Micah 4:6-7       In that day, declares the LORD,        I will assemble the lame                    and gather those who have been driven away        and those whom I have afflicted;              7       and the lame I will make the remnant,        and those who were cast off, a strong nation;                    and the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion        from this…

2 Corinthians 4:13-14 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  When a church or even a…

Mark 3:5-6 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.  If someone accuses you of not seeing the…

Luke 3 And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?” 11 And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” 13 And he said to them,…

Matthew 2:5-6 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:                6       “ ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,        are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;                    for from you shall come a ruler        who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”  You have heard people…

Psalm 63:3-4             Because your steadfast love is better than life,        my lips will praise you.              4       So I will bless you as long as I live;        in your name I will lift up my hands.  We all love life, regardless of those times when we say we hate it. This is what is behind the “fight or…