I lay down and slept;       I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.             6       I will not be afraid of many thousands of people       who have set themselves against me all around. The first five words of these verses will resonate with many of you reading this. Perhaps you are sleepy as you read this because you lay awake worrying about…

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. …

Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, 9 yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— 10 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. There is a recent saying…

The LORD said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’” “I have good news and bad news.” That usually means you will say, “Yay!”, followed…

Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that…

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,  To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:  2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.  Multi-tasking has been proven to be less productive. Trying to be cool about it, Pastors try to save time by including the announcements in the…