Crippled Feet and Crazy Faith

Acts 14:8-10 (NIV)
In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.

A Son's Love for His Mother

John 19:25-27 (KJV)
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

You Latter Will Greater

Joel 2:23-29 (KJV)
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

I will Yet Praise Him

Psalm 42:1-5 (NKJV)
As the deer pants for the water brooks,

After the Tragedy and in the Mist of the Miracle

Matthew 28:8-10 (KJV)
And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

Psalm 104:33-34

Psalm 104:33-34 (AMP)
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

Hang On and Do Something

2 Timothy 1:5-7 (MSG)
That precious memory triggers another: your honest faith—and what a rich faith it is, handed down from your grandmother Lois to your mother Eunice, and now to you! And the special gift of ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed—keep that ablaze! God doesn't want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.

Hang On and Do Something

2 Timothy 1:5-7 (KJV)
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Hosanna for the Wounded

Mark 11:8-11 (MSG)
The people gave him a wonderful welcome, some throwing their coats on the street, others spreading out rushes they had cut in the fields. Running ahead and following after, they were calling out, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in God's name! Blessed the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in highest heaven!

Wounds that Leave Scars

Genesis 32:24-32 (NASB)
Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Established on a Rock

Matthew 16:14-19 (MSG)
They replied, "Some think he is John the Baptizer, some say Elijah, some Jeremiah or one of the other prophets."

Wounded by Weakness

Genesis 9:24-29 (MSG)
When Noah woke up with his hangover, he learned what his youngest son had done. He said, Cursed be Canaan! A slave of slaves, a slave to his brothers! Blessed be god, the God of Shem, but Canaan shall be his slave. God prosper Japheth, living spaciously in the tents of Shem. But Canaan shall be his slave.

Winnable Battles

1 Samuel 17:44-47 (MSG)
"Come on," said the Philistine. "I'll make roadkill of you for the buzzards. I'll turn you into a tasty morsel for the field mice."

Coming Out of Exile

Jeremiah 29:1 (MSG)
This is the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to what was left of the elders among the exiles, to the priests and prophets and all the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken to Babylon from Jerusalem, including King Jehoiachin, the queen mother, the government leaders, and all the skilled laborers and craftsmen.

Jeremiah 29:11-14 (MSG)
I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out-plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.

Jacob at Jabbok's Brook

Genesis 32:24-32 (MSG)
But Jacob stayed behind by himself, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he couldn't get the best of Jacob as they wrestled, he deliberately threw Jacob's hip out of joint.

The Lord is On My Side

Psalm 118:6 (MSG)
God's now at my side and I'm not afraid; who would dare lay a hand on me?

How to Stop the Bleeding

Mark 5:21-34 (MSG)
After Jesus crossed over by boat, a large crowd met him at the seaside. One of the meeting-place leaders named Jairus came. When he saw Jesus, he fell to his knees, beside himself as he begged, "My dear daughter is at death's door. Come and lay hands on her so she will get well and live." Jesus went with him, the whole crowd tagging along, pushing and jostling him.

Finding God in Strange Places

Exodus 3:1-15 (MSG)
Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the west end of the wilderness and came to the mountain of God, Horeb. The angel of god appeared to him in flames of fire blazing out of the middle of a bush. He looked. The bush was blazing away but it didn't burn up.

Hope Thou in God

Psalm 42:9-11 (MSG)
Sometimes I ask God, my rock-solid God, "Why did you let me down? Why am I walking around in tears, harassed by enemies?" They're out for the kill, these tormentors with their obscenities, Taunting day after day, "Where is this God of yours?"

Remember This Day

Exodus 13:3-5 (NASB)
Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the Lord brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

Wounded but not Broken

Jeremiah 18:1-6 (KJV)
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

A Good Job with Eternal Benefits

Luke 10:17-20 (KJV)
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

Instructions for Deliverance

Acts 12:7-11 (KJV)
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

Walking with intentional faith Jan 29, 2012

Genesis 12:1-5 (KJV)
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: