Ephesians 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; (NASB)   I knew a friend who suffered a work accident a few years ago. His thumb was cut off while he was cutting logs. All it took was one second to miscalculate. One…

     Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.      As a kid…

     Genesis 9:5,6 5: Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man. 6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made man. (NASB)  …

Colossians 3:23,24 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve (NASB) It is not too late to sign up for LTC. If you have children 3rd…

1 Peter 4:14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; 16 but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is…

1 Corinthians 13:1  If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.  1 Corinthians 13:2  If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,”…

Isaiah 55:10,11 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth and making it bear and sprout, and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; So will my word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to…

Proverbs 16:1-3The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, but the Lord weighs the motives. Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established. (NASB) As we start a new…

2 Timothy 2:1-2 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. (RSV) How do we make sure that we are fulfilling the Lord’s will? Paul established this…

3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth. (NASB) When we hear news from our kids after they go to college, what is the best news we can hear?  We could hear so many good things, like, they have good grades, or that…