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John chapter 11:55-57 (NIV)  When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.  They kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival…

John chapter 11 verses 4-7 (NIV)  When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”  Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he…

1 Samuel chapter 1 verses 17-18 (NIV)  Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.” She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes. ” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast. Hannah had been…

Psalm 62 verses 11-12 (NIV)  One thing God has spoken,    two things I have heard:    “Power belongs to you, God,  and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;    and, “You reward everyone    according to what they have done.” These two verses are a reminder that God doesn’t need flowery words, but when…

Ruth chapter 8 verses 2-3 (NIV) And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favour. ”Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”  So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.…

John chapter 8 verses 31-32 (NIV)  To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” What struck me about these verses is that Jesus was speaking to those who believed in…

Judges chapter 18 verse 1 (NIV)  In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. Judges chapter 19 verse 1 (NIV)  In those…

JOHN Chapter 8 verses 3-9 ( NIV)   The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.  In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what…

John chapter 7 verse 27 (NIV)  “But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.” People thought they knew Jesus. Some had known Him since a small boy, but they clearly either didn’t know the whole story, or fully understand the scriptures, so they…

Psalm 59 verses 9-10 & 17 (NIV) You are my strength, I watch for you;    you, God, are my fortress,  my God on whom I can rely.  You are my strength, I sing praise to you;    you, God, are my fortress,    my God on whom I can rely. Personally, I think two…