Author Archives: Pastor Darvin

Isaiah 26:12 (NIV)  LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us. Emotional peace and calm come after doing God’s will and not before. — Erwin W. Lutzer Edythe Draper, Draper’s Book of Quotations for the Christian World, (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, … Continue reading →

Psalm 104:30 (NIV)  When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth. An inescapable fact of God’s economy is that death strikes down one generation, and a new one is raised up to take its place. When animals die, either by violence or … Continue reading →

Philippians 3:18 (NIV)  For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Matthew 5:44 (NIV)  But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

Hebrews 11:3 (NIV)  By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. I repent me of the ignorance wherein I ever said that God made man out of nothing: there is no nothing out … Continue reading →

Colossians 1:15-16 (ESV) 15  He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16  For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. Everything … Continue reading →

Hebrews 11:3 (ESV)  By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. “All created things are but the crumbs which fall from the table of God.” — Saint John of the … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 10:6 (ESV)  There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might.

1 John 4:21 (ESV)  And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Psalm 116:6 (ESV)  The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. “Pray, God, keep us simple.” — William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) Edythe Draper, Draper’s Book of Quotations for the Christian World, (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1992), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “Simplicity”.

2 Corinthians 1:12 (ESV)  For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.  If you are absolutely obedient to God, then there is … Continue reading →