Acts 16:1-5 – Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. 2 The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. 3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they…
Continue ReadingActs 16:1-5 – Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. 2 The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. 3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they…
Continue ReadingActs 15:36-41– Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia…
Continue ReadingJames 1:19-21 – My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Psalm…
Continue ReadingPsalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! Let us push aside, at least for a time, all the “have-to-do’s” of life to consider how much we love the Lord and how sweet He is to us. With only Him on our mind, let us sing from our hearts and worship…
Continue ReadingProverbs 63:3 – “Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You.” Lord God, nothing is more precious or more fulfilling than Your love. I have known the beauty of a precious wife and have wondered over my children and now a grandchild, but nothing is better than Your love. You have blessed me…
Continue ReadingActs 15:22-35 – “Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers. 23 With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in…
Continue ReadingJohn 14:1-3 – “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be…
Continue ReadingActs 15:19-21 – “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the Law of Moses has been preached in every city…
Continue ReadingJohn 11:41-42 – So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.” Jesus said this just before the miracle of raising Lazarus…
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