John 8:7-9-And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus […]
Psalm 4:4-5–Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah 5 Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord.I had the opportunity to meet with someone yesterday, and they reminded me why patience must have an expected end. Because growing up as an unbeliever, I thought what is the […]
2 Corinthians 6:14-Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? We probably would all agree, that our circle of friends growing up tended to think very similar to us. Sometimes those friendships can last a lifetime, while others begin to “phase out” or grow apart as we like to […]
2 Samuel 10:11-12–And he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come and help you. 12 Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do […]
2 Samuel 6:8-9–And David was angry because the Lord had burst forth against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah, to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?”The most influential book that helped me to “bridge the gap” in learning how […]
Ezekiel 11:19-21–And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. One of […]
John 10:3–To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. I remember vividly, two weeks before I came to know Jesus Christ, I met a man at the airport while going through security who began witnessing to me. Not about Jesus, but about Islam and […]
John 6:60-When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” I realized years ago before I had children from counseling orphans, that before I told them “hard truths” they had to trust me. They had to trust that I had their best interest in mind, and truly […]
John 4:15-16–The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” Jesus meeting “the woman at the well” maybe one of the more famous passages in the gospels. To give you some […]
John 1:29-31–The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God,who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ I believe most people would agree that we are creatures of […]