Category Archives: commitment
for high quality use
20220616 for high quality use 2 Timothy 2:20-21 (JDV) 2 Timothy 2:20 Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver containers, but also those of wood and clay; some for high quality use and some for … Continue reading
for the sake of the promise
20220609 for the sake of the promise 2 Timothy 1:1-2 (JDV) 2 Timothy 1:1 Paul, a missionary of Christ Jesus by God’s preference, for the sake of the promise of life in Christ Jesus:2 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my dearly … Continue reading
staying at the work
20220601 staying at the work Ruth 2:17-23 (JDV) Ruth 2:17 So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. She beat out what she had gathered, and it was about twenty-six quarts of barley. Ruth 2:18 She picked up the … Continue reading
Hymenaeus and Alexander
20220506 1 Timothy 1:18-20 (JDV) 1 Timothy 1:18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies previously made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the good fight, 1 Timothy 1:19 … Continue reading
clarity, courage, commission
clarity, courage, commission 1 Timothy 1:3-4 (JDV) 1 Timothy 1:3 As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you may direct certain people not to endorse different doctrine 1 Timothy 1:4 or to pay … Continue reading
cautious feet
cautious feet Psalm 73:1-3 (JDV) Psalm 73:11 God is indeed good to Israel, to the pure in heart. Psalm 73:2 But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my steps nearly went astray. Psalm 73:3 You see, I envied the … Continue reading
staying engaged with God
staying engaged with God Judges 6:11-24 (JDV) Judges 6:11 The agent of Yahveh came, and he sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress in … Continue reading
God at work through her
God at work through her Judges 4:11-24 (JDV) Judges 4:11 Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the sons of Hobab, Moses’s father-in-law, and pitched his tent beside the oak tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh. … Continue reading
a culture of compromise
a culture of compromise Judges 3:5-13 (JDV) Judges 3:5 But they settled among the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. Judges 3:6 The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and … Continue reading
The sin of inclusion
The sin of inclusion Judges 2:1-10 (JDV) Judges 2:1 The agent of Yahveh went up from Gilgal to Bochim and he said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land I had promised to your fathers. … Continue reading