• December 2 - Spirit of Truth
• December 3 - Declare It to You
• December 4 - Your Pain Will Turn into Joy
• December 5 - Pain
• December 6 - That Your Joy May Be Complete
• December 7 - The Father
• December 8 - Ask in My Name
• December 9 - Take Courage
• December 10 - Glorify Your Son
• December 11 - Those Whom You Gave Me
• December 12 - Asking on Their Behalf
• December 13 - Sanctified in Truth
• December 14 - That They May Be One
• December 15 - Before the Foundation of the World
• December 16 - I in Them
• December 17 - Across the Kidron
• December 18 - Openly
• December 19 - Barabbas
• December 20 - Here Is the Man!
• December 21 - Here Is Your Mother!
• December 22 - Finished
• December 23 - I Have Seen the Lord
• December 24 - Peace Be with You
• December 25 - Receive the Holy Spirit
• December 26 - Do Not Doubt
• December 27 - It Is the Lord!
• December 28 - Full of Large Fish
• December 29 - Yes, Lord
• December 30 - What Is That to You?
• December 31 - Also Many Other Things
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