Posts from November 2022

Posts from November 2022

Verse of the Day – Nov. 24, 2022

November 24, 2022 – Thursday  Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving Luke 17:15-16   ESV 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; 16 and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Comment When we think of Thanksgiving, we generally think of how…

Verse of the Day – Nov. 23, 2022

November 23, 2022 – Wednesday  Widows/Parents on My Mind Mark 7:38-40   NIV 9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!  10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’  11 But you say that if anyone…

Verse of the Day – Nov. 22, 2022

November 22, 2022 – Tuesday  Widows Still on My Mind Mark 12:38-40   NIV 38 As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces,  39 and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.  40 They devour widows’…

Verse of the Day – Nov. 21, 2022

November 21, 2022 – Monday  Widows on My Mind Exodus 22:22-23   NIV 22 “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.  23 If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. Exodus 22:22-23   ESV 22 You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.  23 If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will…

Verse of the Day – Nov. 18, 2022

November 18, 2022 – Friday  Blessings of Repentance Hosea 14:4-8   NET 4“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them.  5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.  6 His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree,…

Verse of the Day – Nov. 17, 2022

November 17, 2022 – Thursday  And Still More on Repentance Hosea 14:1-3   NET 1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!  2 Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: “Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls. 3 Assyria cannot save us; we…

Verse of the Day – Nov. 14, 2022

November 14, 2022 – Monday  Even More on Repentance Jeremiah 31:18-19 NIV 18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God. 19 After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was…

Verse of the Day – Nov. 11, 2022

November 11, 2022 – Friday  Yet, Still More on Repentance  Jeremiah 15:19 NIV 19 Therefore this is what the Lord says: “If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them.”  Jeremiah 15:19 NET 19 Because…

Verse of the Day – Nov. 10, 2022

November 10, 2022 – Thursday  Still More on Repentance Jeremiah 5:3 NIV 3 Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent. Comment An interesting question for all of us, what would happen if we refused to repent? What…