Acts 20:25-31 – “Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again. 26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. 27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God. 28 Keep watch over yourselves and all…
Continue ReadingRomans 7:15 – I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do. Most of us lament that we have a sin, or sins, that we struggle with and just can’t get past. We all confide to others that we do things we wish we…
Continue ReadingJohn 3:16-17 – For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. This year we will receive gifts from others. We will, with gratitude open…
Continue Reading1 John 4:4 – You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. After accepting Jesus as our Savior and Lord we attended a church in a very cool building. Not modern, but very cool, lots of hidden passages and rooms. Afterward…
Continue ReadingActs 20:13-21 – We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. 14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. 15 The next day we set sail from there and arrived…
Continue ReadingActs 20:1-6 – When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia. 2 He traveled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece, 3 where he stayed three months. Because some Jews had plotted against him just as he was about to sail…
Continue ReadingActs 19:28-41 – When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” 29 Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia, and all of them rushed into the theater together. 30 Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him. 31 Even some of…
Continue ReadingActs 19:13-16 – Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.” 14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15 One day the evil spirit answered…
Continue ReadingJohn 13:16 – Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Job 38:1-3 – “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? 3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.” Job 40:2 – “Will the one who contends with…
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…
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