Psalms 22:1-5 KJV
(1) <To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.> My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
(2) O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, [...]
Philippians 2:13 KJV
(13) For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure.
Several years ago, upon the encouragement of a close friend, I went on a missions trip to Zaire, Africa. Although not all that experienced at construction and definitely ignorant of French or Swahili, I was put in [...]
Isaiah 57:10 You were wearied by all your ways, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.
She had become so wearied by what seemed to be failure in every aspect of her life. Just to get up and face another day seemed to [...]
Isaiah 46:6-7 CEV
(6) Some people hire a goldsmith and give silver and gold to be formed into an idol for them to worship.
(7) They carry the idol on their shoulders, then put it on a stand, but it cannot move. They call out to the idol when they are in trouble, but it doesn’t answer, [...]
2 Thessalonians 1:11 MSG
(11) Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time–pray that our God will make you fit for what he’s called you to be, pray that he’ll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all [...]
Isaiah 46:12-13 (Amplified)
Listen to Me, you stiff-hearted and you who have lost heart, you who are far from righteousness (from uprightness and right standing with God, and from His righteous deliverance).
I bring near My righteousness [in the deliverance of Israel], it will not be far off; and My salvation shall not tarry. And I will [...]
2 Corinthians 2:14 (Amplified)
But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ's victory] and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere,
It was actually his now. Never missing a practice and spending hours of shooting baskets with dad had paid off. [...]
Isaiah 28:5 KJV
(5) In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
It wasn’t that they got started off in the wrong direction, and it wasn’t that there was a different promise for some than others. It was [...]
Mark 4:20 ASV
(20) And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.
There is something precious about the soil that is ready to bear fruit. It has been prepared long before the seed is placed inside of [...]
Psalms 132:8-9 KJV
(8) Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
(9) Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
Growing up in the Behrman household there was always a sense of confidence that if something were wrong with anything around the house, Dad was not [...]
