LightGrams March 26, 2020 Volume 24, Number 11 The photo I received summed up the situation before us: Pictured was a Las Vegas style gaming table. Instead of poker chips, there were rolls of toilet paper instead. Do I need to explain the meaning of this to anyone in the U.S.? We’re not alone. Yahoo…
LightGrams March 19, 2020 Volume 24, Number 10 China has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). A recent report shows that over 3,200 have died from its effects. What is more alarming, perhaps, is that in Italy the number of those who have succumbed to COVID-19 is only slightly less, almost 3,000. Italy’s…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 57:1-39 (“I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his…
LightGrams March 12, 2020 Volume 24, Number 9 The World Health Organization yesterday officially declared that there is a pandemic. COVID-19 (the coronavirus), which started in China late last year, has now spread into communities in the United States. Many measures have been announced which are aimed at containing the virus, to keep it from…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 2:1-52 (“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also…
LightGrams March 5, 2020 Volume 24, Number 8 As we focus on the coronavirus, some are reminding us of similar events in the recent past. One such event was the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus that broke out in southern China in 2002. The story of Dr. Joanna Tse emerges from that dark time…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:1 – 2:26 (“All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “If I delay, you may know how…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 29:1-27 (“A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.” 1 Peter 1:14…
LightGrams February 20, 2020 Volume 24, Number 7 A man in England was recently walking his dog on the beach when he came across a bottle that had washed ashore. Inside was a message from 1938 from John Stapleford, asking whoever found the bottle to write to him in Hertfordshire, England. Attempts to locate this…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 16:1-33 (“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:5 Remember These In…