Isaiah 30:1-3 KJV (1) Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: (2) That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves [...]

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 [...]

Isaiah 7:4 Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood— 9…If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’ ” (The Message) To lose heart is to lose faith, and without a firm stand [...]

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 [...]

Isaiah 40:29  He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Several years ago I was in Zaire, Africa for a few months with missionaries Ralph and Shirley Hagemeir. Many parts of that continent have become westernized to a great deal, with many of the normal media and [...]

Philippians 3:17  Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. Even though I grew up in a part of Colorado where you could look for miles and miles without seeing anything, including the mountains, I was very fortunate to have parents who grew up [...]

Romans 8:35  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? :36  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. :37  Nay, in all these things we [...]

2 Corinthians 10:2  But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. :3  For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: [...]

Dan 3:22  Because the king was in such a hurry and the furnace was so hot, flames from the furnace killed the men who carried Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to it, :23  while the fire raged around Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.                  Without really any time to get ready for it the fire was on, [...]

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. There comes a [...]