Archive for December 2020

2 Cor. 12:9-10 And [the Lord] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”  Therefore, most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in…

Eph. 6:14-15 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace… The palace had been still just a moment earlier.  Then, in the blink of an eye, a battle ensued.  First came the sounds of artillery…

Eph. 6:17-20 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that…

Jn. 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. The moment she stepped off the plane and entered the airport, she could tell this was a much different place.  She had expected to learn a lot on this first mission trip, but she did not think…

Rom. 14:19 Therefore, let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. I count it as nothing but God’s timely blessing that I came to salvation during a period when a community of believers of my age and life situation had been established for someone just…

Mt. 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. The saddest thing about one being lost is not having any idea exactly how lost one is.  The dark cavern of sin which used to be my home is not a finite area or a defined space.  I see…

1 Jn. 3:18-19 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.  And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. He thought he knew how to live as an honest person.  Ever since he was small…

1 Jn. 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. If my high school years can be summed up in one expression, I would have to say that I spent that time putting on a show.  Whether it was for my parents, my peers, or my…

Mt. 5:14-16 You are the light of the world.  A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.  Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that…