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Bible Memory collection
Trust is faith under pressure. These passages have carried believers through waiting, uncertainty and loss without pretending those things are easy. Psalms 56:3-4 David admits fear and then answers it: when I am afraid I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, I will not fear. Romans 8:28…
Bible Memory verse
God's kindness, patience and tolerance are meant to lead us toward repentance, not to be treated with contempt. It reframes God's patience. Delay in judgment is an invitation, not an indication that God has stopped caring. 2 Peter 3:9 Joel 2:13 Luke 13:3-5 Kind Father, your patience is not…
52 Week Journey
Waiting is not a gap between the real parts of faith. In Scripture it is one of the places faith is formed and shown. Abraham waited about twenty five years for a promised son, David waited years between being anointed…
Devotional
Genesis 22:3 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which…
Devotional
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. WEB Paul writes this right after describing how to restore someone caught in a fault, in verse 1. Bearing burdens is not abstract goodwill; it…
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2 Timothy 3:16 Every writing is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness WEB Paul writes this to Timothy about the Hebrew Scriptures Timothy…
Devotional
John 20:6-7 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying, and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.…
Devotional
1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, WEB Peter writes to Christians under real pressure, and his counsel is to humble themselves under God's hand…
Devotional
Isaiah 55:11 so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do. WEB Isaiah compares God's word to rain…
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Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, WEB Paul writes to a Roman colony, Philippi, whose citizens were proud of their Roman citizenship even…
Devotional
Acts 8:35 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Jesus. WEB An angel sends Philip to a desert road, and the Spirit tells him to join a specific chariot. He finds a man reading…
Devotional
1 Peter 4:10-11 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. WEB Peter assumes that every believer has received something worth putting to…
Devotional
1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name. WEB David speaks this in a public prayer after the people have given generously toward the temple that David himself will never…
Devotional
Exodus 20:1-2 God spoke all these words, saying, "I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage." WEB Before a single commandment is given, God identifies Himself by what…
Devotional
Isaiah 40:31 but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint. WEB This verse follows a question in…
Devotional
Psalm 27:14 Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. WEB David does not say wait and feel nothing. He pairs the command with strength and courage, as though he expects waiting…
Devotional
Acts 1:4 Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me. WEB The risen Christ does not send the disciples out…
Devotional
Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay. WEB Habakkuk had already…
Devotional
Hebrews 6:15 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. WEB The writer of Hebrews sums up decades of Abraham's life in one sentence: patient endurance, then the promise obtained. Between the promise of…
Devotional
Genesis 39:23 The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper. WEB Joseph is in prison unjustly, and the verse…
Topic study
Biblical hope is not wishful thinking. It is confident expectation resting on the character and the promises of God. Most people use the word hope to admit that they do not know. I hope tomorrow is easier. I hope the…
Christian Living
James 1:3-4 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. WEB james 1 James says patience is produced rather…
Christian Living
Psalm 27:14 Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. WEB psalms 27 The command is repeated because waiting is the hardest kind of obedience. Notice that courage is required,…
Bible question
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. WEB Before we define the fear of the Lord, listen to how God speaks of it. Proverbs 9:10-11 The fear of…
Bible question
Psalm 13:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? WEB Scripture speaks first, and what it says about silence is more honest…
The Sunday Study
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