This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is how we know that we live in him and he in us. He has given us of his Spirit. 1 John 4:9, 13. Your word is a lamp…

All you have made will praise you, O Lord; your saints will extol you. They will tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might, so that all men may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Psalm 145:10-12. And he said to them, “Is a lamp…

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” John 13:8. When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord saying, “He is…

In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. John 1:4. No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. Isaiah 60:18. In our chapter, 2 Chronicles 6, is the retelling of the…

The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:10-11. I can’t help but think about the problems of this world that loom so large – floods…

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the…

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Psalm 127:1. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? John 14:2. I couldn’t help but think about the above verses as I read 2…

I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me – just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:14. I will be going down this morning to be with my sister to help her and as…

From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter took him aside…

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Ephesians 6:18. Our next book, 2 Chronicles, was written approximately 430 B.C. Judah had fallen in 586 B.C. In the notes at the beginning…