Monday, 7 February 2011

Acts 4: 13

When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

Sunday, 6 February 2011

John 8: 12

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Saturday, 5 February 2011

Luke 8: 24

The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!”
He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm.

Friday, 4 February 2011

Mark 10: 14

When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Thursday, 3 February 2011

Matthew 5: 1-2

Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them.

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Malachai 2: 16

“The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the LORD, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,” says the LORD Almighty.
So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

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.

Monday, 31 January 2011

Haggai 2: 23

“‘On that day,’ declares the LORD Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ declares the LORD Almighty.”

Sunday, 30 January 2011

Zephaniah 1: 7

Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for the day of the LORD is near.
The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.

Saturday, 29 January 2011

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. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.

Friday, 28 January 2011

Nahum 2: 2

The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.

Thursday, 27 January 2011

Micah 5: 13

“In that day,” declares the LORD, I will destroy your idols and your sacred stones from among you; you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands.

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Jonah 2: 10

And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Obadiah 1: 15

The day of the LORD is near for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.

Monday, 24 January 2011

Amos 2: 11

“I also raised up prophets from among your children and Nazirites from among your youths. Is this not true, people of Israel?” declares the LORD.

Sunday, 23 January 2011

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?

Saturday, 22 January 2011

Hosea 3: 5

Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days.

Friday, 21 January 2011

Daniel 2: 24

Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.”

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Ezekiel 1: 4-9

I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north — an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, but each of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Lamentations 2: 2

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor.

Monday, 17 January 2011

Jeremiah 4: 3

This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:
“Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

Sunday, 16 January 2011

Isaiah 2: 19

People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground
from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to shake the earth.

Saturday, 15 January 2011

Song of Solomon 2: 12

Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves is heard in our land.

Friday, 14 January 2011

Ecclesiastes 2: 24-25

A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?

Thursday, 13 January 2011

Proverbs 2: 6

For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Psalm 1: 6

For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Job 1: 13-15

One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

Monday, 10 January 2011

Esther 8: 2

The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.

Sunday, 9 January 2011

Nehemiah 8: 9

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

Saturday, 8 January 2011

Ezra 1: 5

Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites — everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go up and build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

Friday, 7 January 2011

2 Chronicles 7: 1

When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

Thursday, 6 January 2011

1 Chronicles 10: 4

Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.”
But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

2 Kings 4: 32-35

When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch. He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed to the LORD. Then he got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched himself out on him, the boy’s body grew warm. Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out on him once more. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

Tuesday, 4 January 2011

1 Kings 7: 51

When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated — the silver and gold and the furnishings — and he placed them in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple.

Monday, 3 January 2011

2 Samuel 5: 4

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

Sunday, 2 January 2011

1 Samuel 3: 18

So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the LORD; let him do what is good in his eyes.”

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Ruth 2: 20

“The LORD bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. “He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers.