Isaiah 43:18-19 – Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Ecclesiastes 3:11 – He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the…
Continue ReadingActs 17:16-21 – While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began…
Continue ReadingSince God allowed His Son to suffer and die for us, do we really think that His love for us stopped at the resurrection of Jesus? No, our Father has given us His great love and eternal care. So His passionate love for us to send Jesus to die for us remains with us today…
Continue Reading2 Samuel 16:10b – “…If he is cursing because the Lord said to him, ‘Curse King David,’ who can ask, ‘Why do you do this?’” 2 Samuel 15-16 Jerusalem is where King David’s palace was, the city was called the City of Peace. Yet, at that time, there was little peace there. Leading up to the above verse we read…
Continue ReadingActs 17:16-21 – While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began…
Continue ReadingActs 17:16-21 – While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began…
Continue ReadingEcclesiastes 4:12 – Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Yesterday I gave my keys to my parents’ house to the buyer’s real estate agent. The buyer had completed her final walk through of the house, but asked if I would wait for her parents, from another country,…
Continue ReadingActs 17:13-15 – But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and…
Continue ReadingActs 17:10-12 – As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As…
Continue ReadingMatthew 28:18-20 – Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with…
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