“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…
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…
“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…
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…
“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…
“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…
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…
“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…
LightGrams January 17, 2019 Volume 23, Number 3 “Where’s Waldo” was a popular series of books that debuted in America in 1987. Each book had several pages of drawings in which the reader was challenged to find Waldo. “What an easy challenge!” one might have first thought. Waldo was dressed in a red and white…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Nahum 1:1 – 2:13 (“The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the…