Psalm 37:4 – Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 has a different meaning to some than to others. It is a matter of understanding the most basic things. It is building upon the firm foundation rather than on the “new thing,” especially when the “new thing” is…
Continue ReadingEphesians 6:10-17 – Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the…
Continue ReadingRemember the story related in Matthew 14:22-33 about when Jesus was approaching the boat that the disciples were in? They were floating in the boat and Jesus was walking on water. Peter, bless his “Oh, Oh, let me do that too!” heart, he asked the Lord if he also could walk on water and Jesus told him…
Continue ReadingMark 6:30-44 – The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to Him all they had done and taught. 31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, He said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” 32 So they went away by themselves in a…
Continue ReadingActs 4:23-26 – On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in…
Continue ReadingMark 8:36 – What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Perhaps, more than any other verse, the Lord has used this verse to keep me focused (not that I have never temporarily lost proper focus). This scripture grabs me. In the end, we all will stand before Him and…
Continue ReadingActs 4:18-20 – Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! 20 As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard. Wait,…
Continue ReadingActs 4:10-12 – then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.11 Jesus is “‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for…
Continue ReadingRomans 15:1 – We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. We all fail. Everyone one of us sin in some way, small or big, seen and unseen. When we see another being weak, then our first impulse, seeing how we are called to live a life of…
Continue ReadingNumbers 6:24-26 – “‘“The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”’ 27 “So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them. Exodus 14:14 – The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Psalm 9:10 – Those who know…
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