Micah 7:18-20 {Prayer} It was the summer of 1820 and ten-year-old Phineas was about see the island, his island. You see the day he was born his grandfather presented Phineas with a deed, a deed to some land in Connecticut called Ivy Island. And for the first time, Phineas was going to see and…
Philippians 2:5-11 {Prayer} I want to ask you a question … is there a difference between joy and happiness? Are sure? Let’s look at the definitions of these two words. Joy is “A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.” Happiness is “the State of being happy.” When you look in a Thesaurus ……
Micah 4:1-5 {Prayer} Two years, before his untimely death, the Los Angeles Lakers retired both of Kobe Bryant’s numbers … number eight and number twenty-four. At the event, an ESPN announcer said, “They will hang in the Staples Center forever.” Uh, no, they won’t. Kobe’s numbers won’t hang there forever because in a sports world…
Micah 1:1-4 {Prayer} John Glenn learned how to fly fighter jets as he completed 59 missions in World War II and 90 missions in the Korean War. John Glenn learned to fly fast as he was the first pilot to fly at supersonic speed. John Glenn learned how to fly into outer space. In…
Matthew 1:1-17 The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah 1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of…
Luke 1:57-66 The Birth of John the Baptist 57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy. 59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to…
Luke 1:5-25 The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold 5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. 7 But…
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Believers Who Have Died 13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will…
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Believers Who Have Died 13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will…