Galatians 1:2 “ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” What a great blessing to give to people. What a wonderful hope and prayer for them. In a world where so many do not know what grace is, especially God’s grace, or why every person needs it, it…
Continue ReadingJohn 13:34 – A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 1 John 4:12 – 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. Some of…
Continue ReadingRevelation 1:3-6 – Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. 4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and…
Continue Reading2 John 1-3 – The elder, To the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth— 2 because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the…
Continue Reading1 Peter 2:4-6 – 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a…
Continue Reading2 Peter 1:1-2 – Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: 2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. “…a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ…” Peter refers…
Continue Reading1 Peter 5:6-11 – 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the…
Continue Reading1 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 Reading1 Peter 1:1-2 – Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Peter…
Continue ReadingIn what is my comfort? In what is my delight? How fragile and empty if they are in anything or anyone other than God? Every other thing that I should have faith, joy or confidence in is grasping at the wind. Oh Lord God, may my eyes be ever searching, my ears ever listening, my…
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