Daily Focus, June 15, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 29:1 – 30:24 (“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”) This Week’s Memory Verse:…

Icing On The Cake

LightGrams June 6, 2019 Volume 23, Number 21 What is a cake without icing? True, there are some exceptions, but I’m partial to cakes that have a layer of icing on top. There are many types of icing: buttercream, fondant, cream cheese, whipped cream, etc., and they all have their respective fan clubs. But what…

Daily Focus, June 6, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 19:1 – 20:18 (“If I say, ‘I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,’ there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary…

Daily Focus, June 5, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 17:1 – 18:23 (“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be…

Daily Focus, June 3, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 13:1 – 14:22 (“We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against you.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but…

Daily Focus, June 1, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 11:1 – 12:17 (“Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord…

Daily Focus, May 30, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 7:1 – 8:22 (“Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “But grow in the grace…

Daily Focus, May 28, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 3:1 – 4:31 (“At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their…

Out Of Its Natural Place

LightGrams May 23, 2019 Volume 23, Number 20 Authorities in Florida had tracked the big lizard for over a year. A week ago they finally captured the water monitor, a five-foot-long reptile weighing about 20 pounds. A nonnative species from Asia, the wildlife agency had been “setting traps and searching high and low”. The search…

Daily Focus, May 23, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Acts 24:1 – 25:27 (“And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, ‘Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you.’”) This Week’s Memory Verse:…