Tuesday Morning Scripture – Psalm 23

A Song of David 1 The Eternal is my shepherd, He cares for me always. 2 He provides me rest in rich, green fields beside streams of refreshing water.  He soothes my fears; 3 He makes me whole again, steering me off worn, hard paths to roads where truth and righteousness echo His name. 4 Even in the unending shadows of death’s darkness, I amContinue reading “Tuesday Morning Scripture – Psalm 23”

Friday Morning Scripture – Matthew 5:13-20

Disciples and the World 13 “You are the [a]salt of the earth; but if the salt has [b]lost its taste (purpose), how can it be made salty? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and walked on by people [when the walkways are wet and slippery]. 14 “You are the light of [Christ to] the world. AContinue reading “Friday Morning Scripture – Matthew 5:13-20”

Thursday Morning Scripture – John 4:1-45

Jesus Goes to Galilee 1 So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John  2 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),  3 He left Judea and returned again to Galilee.  4 Now [a]He had to go through [b]Samaria.  5 So He arrived at a SamaritanContinue reading “Thursday Morning Scripture – John 4:1-45”

Thursday Morning Scripture – Acts 4:13-31

Threat and Release 13 Now when the men of the Sanhedrin (Jewish High Court) saw the confidence and boldness of Peter and John, and grasped the fact that they were [a]uneducated and untrained [ordinary] men, they were astounded, and began to recognize that they had been with Jesus.  14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, theyContinue reading “Thursday Morning Scripture – Acts 4:13-31”

Wednesday Morning Scripture – Jeremiah 31:1-26

Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy 1 “At that time,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.” 2 Thus says the LORD,“The people who survived the swordFound grace in the wilderness [of exile]—Israel (the Northern Kingdom), when it went to find its rest.” 3 The LORD appeared to meContinue reading “Wednesday Morning Scripture – Jeremiah 31:1-26”

Tuesday Morning Scripture – 1 John 1

Introduction, The Incarnate Word 1 I am writing about] what existed from the beginning, what [a]we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life [the One who existed even before the beginning of the world, Christ]—  2 and the Life [anContinue reading “Tuesday Morning Scripture – 1 John 1”

Monday Morning Scripture – Hebrews 10

A New and Living Way 19 Therefore, [c]believers, since we have confidence and full freedom to enter the Holy Place [the place where God dwells] by [means of] the blood of Jesus,  20 by this new and living way which He initiated and opened for us through the veil [as in the Holy of Holies], that is, through His flesh,  21 and sinceContinue reading “Monday Morning Scripture – Hebrews 10”