Revelation 21:9-13 – One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven…
Continue ReadingPsalm 138:1a, 6-8a – I will praise You, Lord, with all my heart. Though the Lord is exalted, He looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, He sees them from afar. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve my life. You stretch out Your hand against the anger of my foes; with Your right hand You save me. 8 The Lord will vindicate me; Your…
Continue ReadingProverbs 3:12 – because the Lord disciplines those He loves, as a father the son He delights in. Hebrews 12:6 – “…because the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastens everyone he accepts as his son.” Mercies and Disciplines. Disciplines and mercies. Two sides of the same coin. One coin with two sides but both sides are equally part…
Continue ReadingPsalm 107:1-2a, 43 – Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord. Jeremiah 31:3 – The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing…
Continue ReadingZechariah 8:1-5 – The word of the Lord Almighty came to me. 2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.” 3 This is what the Lord says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.” 4 This is…
Continue ReadingIsaiah 55:1 – Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. John 4:14 – but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring…
Continue ReadingRevelation 21:5-8 – He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of…
Continue ReadingRevelation 21:5-8 – He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of…
Continue ReadingRevelation 21:1-4 – Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne…
Continue ReadingEphesians 6:10 – Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 1 Peter 5:7 – Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. Matthew 11:28-30 – “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle…
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