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Acts chapter 21 verses 27-29 (NIV)   When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this…

2 Kings chapter 3 verses 2-6 ( NIV) Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?”“Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.” Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbours for empty jars. Don’t ask…

2 Kings chapter 2 verses 15 – 18 (NIV) The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.  “Look,” they said, “we your servants have fifty able men. Let them go and…

Proverbs chapter 16 verses 6-7 (NIV)  Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;    through the fear of the LORD evil is avoided. When the LORD takes pleasure in anyone’s way,    he causes their enemies to make peace with them. These two verses caught my attention. Verse 6 tells us that through love…

Psalm 78 verses 38-39 (NIV)  Yet he was merciful;    he forgave their iniquities    and did not destroy them.   Time after time he restrained his anger    and did not stir up his full wrath.   He remembered that they were but flesh,    a passing breeze that does not return. Yesterday, I…

Psalm 78 verses 22-27 (NIV)  for they did not believe in God    or trust in his deliverance. Yet he gave a command to the skies above    and opened the doors of the heavens;  he rained down manna for the people to eat,    he gave them the grain of heaven. Human beings ate…

Acts chapter 17 verses 11-12 (NIV)  Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.  As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent…

Proverbs chapter 15 verse 26 (NIV)   The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure in his sight. Colossians chapter 4 verse 6 (NLT )  Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone. It was one word this morning that jumped out…

Psalm 78 verses 4-7 (NIV)  We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children, so the…

Acts chapter 15 verses 24-28 (NIV)   “We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said.  So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— men who have risked their lives for…