Mark 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 4:13-17 – When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. 14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. 15 So they ordered them to withdraw…
Continue ReadingPsalm 71:17-18 – Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. 18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come. When I was twenty-one years old I came…
Continue ReadingJudges 15:13-15 – “Agreed,” they answered. “We will only tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock. 14 As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. The ropes on his arms…
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 ReadingActs 4:8-9 – Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them…” “Baptized with the…
Continue ReadingActs 4:5-7 – 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 what power or what name did you do this?” …
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 ReadingRevelation 21:3-4 – And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or…
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