1 Corinthians 1:27  But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; :28  And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, [...]

Micah 7:18  Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. :19  He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast [...]

Psalms 89:15  Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. :16  In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. My Dad got me this phonograph by Christopher Parkening when I was a boy that [...]

Zechariah 8:5  And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. :6  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of [...]

Phillipians 1:12  But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; When righteousness is the pursuit and fellowship with God is the passion, there can be great confidence that even the worst of times may be used for the kingdom [...]

Job 13:15  Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. I recently took Haydn to see this guitarist that actually came through small little Burlington way back in the early seventies and was a part of forming my lifetime passion of playing. This guy [...]

Luke 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. My son had a friend recently present to him some discrepancies he had discovered about what God is supposed to be like. He said something to the effect that if God really loves us [...]

Psalms 85:6  Will You not revive us again so that Your people may rejoice in You? You really don’t know what living is until you’ve had one true moment of rejoicing in the Lord. Yet, there is this continual embrace of things that are so far removed from the realm of the living- things that [...]

Psalms 32:1  A David psalm. Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be– you get a fresh start, your slate’s wiped clean. Psalms 32:2  Count yourself lucky– GOD holds nothing against you and you’re holding nothing back from him. (The Message) For some reason this passage reminded me of a couple things to which I [...]

Colossians 3:2  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Affection- phroneō From G5424; to exercise the mind, that is, entertain or have a sentiment or opinion; by implication to be (mentally) disposed (more or less earnestly in a certain direction); intensively to interest oneself in (with concern or obedience) I [...]