1 Samuel 2:8-10 KJV
(8)  He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.
(9)  He [...]

Psalms 27:1-5 KJV
(1)  <A Psalm of David.> The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
(2)  When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and [...]

Isaiah 49:15 NIV “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!
49:16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
Really from the [...]

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 [...]

Zechariah 9:13  Judah is now my weapon, the bow I’ll pull, setting Ephraim as an arrow to the string. I’ll wake up your sons, O Zion, to counter your sons, O Greece. From now on people are my swords.” (The Message)
 During the conflict in Korea in the early 1950’s there was a great restriction on [...]

Psalms 89:6  For who in the sky can be ranked with Jehovah? Who among the mighty is like Jehovah?
:7  God is greatly to be feared in the congregation of the saints, and to be adored by all around Him.
:8  O Jehovah, the God of Hosts, who is a strong Jehovah like You? And Your faithfulness [...]

Genesis 50:19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
I love how Joseph understands his place in the grand scheme of things. His brothers, [...]

Genesis 16:13  She answered GOD by name, praying to the God who spoke to her, “You’re the God who sees me!” “Yes! He saw me; and then I saw him!”
It’s a bit like those one-way mirrors that are so often used in cop shows or movies where someone is being interrogated or chosen from a [...]

Genesis 18:32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?”He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
Just how important is the righteous life we choose in Christ? It may seem that it’s about us and [...]