“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 17:1-58 (“And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to…
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“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 7:1 – 8:22 (“And the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Obey their voice and make them a king.’ Samuel then said to the men of Israel, ‘Go every man to his city.’”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “If possible,…
LightGrams November 8, 2018 Volume 22, Number 40 Another Guinness World Record was set this past Tuesday. It happened on the banks of the River Sarayu in India during the national festival of Diwali. Diwali is a major festival in India, sometimes called “The Festival Of Lights”. It appears to refer to different events for…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 5:1 – 6:21 (“The ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” Romans 12:18 Remember…
LightGrams November 1, 2018 Volume 22, Number 39 An 18-year-old man was found acting like, um, a teenager yesterday in DeLeon Springs, Florida. He and two friends had been mowing an area when they discovered a well. They talked about climbing down into the hole, just to be able to say they had done it.…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Amos 5:1 – 6:14 (“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.“) This Week’s Memory Verse: “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not…
LightGrams October 25, 2018 Volume 22, Number 38 Samuel Herbert is on a campaign to collect 10,000 signatures. His aim is to remove a statue in Buffalo, New York that was unveiled in 1983 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. According to the news story, Herbert already has 6,000 signatures on his petition. It’s…
LightGrams October 11, 2018 Volume 22, Number 37 Christina Sanchez was running a half-marathon recently in New Jersey. While running mile 10 of the race, she learned a new meaning to the phrase, “The buck stops here.” A large buck – i.e. a male deer – came bounding out of the brush and crashed into…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Mark 13:1-37 (“And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.“) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.…
LightGrams October 4, 2018 Volume 22, Number 36 Perhaps the moral to this story is “Don’t propose marriage while you’re high”? Joshua Mason took his girlfriend, Katie Davis, on a hike last week. When they reached their destination of Jasper Peak in Colorado at an elevation of nearly 13,000 feet he popped the question. The…