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Genesis 21: 16-19 (NIV)  When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob. God heard the boy crying,…

Genesis chapter 19: verse 1 (NIV) The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.  Genesis chapter 19: verses 16-20 (NIV) When he hesitated, the men…

Matthew chapter 7: verses 21-23 (NIV)  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your…

Matthew chapter 6: verses 1 – 4 (NIV)   “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do…

Matthew chapter 5: 34-37 (NIV)  But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.  And do not swear by your head, for you cannot…

Genesis chapter 9: verses 20-23 (NIV)  Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment…

Matthew chapter 4: verse 1 (NIV) Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. I was really struck by this verse today. Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. He didn’t go of His own accord. He was led. That means He was exactly where…

Psalm 3: Verses 2-4 (NIV) Many are saying of me,    “God will not deliver him.”   But you, LORD, are a shield around me,    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.    I call out to the LORD,    and he answers me from his holy mountain. These verses are a reminder,…

 Matthew chapter 2: verses 4-6 (NIV)  When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.  “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no…

Psalm 1 verses 1-2 (NIV) Blessed is the one   who does not walk in step with the wicked   or stand in the way that sinners take    or sit in the company of mockers,   but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,    and who meditates on his law day and…