I Am the True Vine15:1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to […]
Elijah Flees Jezebel19:1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this […]
Elijah Confronts Ahab18:1 After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.” 2 So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. […]
– Ahab Reigns in Israel29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. (ESV) 24 And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that […]
Book ThreeGod Is My Strength and Portion ForeverA Psalm of Asaph.73:1 Truly God is good to Israel,to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogantwhen I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For they have no pangs until […]
Book ThreeGod Is My Strength and Portion ForeverA Psalm of Asaph.73:1 Truly God is good to Israel,to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogantwhen I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For they have no pangs until […]
The Lord’s Prayer5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut […]
Thanksgiving and Prayer3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in […]
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in […]
and 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. (ESV) 23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. (ESV)