9/5/12

For the earth will be filled
    with the knowledge of the glory of YAHWEH
    as the waters cover the sea.
HABAKKUK 2:14

9/4/12

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18

9/3/12

When my life was fainting away,
    I remembered YAHWEH,
and my prayer came to you,
    into your holy temple.
⁸ Those who pay regard to vain idols
     forsake their hope of steadfast love.
⁹ But I with the voice of thanksgiving
    will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
     Salvation belongs to YAHWEH!”
JONAH 2:7-9

9/2/12

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
    but YAHWEH weighs the spirit.
PROVERBS 16:2

9/1/12

Do you not know? Do you not hear?
    Has it not been told you from the beginning?
    Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
²² It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
    and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
    and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
²³ who brings princes to nothing,
    and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
ISAIAH 40:21-23

8/31/12

And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”

 And YAHWEH said:
“Because this people draw near with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,
    while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
 therefore, behold, I will again
    do wonderful things with this people,
    with wonder upon wonder;
and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
    and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”

ISAIAH 29:11-14

8/30/12

The path of the righteous is level;
     you make level the way of the righteous.
⁸ In the path of your judgments,
    O YAHWEH, we wait for you;
your name and remembrance
    are the desire of our soul.
ISAIAH 26:7-8

8/29/12

The simple believes everything,
    but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
PROVERBS 14:15

8/28/12

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises discipline in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.  But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-27

8/27/12

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with YAHWEH. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” and again, “YAHWEH knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
1 CORINTHIANS 3:18-20

8/26/12

Now, therefore, thus says YAHWEH of hosts: Consider your ways. You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.

“Thus says YAHWEH of hosts: Consider your ways.

HAGGAI 1:5-7

8/25/12

The word of YAHWEH came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says YAHWEH God: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. 

Thus says YAHWEH God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
EZEKIEL 34:1-3; 10

8/24/12

“So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall call to them, but they will not answer you. And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of YAHWEH their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.
JEREMIAH 7:27-28

8/23/12

I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
    and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
    and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
¹⁵ I will plant them on their land,
     and they shall never again be uprooted
    out of the land that I have given them,”
says YAHWEH your God.
AMOS 9:14-15

8/22/12

For they are a rebellious people,
    lying children,
children unwilling to hear
    the instruction of YAHWEH;
¹⁰ who say to the seers, “Do not see,”
    and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us smooth things,
    prophesy illusions,
¹¹ leave the way, turn aside from the path,
    let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
ISAIAH 30:9-11

8/21/12

YAHWEH is not man, that he should lie,
    or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
    Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
NUMBERS 23:19

8/20/12

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
MATTHEW 25:13

8/17/12

Blessed is the man
    who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
    nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of YAHWEH,
    and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree
    planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
    and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.

PSALM 1:1-3

8/16/12

You keep him in perfect peace
    whose mind is stayed on you,
    because he trusts in you.
Trust in YAHWEH forever,
    for YAHWEH God is an everlasting rock.
ISAIAH 26:3-4

8/15/12

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve YAHWEH. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
ROMANS 12:9-12

8/14

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for YAHWEH searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
1 CHRONICLES 28:9 

8/13/12

“And now, Israel, what does YAHWEH your God require of you, but to fear YAHWEH your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve YAHWEH your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of YAHWEH, which I am commanding you today for your good?
DEUTERONOMY 10:12-13 

8/10/12

Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:

Who created all these?

He who brings out the starry host one by one,

and calls them each by name.

Because of his great power and mighty strength,

not one of them is missing.

ISAIAH 40:26

8/9/12

And YAHWEH answered me:

“Write the vision;
    make it plain on tablets,
    so he may run who reads it.
 For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
     it will surely come; it will not delay.

HABAKKUK 2:2-3

8/8/12

Then those who feared YAHWEH spoke with one another. YAHWEH paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared YAHWEH and esteemed his name. 
MALACHI 3:16

8/7/12

And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek YAHWEH'S kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
LUKE 12:29-31

8/6/12

“With what shall I come before YAHWEH,
    and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?
⁷ Will YAHWEH be pleased with thousands of rams,
    with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
⁸ He has told you, O man, what is good;
    and what does YAHWEH require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,^[b]
    and to walk humbly with your God?
MICAH 6:6-8