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Psalm 104 verse 34 (NIV)  May my meditation be pleasing to him,    as I rejoice in the LORD. One verse but such a timely reminder for those, like me, whose mind can so easily go off at a tangent. It’s also a reminder that when we are tempted to dwell on things that are…

2 Chronicles chapter 35 verses 21-25 (NIV)  But Necho sent messengers to him, saying, “What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who…

2 Corinthians chapter 3 verses 2 – 3 (NIV)  You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but…

2 Chronicles chapter 32 verse 1 (NIV)  After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. Hezekiah was a wise and faithful king who sought to honour and serve the Lord. Does that mean he never had any trouble or hardships? Here we can quite clearly see that…

2 Corinthians 1: 12-14 (NIV)   Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace. For we do not write you anything you cannot…

2 Chronicles chapter 26 verses 3-5 (NIV)   Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. ⁴ He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. He sought God during…

1 Corinthians chapter 16 verses 13-14 (NIV)  Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.  How to live our lives in two sentences. It’s possible to stand firm and to be courageous and strong but still to need to be on our guard about how to…

Proverbs chapter 20 verses 2-3 (NIV)  A person may think their own ways are right,    but the LORD weighs the heart. To do what is right and just    is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Sometimes what we genuinely think is the right thing to do is not the thing that God…

2 Chronicles chapter 19 verses 6 – 7 (NIV)  He told them, “Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a verdict.  Now let the fear of the LORD be on you. Judge carefully, for with the LORD our…

1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 10 (NIV)  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them —yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.  This verse, although written many years later than…