Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.
2 Timothy 2:11-13 The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful – for he cannot deny himself.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, […]
Mark 8:34-35 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the […]
Psalm 119:10 With my whole heart I seek you, do not let me stray from your commandments.
Psalm 119: 15-16 I will meditate on your precepts, and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
Psalm 51:1-3 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is every before me.
23 December 2016 Galatians 3:7-9 New International Version (NIV) 7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” 9 So those who rely on faith are […]
21 December 2016 Matthew 1:17 There are 14 generations from Abraham to King David, 14 generations from David to the exile, and 14 generations from the exile to Christ. Think back to the rainbow which appeared as a sign of God’s promise to Noah and remember the orderly color arrangement it presents: red, orange, yellow, […]
17 December 2016 Psalm 80: 3-7 This is a tough one. This psalm begins by calling God our Shepherd, and asks for rescue from trouble. No problem there. It acknowledges that only through God’s favor and mercy will we be saved. No problem there. Where I begin to struggle is with verses four and five […]