What I say I won't do may be the very thing I do.Peter declared, "Even if everyone else deserts you, I will never desert you." Matthew 26:33 NLTShe stood before the minister and uttered the words of most brides. She promised before the congregation and God to be...
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but truth isn't."'What is truth?' Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, 'He is not guilty of any crime.'" John 18:38 NLTWhat is truth? Is there truth? Where can I find it? Is truth for me truth for...
"Solomon loved the Lord and followed all the instructions of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local altars." 1 Kings 3:3 NLTSeparately, the ingredients would be distasteful, but together, they are sumptuous.Of...
True inheritances can't be handled or even experienced with the senses."God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe." Hebrews 1:2 NLTMany have the good fortune of having relatives who've been able to accumulate...
"Don't use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them." Ephesians 4:29 NLTWhen a grandchild gives instruction, I listen.Our youngest grandchild celebrated his second birthday...
"But that is the time to be careful! Beware that in your plenty you do not forget the LORD your God and disobey his commands." Deuteronomy 8:11 NLTForgetting can be embarrassing and aggravating. There was a time when memorizing things, names, and events came easily....
"So Sarai took her servant, an Egyptian woman named Hagar, and gave her to Abram so she could bear his children." Genesis 16:1-2 NLTTurning the handle the right way produced gas flow; turning it the wrong way produced nothing.Having a gas tank on his property was an...