But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served
This verse in 2 Samuel has always blessed me. The image of a deer who has been put on a mountaintop through the direct action of the Lord–it’s a place of safety, a position of victory. It comes as a decisive maneuver of the Holy Spirit. “He made my feet like the feet of a ...
Today’s Bible verse is a challenge to that. It tells us to live our lives wholeheartedly for God. We are to work hard and serve God enthusiastically. Serving God shouldn’t be something we fit in on church day if we have the time or unless something better comes up. Serving God ...
Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”King James BibleNevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.New King James...
and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.9But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”10And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden,and I was afraid, because I was naked, and...
16 The ark of God was carried into Jerusalem. It was put in the tent David had set up for it. The priests brought burnt offerings and friendship offerings to God. 2 After David finished sacrificing those offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. 3 He gave to each ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionPeople will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the LORD brought all this disaster on them.’”New Living ...
Papi was not always walking with the Lord, though. Her family’s poverty and desperate needs led her to prostitution. She tried to fulfill herself and find her worth in earthly things. But last year, she realized that all of this was useless. The treasures she had been building up for ...
Papi was not always walking with the Lord, though. Her family’s poverty and desperate needs led her to prostitution. She tried to fulfill herself and find her worth in earthly things. But last year, she realized that all of this was useless. The treasures she had been building up for ...
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.When anxietywas great within me,your consolation brought me joy. Psalm 94:18-19 (NIV) As I read these Bible verses in my church newsletter, I immediately linked the words to support for caregivers. So many ...