Michael Glaze

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Ecclesiastes 11:1 (MSG)
Be generous: Invest in acts of charity. Charity yields high returns.

Don't do it alone

Exodus 18:17-18 (NIV)
Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good.

1 Samuel 3:1

1 Samuel 3:1 (NLT)
Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.

Description of Leadership.

1 Timothy 3:1-13 (NIV)
Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.

Blessed because she forsake everything

Ruth 2:11-12 (NLT)
“Yes, I know,” Boaz replied. “But I also know about everything you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband. I have heard how you left your father and mother and your own land to live here among complete strangers.

Went full now empty

Ruth 1:21 (NLT)
I went away full, but the LORD has brought me home empty. Why call me Naomi when the LORD has caused me to suffer and the Almighty has sent such tragedy upon me?”

I'm with you

Ruth 1:16 (NLT)
But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Devoted to God

Acts 2:42-47 (NLT)
All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.

Philippians 4:11-13

Philippians 4:11-13 (NLT)
Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.

Luke 14:12-13

Luke 14:12-13 (MSG)
Then he turned to the host. "The next time you put on a dinner, don't just invite your friends and family and rich neighbors, the kind of people who will return the favor. Invite some people who never get invited out, the misfits from the wrong side of the tracks. You'll be—and experience—a blessing. They won't be able to return the favor, but the favor will be returned—oh, how it will be returned!—at the resurrection of God's people."

1 John 5:2

1 John 5:2 (NLT)
We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments.

Isaiah 60:2

Isaiah 60:2 (MSG)
The whole earth is wrapped in darkness, all people sunk in deep darkness, But God rises on you, his sunrise glory breaks over you.

Numbers 3:1-51

Numbers 3:1-51 (MSG)
This is the family tree of Aaron and Moses at the time god spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

Ecclesiastes 10:5 (KJV)
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

Isaiah 11:1

Isaiah 11:1 (MSG)
A green Shoot will sprout from Jesse's stump, from his roots a budding Branch. The life-giving Spirit of God will hover over him, the Spirit that brings wisdom and understanding, The Spirit that gives direction and builds strength, the Spirit that instills knowledge and Fear-of-God. Fear-of-God will be all his joy and delight. He won't judge by appearances, won't decide on the basis of hearsay. He'll judge the needy by what is right, render decisions on earth's poor with justice. His words will bring everyone to awed attention. A mere breath from his lips will topple the wicked. Each morning he'll pull on sturdy work clothes and boots, and build righteousness and faithfulness in the land.

Isaiah 6:13

Isaiah 6:13 (MSG)
And even if some should survive, say a tenth, the devastation will start up again. The country will look like pine and oak forest with every tree cut down-Every tree a stump, a huge field of stumps. But there's a holy seed in those stumps."

Mark 6:52

Mark 6:52 (NLT)
for they still didn’t understand the significance of the miracle of the loaves. Their hearts were too hard to take it in.

Psalm 89:15

Psalm 89:15 (MSG)
Blessed are the people who know the passwords of praise, who shout on parade in the bright presence of God.

Luke 24:22

Luke 24:22 (MSG)
But now some of our women have completely confused us. Early this morning they were at the tomb

Luke 19:1

Luke 19:1 (MSG)
Then Jesus entered and walked through Jericho. There was a man there, his name Zacchaeus, the head tax man and quite rich. He wanted desperately to see Jesus, but the crowd was in his way—he was a short man and couldn't see over the crowd. So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus when he came by.

Luke 19:4

Luke 19:4 (MSG)
So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus when he came by.

Hebrews 11:1

Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.

Job 27:6

Job 27:6 (MSG)
I'm holding fast to my integrity and not loosening my grip-and, believe me, I'll never regret it.

Proverbs 15:14

Proverbs 15:14 (MSG)
An intelligent person is always eager to take in more truth; fools feed on fast-food fads and fancies.

Revelation 2:26

Revelation 2:26 (MSG)
"Here's the reward I have for every conqueror, everyone who keeps at it, refusing to give up: You'll rule the nations, your Shepherd-King rule as firm as an iron staff, their resistance fragile as clay pots. This was the gift my Father gave me; I pass it along to you—and with it, the Morning Star!