Wisdom of Solomon 1:7-11 The Lord’s Spirit fills the whole world. It holds everything together and knows what everyone says. Therefore, those who utter unjust words don’t escape notice. Justice will expose them and not pass them by. A proper inquiry will be made into the plots of ungodly people. News of their words will […]

Luke 1:76-80 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his peopleby the forgiveness of their sins. By the tender mercy of our God,the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light

1 Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 [The Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of

Mark 4:35-41 When evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the

Mark 4:26-34 Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the

Acts 11:19-30;13:1-3 Those who were scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, and they spoke the word to no one except Jews. But among them were some men of Cyprus and Cyrene who, on coming to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists also, proclaiming the

1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) All the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, “You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.” But the thing displeased Samuel when they said,

Becoming Like Little Children 33 They came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them: “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. 35 And sitting down, He called the twelve and

I behave self destructively, is that a bad thing? We have all observed the over indulgent lifestyle of the rich and powerful and sat in judgement as they behave self destructively. We wonder how they can have a life where they seem to be living out their dream and and yet they are ruining it

Psalm 104:25-35, 37 A psalm about the hand of God and his most fearsome of works, the Leviathan 25 O Lord, how manifold are your works! *in wisdom you have made them all;the earth is full of your creatures. 26 Yonder is the great and wide seawith its living things too many to number, *creatures