But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. - 2 Timothy 4:12 At the end of Paul’s life, he is in prison. As is seen in this letter, Paul is still teaching his disciple Timothy. He is still believing God. And he is still sending people to fulfill Christ’s mission. One of my...
Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service. - 2 Timothy 4:11 No one likes stories where people no longer trust each other. Weddings are happy occasions—and divorces are sad. Births are filled with joy—but that joy...
Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter . . . .” - Genesis 21:6 NIV Recently, while corresponding with David, a prison pal of ours, I sent him my verse for the day, 2 Corinthians 3:18: “And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being...
Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? “To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.” - Proverbs 8:1, 4-5 ESV I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you...
For so the Lord has commanded us, “I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES, THAT YOU MAY BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.” - [quoted from Isaiah 49:6] Acts 13:47 Buckle your seatbelts! We are about to take a look at another surprising word in an amazing verse. To...
But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: ‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living. - Matthew 22:31-32 This passage is doubly amazing. A first point...
Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word. - Acts 8:4 The early church suffered persecution for proclaiming Jesus Christ had risen from the dead and was the Savior of the world. This led to their being scattered throughout Israel. They fled for their safety from...
So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. - Romans 1:15-16 Have you ever been afraid of “sticking out like a sore...
For I am about to do something new.See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?I will make a pathway through the wilderness.I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. - Isaiah 43:19 NLT As I write this, my husband Terry and I look forward the privilege of attending the wedding of Adam...
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying...