Luke 13:6-9 – Then He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 7 So He said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree…
Continue ReadingHebrews 11:1 – Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Jeremiah 29:11-13 – For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will…
Continue ReadingJude 1:21 – “keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.” Clearly Jude is revealing that we have responsibility. We are not to only sit back and wait for God to pour into us. We are to actively pursue God and God will…
Continue ReadingJohn 3:35 – John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light. Jesus noted John as a God given blessing whose ministry had a purpose and also had a time. During the prescribed time of His ministry he was a blessing to be enjoyed and learned from. His…
Continue Reading2 Timothy 1:9-10 – He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has…
Continue ReadingJude 17-23 – But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most…
Continue ReadingJeremiah 23:23-24 – “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away? 24 Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord. Psalm 139:7-12 – Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? …
Continue ReadingPsalm 137 – By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land? 5 If…
Continue ReadingMatthew 9:46 – Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Psalm 18:2 – The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Matthew…
Continue ReadingMatthew 27:46 – About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). Psalm 22:1 – My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? Oh my Savior and Lord, You Lord God who…
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