“When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance and said to Moses, ‘Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak...
“Onesiphorus often refreshed me. when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus." (2 Timothy 1:16-18) The greatest challenge for many non-profits is finding more donors. Onesiphorus could be the patron...
“I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?” 4 Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer." (Nehemiah 6:3-4) God assigned...
“Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, ‘Thus far the Lord has helped us.’” 1 Samuel 7:12 Scripture records many times when God’s people were encouraged to remember the Lord’s special blessing in their...
“So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. 14 Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat...
“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.” I Corinthians 3:6 Paul recognized that the church is not built upon the efforts of only one person, but the contributions from many and the blessing of God. Paul was the evangelist...
“Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, ‘Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.’” 1 Samuel 14:6 Jonathan was a man of action. He wasn’t...
"Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace." (2 Corinthians 1:12) Warren Buffett...
"We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received...
“The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. 36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for” Exodus 12:35-36 God’s plan to provide for the Children...
