Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Matthew 3: 16

As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.

Monday, 29 November 2010

Malachi 3: 16

Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name.

Sunday, 28 November 2010

Zechariah 5: 9

Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

Saturday, 27 November 2010

Haggai 2: 13

Then Haggai said, “If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?”
“Yes,” the priests replied, “it becomes defiled.”

Friday, 26 November 2010

Zephaniah 3: 15

The LORD has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy.
The LORD, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm.

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Habakkuk 2: 2-3

Then the LORD replied:
“Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end and will not prove false.

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Nahum 1: 3

The LORD is slow to anger but great in power;
the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
and clouds are the dust of his feet.

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Micah 7: 7

But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me.

Monday, 22 November 2010

Jonah 2: 1-2

From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God. 2 He said:
“In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.

Sunday, 21 November 2010

Obadiah 1: 4

Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

Saturday, 20 November 2010

Amos 4: 13

He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth — the LORD God Almighty is his name.

Friday, 19 November 2010

Joel 2: 11

The LORD thunders at the head of his army;
his forces are beyond number, and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the LORD is great;
it is dreadful.
Who can endure it?

Thursday, 18 November 2010

Hosea 14: 2

Take words with you and return to the LORD.
Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Daniel 6: 10

Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Ezekial 8: 1

In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came on me there.

Monday, 15 November 2010

Lamentations 5: 19

You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

Sunday, 14 November 2010

Jeremiah 10: 12

But God made the earth by his power;
he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

Saturday, 13 November 2010

Isaiah 11: 13

Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish, and Judah’s enemies will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.

Friday, 12 November 2010

Song of Solomon 4: 1

How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are doves.
Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from the hills of Gilead.

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Ecclesiasties 5: 1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Proverbs 12: 8

A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised.

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Psalm 19: 1

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Monday, 8 November 2010

Job 23: 16

Then Job replied, "God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me".

Sunday, 7 November 2010

Esther 10: 3

Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.

Saturday, 6 November 2010

Nehemiah 8: 10

Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Friday, 5 November 2010

Ezra 3: 10

When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the LORD, as prescribed by David king of Israel.

Thursday, 4 November 2010

2 Chronicles 4: 16

All the objects that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the temple of the LORD were of polished bronze.

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

1 Chronicles 5: 26

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

Tuesday, 2 November 2010

2 Kings 6: 5-6

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”
The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float.

Monday, 1 November 2010

1 Kings 4: 20

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.