Archive for December 2022

2 Cor. 9:6-8 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.  So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.  And God is able to make all grace abound…

Hab. 3:17-19 Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls— yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I…

Jer. 15:15-16 O LORD, You know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.  In Your enduring patience, do not take me away.  Know that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.  Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing…

Pro. 21:15 It is a joy for the just to do justice, but destruction will come to the workers of iniquity. This Proverb can be taken to mean different things but which are all true.  One could read this to mean that the fruit of justice is joy.  It should make us happy to see…

Psa. 21:1-7 The king shall have joy in Your strength, O LORD; and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!  You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips.  For You meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold upon his…

Lk. 9:18-20 And it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He asked them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”  So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again.”  He said to…

Jn. 13:5-9 After that, [Jesus] poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.  Then He came to Simon Peter.  And Peter said to Him, “Lord, are You washing my feet?”  Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am…

Lk.19:5-10 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw [the chief tax collector], and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”  So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.  But when [the crowd] saw it, they all complained,…

Mk. 2:3-5 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.  And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was.  So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.  When Jesus saw…