1 Now the Lord said[a] to Abram, “Go from your country[b] and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:1 ESV) God’s command for Abram to “Go” was emphatic. It was not a suggestion, it was a command. Now this was a time when scripture tells us...
For the Weary
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall...
A Good Measure
38 give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” (Luke 6:38 ESV) In the scraping and scrambling of life we can forget that often what we...
More Useful Than Words
5 Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! (Job 13:5 ESV) Better to be silent and thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt. This quote is attributed to Abraham Lincoln and is probably one of my favorite. Sometimes, actually quite often, silence is the best...
A Trustworthy Saying
5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 The saying...