Looking For Good Luck

LightGrams April 25, 2019 Volume 23, Number 16 Earlier this week I introduced my two youngest grandsons to a new (for them) tradition: looking for four-leaf clovers. Their yard has a healthy stand of clover mixed in with grass, and we were able to find a couple within just a few minutes of looking. According…

Daily Focus, April 25, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Psalm 65:1 – 68:35 (“Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits…

Is This Your Ring?

LightGrams April 18, 2019 Volume 23, Number 15 An unnamed lady who works at a Sam’s Club store in Houston found a ring three years ago. It was a class ring from The University of Houston, and had apparently been dropped into a case of water. The lady took it home, thinking she would try…

Daily Focus, April 18, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Psalm 51:1 – 54:7 (“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the…

Daily Focus, April 15, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 29:1 – 30:20 (“For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom…

My Place In The Book

LightGrams April 11, 2019 Volume 23, Number 14 Most have heard of the Guinness Book Of World Records. This annual publication has been around since 1951, and is now published in over 100 countries in 23 different languages. An article in Newsweek magazine (9/28/18) reports that Guinness has more than 40,000 records in their database,…

Daily Focus, April 6, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 23:1 – 24:22 (“If you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.”) This…

The Passengers Were Few

LightGrams April 4, 2019 Volume 23, Number 13 If you have flown commercially in the last 10 years or so, you’ll be just a little envious of Skirmantas Strimaitis. This man from Lithuania was headed to northern Italy and bought a ticket on an airline. The fare was a bit more expensive than usual, as…

Daily Focus, April 4, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 18:1 – 19:21 (“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “So we do not lose heart. …