Read: 1 John 1:1–4 Bible in a Year: Song of Solomon 6–8; Galatians 4 Download MP3 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes . . . this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 1 John 1:1 Early in my days of working as an editor for Our Daily Bread , I selected the cover verse for each month’s devotional. After a while, I began to wonder if it made a difference. Not long after that, a reader wrote and described how she had prayed for her son for more than twenty years, yet he wanted nothing to do with Jesus. Then one day he stopped by to visit her, and he read the verse on the cover of the booklet that sat on her table. The Spirit used those words to convict him, and he gave his life to Jesus at that very moment. Words that point us to Christ are always words that matter. I don’t recall the verse or the woman’s name. But I’ll never forget the clarity of God’s message to me that day. He had chosen to answer a woman’s pray