Verse of the Week “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.Matthew 5:16 NKJV "Don't shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see HIM." ~ C. S. Lewis We live in a time where letting your... Continue Reading →
Beginning to Sink
If you have read some of my postings on this blog, you may have noticed that I tend to pick up on little details. This can be a positive or a negative trait, depending on your perspective. Being "detail oriented" was definitely an asset when I was a quality assurance officer for a research firm... Continue Reading →
VOW: Where Does Your Help Come From?
Verses of the Week A song of ascents.“I turn my eyes to the mountains; from where will my help come?My help comes from the LORD, maker of heaven and earth.He will not let your foot give way; your guardian will not slumber;See, the guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps!The LORD is your guardian, the... Continue Reading →
VOW: On Gratitude
Verse of the Week: “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”1 Thessalonians 5:18 NKJV “Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won't grumble. Grumble and you won't be grateful.” Billy Graham According to Billy Graham, gratitude and grumbling... Continue Reading →
VOW: Speaking the Truth in Love
Verse of the Week “Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.”Ephesians 4:15 NLT I just want to talk about the Bible all the time. My sister, Lisa, (who started OnScripture) and I do this most days.... Continue Reading →
VOW: Love Is …
Verse of the Week “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all... Continue Reading →
VOW: Feeling Unloved vs. Being Loved
Verse of the week “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”John 8:38-39 NKJV... Continue Reading →
VOW: Who’s Your Friend?
Verse of the Week “Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”James 4:4 NKJV I am going to make a radical assumption here. I assume that if you are reading this you... Continue Reading →
Will He Find Faith on the Earth?
...when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?Luke 18:8b I have always found this verse to be somewhat troubling. These words were spoken by Jesus Himself. He had just told the parable of the unjust judge who grants the request of a widow woman, not because he thinks her... Continue Reading →
VOW: Look! A Rainbow!
Verse of the Week: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.Genesis 9:13 KJV I have been seeing rainbows this week here in middle Tennessee. I have always loved rainbows and have a tendency to react a little like an excited child when I see... Continue Reading →
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