Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Nehemiah 6: 15-16

So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.

Monday, 30 August 2010

Ezra 6: 16

Then the people of Israel — the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles — celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

Sunday, 29 August 2010

2 Chronicles 2: 1-2

Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself. He conscripted seventy thousand men as carriers and eighty thousand as stonecutters in the hills and thirty-six hundred as foremen over them.

Saturday, 28 August 2010

1 Chronicles 2: 1-2

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Friday, 27 August 2010

2 Kings 2: 5

The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?" "Yes, I know," he replied, "but do not speak of it."

Thursday, 26 August 2010

1 Kings 2: 10-12

Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. He had reigned forty years over Israel — seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem. So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

2 Samuel 1: 1

The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

1 Samuel 1: 12-14

As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth. Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk and said to her, "How long will you keep on getting drunk? Get rid of your wine."

Monday, 23 August 2010

Ruth 4: 13

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. Then he went to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

Sunday, 22 August 2010

Judges 2: 8-9

Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten. And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Saturday, 21 August 2010

Joshua 21: 43

So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.

Friday, 20 August 2010

Deuteronomy 5: 1

Moses summoned all Israel and said: "Hear, O Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them."

Thursday, 19 August 2010

Numbers 6: 22-26

The LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron and his sons, this is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace."

Wednesday, 18 August 2010

Leviticus 9: 23

Moses and Aaron then went into the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people; and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.

Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Exodus 3: 2

There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.

Monday, 16 August 2010

Sunday, 15 August 2010

Romans 14: 8

If we live, we live to the Lord: and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Saturday, 14 August 2010

Revelation 3: 14 and 20

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. ... "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me."

Friday, 13 August 2010

Ephesians 2: 10

We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Thursday, 12 August 2010

1 Corinthians 6: 19-20

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your body.

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Psalm 119: 14

I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Psalm 46: 1

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Monday, 9 August 2010

Luke 12: 6-7

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Sunday, 8 August 2010

Psalm 149: 4

For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation.

Saturday, 7 August 2010

Isaiah 33: 22

The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.

Friday, 6 August 2010

Psalm 119: 160

All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.

Thursday, 5 August 2010

Psalm 119: 130

The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Jeremiah 33: 2-3

This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it - the Lord is his name: Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Tuesday, 3 August 2010

1 Samuel 16: 7

The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.

Monday, 2 August 2010

James 1: 22

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

Sunday, 1 August 2010

Psalm 119: 114

You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.