Daily Focus, February 14, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: John 12:1-50 (“Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which…

Daily Focus, February 12, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: John 10:1 – 8:17 (“Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before Him.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “For…

Daily Focus, February 11, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: John 9:1-41 (“Jesus said, ‘For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.’”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus…

Failed Tests

LightGrams February 7 2019 Volume 23, Number 6 In recent months I’ve been working at a facility that helps women and men who have been incarcerated with their transition back into life. They attend classes of various kinds, and some from our church have been invited to offer voluntary Bible classes. Our goal is to…

Daily Focus, February 7, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: John 6:1-71 (“Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “God is spirit, and those who worship him…

Trustworthy Support?

LightGrams January 31, 2019 Volume 23, Number 5 A story like this gets around. Joie Henney is a man familiar to some; for eleven years he hosted a show on ESPN Outdoors in which he took viewers into the wild, exploring the flora and fauna that so many never experience. But somewhere along the way…

Daily Focus, January 31, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Malachi 3:1 – 4:6 (“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is…

Daily Focus, January 30, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Malachi 1:1 – 2:17 (“For from the rising of the sun to its setting My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to My name, and a pure offering.  For My…

Too Young To Drive

LightGrams January 24, 2019 Volume 23, Number 4 It’s safe to say that the 11-year-old child getting out of the car last week at W.J. Murphy Elementary School was pretty pumped. After all, he had driven himself to school that day! Also in the car were a 9-year-old and the father of the driver, Khafilu…

Daily Focus, January 21, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Haggai 1:1 – 2:23 (“Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the Lord.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “I will bless those who bless…