Acts 2:14-21 – Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken…
Continue ReadingActs 2:14-21 – Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken…
Continue ReadingJeremiah 31:3b – …I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. I am so glad that God chooses to love me. His incredible love of me is overwhelming. See, I know what I have done and been during a different time in my life. Though God has forgiven me I remember and recoil at all…
Continue ReadingPsalm 34:18 – The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Jeremiah 29:13 – You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Isaiah 40:11 – He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He…
Continue Reading1 Peter 2:7-9 – Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” 8 and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined…
Continue ReadingActs 2:1-4 – When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were…
Continue ReadingActs 1:12-14 – “Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city. 13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son…
Continue ReadingActs 1:6-11 – Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you…
Continue ReadingIsaiah 33:16-17 – They are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them. 17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar. At the lowest place When I hurt the most As stab wounds bleed…
Continue ReadingPsalm 63:1 – O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water. James 1:5 – If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be…
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