Posts from April 2020

Entering New Frontiers

LightGrams April 30, 2020 Volume 24, Number 15 The area in which I live might be called a “threshold”; it’s situated in a corridor that links Western North Carolina with Kentucky. Daniel Boone crossed through this area on his way to leading settlers through the Cumberland Gap into new frontiers now known as Kentucky and…

Daily Focus, April 28, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Ezekiel 39:1 – 40:49 (“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.”) This Week’s Memory…

Daily Focus, April 22, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Ezekiel 29:1 – 30:26 (“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’ For the day is near the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.”) This Week’s Memory Verse:…

Time On His Hands

LightGrams April 16, 2020 Volume 24, Number 14 I don’t know Anthony Miracola of Temperance, Michigan other than by what I have read of him in a news article. The article told of his setting a new Guinness World Record recently by making 35 shots in one minute from behind a basketball goal. It was…

A Preacher On Fire

LightGrams April 9, 2020 Volume 24, Number 13 Stephen Beach was only doing what I and many other preachers have been forced to do. After social distancing was mandated in England because of the coronavirus pandemic, Beach went online to members of the St. Budeaux Church in Plymouth, southwestern England. The story carried by Reuters…

Daily Focus, April 4, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 24:1-53 (“Then He said to them, ‘These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must…

Dash To Safety

LightGrams April 2, 2020 Volume 24, Number 12 The name “Aaron Rodgers” is familiar to all sports fans. For years he has been the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He knows about making mad dashes for the end zone and rushing against the clock. He is regarded as one…

Daily Focus, April 1, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 21:1-38 (“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”  (1 Thessalonians 5:11)…