“I have heard many things; miserable comforters are you all.”—Job16:2 NKJV Light is essential for everything. It helps plants grow, it diminishes depression, it can communicate messages, it is used in the field of medicine, and it is even a cleanser able to rid the earth of dangerous pathogens. At first glance, light appears to …
“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.’”—Jeremiah 29:11ESV Years ago, long before GPS, we primitive people relied on maps and gas station attendants for directions. On one particular day, I was visiting a friend in …
“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus.”—Luke 1:31 Imagine it’s the present year (2021), and a sixteen-year-old girl says she’s pregnant, but she has never been with a man before. Oh, and another thing … her baby is going to be the Savior …
Matthew 17:12 NKJV “But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise, the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands.” Peter, James, and John had an opportunity to see something that no one else witnessed — …
Matthew 25:18 NKJV “But he who had received one went and dug in the ground and hid his lord’s money.” When I was a young child, I saw a toy I wanted in the store. The price was 15 dollars, but I only had one dollar, so I went home that day feeling pretty upset …
Psalms 102:6 KJV “I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.” The destruction of 9/11 will forever be etched in the minds of all who were alive to see it. Up until that time, our country had lived in an atmosphere of safety, but that day, as …
1 Samuel 16:11 BSB And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There’s still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.” When Samuel saw Eliab, the firstborn son of Jesse, he immediately believed …
Nahum 2:2 NIV The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines. When the Assyrians attacked their enemies, they made sure the destruction they waged was permanent. When a vine is irreparably damaged, at first it grows diminished clusters of …
Proverbs 24:27 NASB Prepare your work outside and make it ready for yourself in the field; afterwards, then, build your house. I remember talking to a friend of mine as she told me about when she landed her first job, forty years ago. She remembered the excitement of working at a pizza place, and learning …
“So the message of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its Sabbath rest, lying desolate until the seventy years were fulfilled, just as the prophet had said.” 2 Chronicles 36:21 NLT For years, Jeremiah tried to convince his people to follow the laws that God had put in place, one …
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