1 Peter 1:3-9 – 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded…
Continue ReadingMatthew 25:31-46 (34-45) – 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,…
Continue ReadingHebrews 6:1-3 – Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God,2 instruction about cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And God permitting, we will do so. Here we…
Continue ReadingPsalm 130:5-6 – 5 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in His word I put my hope. 6 I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. In the midst of celebration, at the cresting of wave of victory, from the highest mountaintop, when joy has exploded…
Continue ReadingIsaiah 1:16-17 – 16 Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. 17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. James 1:27 – Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and…
Continue ReadingNot my words, but God’s Words. Don’t agree with these words, then your problem is with God, the real God, not some idol you created to be pleasing to you. Psalm 53:1 – The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one…
Continue ReadingAre we listening, even expecting, the Lord to speak to us. When He does, and when we hear and pay attention, consider what He said to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:17-19 – 17 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify…
Continue ReadingActs 4:5-20 – 5 The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem. 6 Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high priest’s family. 7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By…
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