For which I [Paul] suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained. (II Timothy 2:9, NKJV) The apostle Paul sat in a prison cell, and not for the first time. As he penned a letter to Timothy, his beloved friend…
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105. “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” Psalm 119:11. “Life without books is like an unsharpened pencil…it has no point.” When I saw this quote recently,…
“But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.” I Peter 1:25 “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which…
“Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance.” II Peter…
“And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.” Deuteronomy 33:24-25. In Chapter 33 of Deuteronomy, Moses…
“That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:” Psalm 144:13. I like to read pioneer stores. In most of them there are references to the way the women prepared for winter by filling their…
“And David was greatly distressed………. but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.” I Samuel 30:6. Do you need encouragement today? David had returned home and found his city destroyed and the people taken captive. The men that were with him were blaming him for not being there to…
“The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever” Isaiah 40:8 My oldest daughter had an upset belly just this last weekend. She felt sick, and began to panic that she would be sick and I could not get her to calm down and…
“Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” (Luke 24:45, English Standard Version). My morning reading of the Bible has been somewhat different this week. I have read the same chapter every day. It’s fairly short, only twenty-nine verses, but I haven’t made it to the end of the…