Posts from 2025 (Page 2)
Be Prepared – Luke 12:32-40
Sunday Scripture for August 10, 2025 Luke 12:32-40 Be Prepared… “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Watchful Slaves 35 “Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; 36 be like those who…
The Parable of the Rich Fool – Luke 12:13-21
Sunday Scripture for Aug. 3,2025 Luke 12:13-21 The Parable of the Rich Fool 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” 16 Then he told them a parable: “The land…
Warning to Israel – Hosea 1:2-10
Sunday Scripture for July 27, 2025 Warning to Israel – Hosea 1:2-10 The Family of Hosea 2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and have children of prostitution, for the land commits great prostitution by forsaking the Lord.” 3 So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. 4 And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel, for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu…
Christ is the Head – Colossians 1:15-28
Colossians 1:15-28 – Christ is the Head The Supremacy of Christ 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, 16 for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn…
The Good Samaritan – Luke 10:25-37
Luke 10:25-37 – The Good Samaritan 25 An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have given…
Music and Dancing for the Lord – 2 Samuel 6:10-15
Scripture for Sunday, June 29,2025 2 Samuel 6:10-15 – Music and Dancing for the Lord 10 So David was unwilling to take the ark of the Lord into his care in the city of David; instead, David took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household. 12 It was told King David, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him…
A Legion of Demons – Luke 8:26-39
Scripture for Sunday, June 22, 2025 Luke 8:26-39 – A Legion of Demons 26Then they arrived at the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 As he stepped out on shore, a man from the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had not worn any clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, shouting, “What have you to do with me,…
Trinity Sunday – Romans 5:1-5
Sunday Scripture for June 15, 2025 Trinity Sunday – Romans 5:1-5 1 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s…
Pentecost – Acts 2:1-21
Acts 2:1-21 – Pentecost 1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. 5 Now…
Paul and Silas in Prison – Acts 16:16-34
Sunday scripture for June 1, 2025 Acts 16:16-34 – Paul and Silas in Prison One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a female slave who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling. 17 While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” 18 She kept doing this for many days. But Paul,…
The promise of the spirit John 14:23-29
Scripture for Sunday, May 25,2025 John 14:23-29 – The promise of the spirit 23 Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me. 25 “I have said these things to you while I am still…
Peter Includes the Gentiles in the Church Acts 11:1-18
Scripture for Sunday, May 18 2025 Acts 11:1-18 – Peter Includes the Gentiles in the Church 1 Now the apostles and the brothers and sisters who were in Judea heard that the gentiles had also accepted the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers[a] criticized him, 3 saying, “Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?” 4 Then Peter began to explain it to them, step by step, saying, 5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and…
