Archive for December 2023

Mt. 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” If you…

Jn. 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Love is the full expression of…

Mt. 6:7-8And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.  Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. These are the very words of Jesus Christ as He tells us how to pray.…

Eph. 2:8-9For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. Grace is favor that one has not merited. In this world, we see very little of that.  There is no shortage of people pointing…

Phi. 4:12-13 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty.  I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me…

2 Cor. 3:4-5 Such confidence we have through Christ before God.  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. Someone once said that the only two things in life of which we can be certain are death and taxes.  It is a humorous quote, but…

Jn. 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” There are some areas of the world in which it seems that war has always existed and will never cease.  In these areas of…

Jn. 15:11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. I remember being a child and feeling the excitement of receiving a new toy that I thought I could not live without.  In the beginning I would be filled with amazement that…

Lk. 10:2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” The first job I had as a teenager was as a busboy.  I remember in the beginning there was some excitement at making a few dollars…