Daily Focus, May 20, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 13:1 – 14:31 (“And the king said to the man of the Lord, ‘Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.’ And the man…

Daily Focus, May 16, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 8:1-66 (“Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep.  So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Charm is deceitful, and…

Daily Focus, May 15, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 6:1 – 7:51 (“His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had…

Daily Focus, May 13, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 2:1 – 3:28 (“Give Your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Charm…

Pushing Back Against The Darkness

LightGrams May 7, 2020 Volume 24, Number 17 Erin Kemble has been attracting a lot of attention these last few weeks, and that’s just the way she wants it. Each day she dresses up as a familiar character to urge her neighbors to stay “safer at home”. The first day she dressed up as a…

Daily Focus, May 4, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Ezekiel 48:1-35 (“The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord Is There.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “For if, after they have escaped the defilements…

Daily Focus, May 2, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Ezekiel 46:1 – 47:23 (“And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every…

Daily Focus, May 1, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 7:1 – 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: “The…

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…