Archive for June 2022

Mt. 4:5-7 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest…

1 Kgs. 18:27-29 And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god.  Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”  And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances,…

Exo. 7:8-12 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’ ” So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the…

Lk. 8:15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. The parable of the sower delivers us an interesting point that I think we often overlook.  This man dropped the seeds on all types of…

Pro. 12:19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Truth does not change.  Some can argue semantics and philosophize well on the matter.  They will point to changes in facts, circumstances or conditions, but those are not changes in truth.  Perhaps there was a time when I was the…

1Jn. 2:4-6 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected.  By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to…

Eph. 5:6-10 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.  Therefore, do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.  Walk as children of light (for the fruit…

1 Jn. 3:18-22 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.  By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.  Beloved, if our…

Psa. 145:17-20 You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.  The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.  The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.  He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;…