My own collections of Scripture verses arranged thematically with a brief after-word of my own
The Pharisees wanted Jesus dead! Temple guards were sent to arrest Him but returned to the priests and Pharisees empty-handed: “We have never heard anyone talk like this!” The Pharisees mocked their soft hearts as weakness: “Have you been led astray too?” (Jn.7:47NLT), lumping them with the ‘ignorant crowds’– a cursed lot. What had the […]
“Thus says the LORD who made the earth…:Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. —Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind […]
“You love what is right and hate what is wrong. Therefore God, your God has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.” This was said of Jesus, which suggests to me that the holiest of people should be the most joyful of people. This is God’s design, […]
I listen carefully to what God the LORD is saying, for he speaks peace to his people, his faithful ones. But let them not return to their foolish ways—Serve only the LORD your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him. Long ago God spoke many times […]
Do not let your heart turn away from the LORD to worship other gods. There it jumped out at me. The human heart is not something to follow, but to chaperone! It can not be trusted to take a person in the right direction, until it has been captured by the greatest of Loves. You […]