For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven        and do not return there but water the earth,                    making it bring forth and sprout,        giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,              11       so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;        it shall not return to me empty,                    but it…

   Proclaim this among the nations:                    Consecrate for war;        stir up the mighty men.                    Let all the men of war draw near;        let them come up.              10       Beat your plowshares into swords,        and your pruning hooks into spears;        let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”  There are many in the world today that would take arms against…

  …who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd,        and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;                    saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’        and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’ ”  “I promise.” These words are the ultimate assurance from someone that this will happen. Unfortunately, no matter how positively the promise is made, it is not always…

Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?  Even the sweetest and dearest senior saint wants the bad guy to get…

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” Did you ever have one of those days that seemed like a week? They seem to be piling up of late….

Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. Nicodemus. If you read the gospel of John, when you see this…