Posts from November 2019

Daily Focus, November 30, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 17:1 – 18:23 (“Then the word of the Lord came to me: ‘O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord.  Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand,…

Daily Focus, November 25, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 7:1 – 8:22 (“As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “The…

Toiling Over Scripture

LightGrams November 21, 2019 Volume 23, Number 37 A family in the United Arab Emirates just set a new Guinness record. They have completed the largest handwritten copy of the Bible on record, and it took them 153 days to do it. The wife, Susan Varghese, began the project, but her husband and two children…

Daily Focus, November 21, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:37 (“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Love one another with brotherly…

Dead, Or Alive?

LightGrams November 14, 2019 Volume 23, Number 36 A man who died is technically released from his obligations, right? His heirs may have to assume his debt, but that man will pay not another penny on bills he assumed in his previous life. We would all agree to this proposition; how could we not? But…

Daily Focus, November 9, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Joshua 23:1 – 24:33 (“After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness.” …

Never To Fly Again

LightGrams November 7, 2019 Volume 23, Number 35 Others may see it as a novel venue for hosting a party, but it strikes me as sad. The Fokker-100 airplane parked in Robert Sedlar’s’ yard in Croatia was built to carry 100 passengers to various destinations around the world. After being in service from 1991 to…