Ecclesiastes 7:9 – Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools. Anger flares faster than a struck match and explodes like dynamite. It scars hearts and minds and kills many relationships. Don’t justify anger that does not bring good fruit. Some will rise up quickly to (angrily) ask “What…
Continue ReadingPsalm 25:1 – In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. Oh my God, I trust in you! If everyone should detest me I will always have You who loves me. If the universe should explode and nothing remain, You Lord are able to, in the midst of nothingness, to set me in the palm of your hand and create…
Continue ReadingJob 13:15 – Though He slay me, yet will I hope in Him; I will surely defend my ways to His face. Job 42:1-6 – Then Job replied to the Lord: 2 “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did…
Continue ReadingActs 19:8-12 – Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. 9 But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years, so that…
Continue ReadingActs 19:8-12 – Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. 9 But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years, so that…
Continue Reading1 John 3:20 – If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Romans 10:9-13 – If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and…
Continue ReadingActs 19:1-7 – While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied. …
Continue ReadingActs 18:23-28 – After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. 24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the way of…
Continue ReadingActs 18:18-22 – Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sisters and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken. 19 They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned…
Continue ReadingIsaiah 6:8 – Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Dear Lord God my Savior, my Master, my beloved Lord, may I, all the days of my life, with great exuberance be one who raises my hand and says to…
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