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Stephen Opposed
Acts 6:8-10 8 Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen - Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of ...
Preparing for the Future
Proverbs 6:6-8 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7/8 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Mutual Encouragement
Romans 1:11-13 11/12 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong - that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I planned ...
Accommodating Family
Genesis 13:8-9 8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; ...
The Value of Perseverance
James 1:2-3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
Increasing Discipleship
Acts 6:2-4, 7 2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables." 3/4 "Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known ...
A Noble Wife
Proverbs 12:4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
Jesus' Gift and Charge to Us
Romans 1:5-7 5 Through Jesus Christ we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake. 6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. 7 To all ...
Abram Freed
Genesis 12:17-19 17 But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18/19 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? Why did you say, ...
Forevermore Saved
John 10:28 " And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand."
Prepare to Receive the King
Revelation 3:20 " Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
Salvation
John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
The Eye of a Needle
Mark 10:25-27 25" It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? 27 And Jesus looking upon them ...
We Aren't Worthy
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."
Just Ask
John 15:7 “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”
Mindful of Mankind
Psalms 8:3-4 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
No Stone Thrown
John 8:7-11 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away ...
God Does Not Discriminate
Galations 2:6-7 6 As for those who were held in high esteem - whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism - they added nothing to my message. 7 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of ...
Loving Discipline
Proverbs 12:1-2 1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. 2 Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
Sarai Taken by the Pharaoh
Genesis 12:14-16 14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. 16 Pharaoh treated Abram well for her sake ...
My Salvation
Psalms 118:20-22 I will give You thanks, for You answered me; You have become my salvation.
Christ Is Alive
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
More Precious than Rubies
Proverbs 8:10-11 Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
Abram and Sarai Travel to Egypt
Genesis 12: 10-13 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. When the Egyptians ...
The Call of Abram
Genesis 12:1-3 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be ...