All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

You’ve all been to the stadium and seen the athletes race. Everyone runs; one wins. Run to win. All good athletes train hard. They do it for a gold medal that tarnishes and fades. You’re after one that’s gold eternally.

Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper. And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.”

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the PREPARATION of the GOSPEL OF PEACE.

For everything there is a season, A time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.…

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the HOPE of salvation as a helmet.  1 Thessalonians 5:8

These are the memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah in late autumn, in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was at the fortress…

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For…

“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and  entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to…

Finally,  be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For…

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 28:11

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the…

I tell you, her sins —and they are many— have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.…

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10

So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip…

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10

I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have…

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.  John 10:10