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Matthew Chapter 3: Verses 13-15 (NIV) Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all…

Genesis Chapter 3: Verse 10 (NLT)  He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.” Isaiah 42:3 (NLT) He will not crush the weakest reed    or put out a flickering candle.    He will bring justice to all who have been wronged. James 4:8 (NLT) Come close to…

Genesis Chapter 1: Verses 6-7 (NIV) And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. Throughout the first chapter of the Bible, we read that God speaks, then He does what He…

Revelation Chapter 22 – Verse 6 (NIV)  The angel said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.” It’s the last day of the year, and we may have become a bit weary over the last year…

Proverbs Chapter 31 – verse 31 (NLT) Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;    but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised. It’s the time of year when we ponder whether to make any new year resolutions. We might want to lose weight and get fitter or healthier. We might look at doing a…

Nehemiah Chapter 10: verses 32-39 (NIV)  “We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God:  for the bread set out on the table; for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New…

Nehemiah Chapter 9: Verses 7-8 (NIV) “You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham.  You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your…

Revelation Chapter 19: Verses 1-2 (NLT) After this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd in heaven shouting, “Praise the Lord!    Salvation and glory and power belong to our God. His judgments are true and just.    He has punished the great prostitutewho corrupted the earth with her immorality.    He has avenged the murder of his servants.” The book of…

Nehemiah Chapter 5: Verses 14 -15 (NLT) For the entire twelve years that I was governor of Judah—from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes—neither I nor my officials drew on our official food allowance.  The former governors, in contrast, had laid heavy burdens on the people, demanding a daily…

Nehemiah Chapter 4: Verses 14-15 (NLT) Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your…