"For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory. (Psalm 32:7 NLT)One sheet and four kitchen chairs made a perfect hiding place.Lovey was my maternal grandmother's half-sister. My memories of her are fading, but I do...
“Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath…My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go...
"Thy body, given for me, O Savior, Thy blood which Thou for me didst shed. These are my life and strength forever, By them my hungry soul is fed. Lord, may Thy body and Thy blood, Be for my soul the highest good!"With Thee, Lord, I am now united; I live in Thee and...
"Another parable He put forth to them, saying: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the...
"The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him." (Romans 8:16-17 ESV)Romans 8 is one of...
"For the fruits of His creation, Thanks be to God. For His gifts to ev'ry nation, Thanks be to God. For the plowing, sowing, reaping, Silent growth while we are sleeping, Future needs in earth's safe-keeping, Thanks be to God."In the just reward of labor, God's will...
"For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." (Matthew 26:28 ESV)"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." (1 Peter...