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Hi friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books

of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. So here is how it works. I'll read three chapters to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible or online, and then I'll pray. And that's it. So today is day one.

And I'll be reading John chapters one through three in the new living translation. And in your

guided journal, we are starting on page 19. John 1.

In the beginning, the Word already existed.

The Word was with God and the Word was God.

He existed in the beginning with God.

God created everything through him and nothing was created except through him.

The Word gave life to everything that was created,

and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can

never extinguish it. God sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone

might believe because of his testimony. John himself was not the light. He was simply a

witness to tell about the light. The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone,

was coming into the world. He came into the very world he created, but the world didn't recognize

him. He came to his own people and even they rejected him. But to all who believed him and accepted

him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn, not with a physical birth,

resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God. So the word became human

and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.

And we have seen his glory, the glory of the father's one and only son. John testified about

him when he shouted to the crowds, this is the one I was talking about when I said,

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