Monthly Archives: January 2017

Isaiah 9:2 (TLB) The people who walk in darkness shall see a great Light—a Light that will shine on all those who live in the land of the shadow of death. John 8:12 (ESV) Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not … Continue reading →

Mark 1:35 (TLB) The next morning he was up long before daybreak and went out alone into the wilderness to pray. Luke 6:12 (TLB) One day soon afterwards he went out into the mountains to pray, and prayed all night. When Jesus went up on a mountainside by Himself to pray, we … Continue reading →

1 Peter 4:4-5 (NET1) 4  So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you. 5  They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. The answer [to television] is … Continue reading →

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (TEV) 16  Be joyful always, 17  pray at all times, 18  be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus. And then be thankful; O admire his ways, / Who fills the world’s unempty’d granaries! / … Continue reading →

Romans 8:20-21 (NET1) 20  For the creation was subjected to futility — not willingly but because of God who subjected it — in hope 21  that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children. The hymn-writer wrote, “Change … Continue reading →

Romans 5:1 (ESV) Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:9 (ESV)  And be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness … Continue reading →

Romans 5:1 (ESV) Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. The oft-enjoyed game of “Monopoly” has one card that is discovered occasionally when someone lands on “Chance”: “Return to ‘Go’-collect $200.” The irony of the directive is that in one … Continue reading →

2 Timothy 3:1-5, 8 (TLB) 1  You may as well know this too, Timothy, that in the last days it is going to be very difficult to be a Christian. 2  For people will love only themselves and their money; they will be proud and boastful, sneering at God, disobedient to … Continue reading →

Psalm 19:1 (ESV) The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Psalm 102:25 (ESV) Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. In the opening sentences of the Bible, God spoke a world of energy and … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 17:5-8 (ESV) 5  Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6  He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched … Continue reading →