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Romans chapter 9 verses 30-32 (NIV)  What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith…

Hosea chapter 13 verse 6 (NIV)   When I fed them, they were satisfied;    when they were satisfied, they became proud;    then they forgot me. This verse reminded me of the danger of being complacent. The people of Israel took God’s blessing for granted, and went their own way. They forgot God.  When things…

Romans chapter 8 verses 35-39 (NIV)  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?  As it is written:  “For your sake we face death all day long;    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these…

Proverbs chapter 17 verse 27 (NIV)  The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,    and whoever has understanding is even-tempered. I think it’s a fact that if we are confident in what we know to be true, we don’t need to use flowery, or even many, words. Our actions can speak louder than…

Hosea chapter 6 verses 1-3 (NIV)   “Come, let us return to the LORD.  He has torn us to pieces  but he will heal us;  he has injured us  but he will bind up our wounds. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in…

Romans chapter 6 verses 19-22 (NIV)  I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.  When you were slaves to sin, you were free from…

Psalm 87 verse 4 (NIV)  “I will record Rahab and Babylon    among those who acknowledge me—   Philistia too, and Tyre , along with Cush—    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’” In this one single verse I was reminded how God can take a life steeped in sin and transform…

Amos chapter 9 verses 11-13 (NIV)     “The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign LORD,    “when I will send a famine through the land—   not a famine of food or a thirst for water,    but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.   People will stagger from sea to sea…

Romans chapter 4 verses 19-21 (NIV)  Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead —since he was about a hundred years old —and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his…

Amos chapter 5 verses 4-5 (NIV)  This is what the LORD says to Israel:  “Seek me and live;     do not seek Bethel,   do not go to Gilgal,    do not journey to Beersheba.   For Gilgal will surely go into exile,    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.” God had intended…