Posts from July 2019

Daily Focus, July 25, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Revelation 21:1 – 22:21 (“And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “For this is…

Daily Focus, July 23, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Revelation 17:1 – 18:24 (“Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, ‘So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and will be found no…

Daily Focus, July 22, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Revelation 15:1 – 16:21 (“And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of…

A Letter From The Past

LightGrams July 18, 2019 Volume 23, Number 26 Three things stood out to Kim Draper as she looked at the envelope left in her mailbox. The most obvious was that it was addressed to someone else; but then she saw that the address was for the house in which she lives. The second fact was…

Daily Focus, July 16, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Revelation 5:1 – 6:17 (“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “And being made perfect, he became the source of…

Daily Focus, July 15, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Revelation 3:1 – 4:11 (“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.” …

Listen Carefully

LightGrams July 11, 2019 Volume 23, Number 2 Kensli Davis of Milledgeville, Georgia was about to celebrate her 25th birthday. To make the celebration complete, her mother placed an order for a nice decorated cake. To make the cake personal, she asked that it be decorated with images from Moana, the 2016 Disney animated movie…

Daily Focus, July 11, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 John 4:1 – 5:21 (“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “But grace was given to each one of…

Daily Focus, July 9, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 2 Peter 3:1 – 1 John 1:1 (“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”) This Week’s…

Declaring Our Independence

LightGrams July 4, 2019 Volume 23, Number 2 It was on this day 243 years ago that representatives of the 13 colonies of the New World gathered at the State House of Pennsylvania. Two days earlier a resolution was unanimously passed to declare that these colonies were breaking away from the British Empire. On July…