Jeremiah 23:16-22 (NIV) 16This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. 17 They keep saying to those who despise me, ‘The LORD says: You will…
Psalm 69: 7-16 4 (NIV) 7 For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face. 8 I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children; 9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me. 10 When…
Ephesians 1:7-10 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, 9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in…
2 Corinthians 4:16 Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. A grandmother’s story reminds me of the challenge of aging. My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, “Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?” I mentally polished my halo and I…
John 15:13 NIV Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. Ephesians 5:2 NIV And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. I find it interesting that children often have a…