August 14, 2006
Jeremiah 15:19-21
This is how the Lord responds:
"If you return to me, I will restore you
so you can continue to serve me.
If you speak good words rather than worthless ones,
You will be my spokesman.
You must influence them;
do not let them influence you!
They will fight against you like an attacking army,
but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze.
They will not conquer you,
for I am with you to protect and rescue you.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Yes, I will certainly keep you safe from these wicked men.
I will rescue you from their cruel hands."
- NLT 2
May 15, 2006
Daniel 2:30
And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else that I know the secret of your dream,
but because God wants you to understand what was in your heart.
- NLT 2
November 2, 2005
Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials.
But the wicked will continue in their wickedness,
and none of them will understand.
- NLT 2nd edition
October 30, 2005
Isaiah 35:3-4
Here is a message for all
who are weak, trembling, and worried:
"Cheer up! Don't be afraid.
You God is coming to punish your enemies.
God will take revenge on them and rescue you."
- CEV
August 3, 2005
Ezekiel 33:8-9
When I say to the wicked,
'O wicked man,
you will surely die,'
and you do not speak out to dissuade him from his ways,
that wickedman will die for his sin
and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
But if you do warn the wicked man to turn from his ways
and he does not do so,
he will die for his sin,
but you will have saved yourself.
- Ezekiel 33:8-9 (NIV)
May 25, 2005
Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear,
for I am with you;
do not be dismayed,
for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- NIV
April 4, 2005
Ezekiel 20
Get Rid Of All The Things You've Become Addicted To.
- The Message Header of Ezekiel 20
March 21, 2005
Amos 5:13
So those who are smart keep their mouths shut,
for it is an evil time.
- NLT 2
March 19, 2005
Isaiah 29:20-21
The scoffer will be gone,
the arrogant will disappear,
and those who plot evil will be killled.
Those who convict the innnocent
by their false testiomny will disappear.
A similiar fate awaits those who use trickery to pervert justice
and who tell lies to destroy the innocent.
- NLT 2nd Edition
Jeremiah 29:11-12
"For I know the plans I have for you,"
declares the Lord,
"plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.
Then you will call on me and come and pray to me,
and I will listen to you."
- NIV
February 15, 2005
Jeremiah 51:24
"Before your eyes I will repay Babylon
and all who live in Babylonia
for all the wrong they have done in Zion,"
declares the Lord.
- NIV
February 9, 2005
Isaiah 61:1-2
The spirit of the Lord is on Me,
because the Lord has anointed Me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and freedom to the prisoners;
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
and the day of our God's vengeance;
to comfort all who mourn.
- HCSB
February 1, 2005
Ezekiel 28:15, 17
Your life was right and good
from the day you were created,
until evil was found in you.
...
You became too proud
because of your beauty.
You ruined your wisdom
because of your greatness.
I threw you down to the ground.
Your example taught a lesson to other kings.
- NCV
January 18, 2005
Jeremiah 51:36, 40
Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
I am about to plead your case
and take vengeance on your behalf;
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain run dry.
...
I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughterer
like rams together with male goats.
- HCSB
January 17, 2005
Jeremiah 51:36, 40
Therefore thus says the Lord:
Behold, I will plead your case
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
and make her springs dry.
...
I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams with male goats.
- NKJV
January 15, 2005
Jeremiah 51:36, 40
Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
I am about to plead your case
and take vengeance on your behalf.
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain run dry.
...
I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughterer,
like rams together with male goats.
- HCSB
January 12, 2005
Isaiah 51:22-23
Thus says your Lord,
The Lord and your God,
Who pleads the cause of His people:
"See, I have taken out of your hand
The cup of trembling,
The dregs of the cup of My fury;
You shall no longer drink it.
But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,
Who have said to you,"
'Lie down, that we may walk over you.'
And you have laid your body like the ground,
And as the street,
for those who walk over."
- NKJV
January 10, 2005
Jeremiah 30:16-17
16 Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,
and all your foes, everyone of them, shall go into captivity;
those who plunder you shall be plundered,
and all who prey on you I will make a prey.
17 For I will restore health to you,
and your wounds I will heal,
says the LORD.
- NRSV
January 2, 2005
Malachi 4:3
"You will trample the wicked,
for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet
on the day I am preparing,"
says the Lord of Hosts.
- HCSB
December 30, 2004
Ezekiel 2:6-7
... do not be afraid of them or their words,
though briers and thorns are beside you
and you live among scorpions.
Don't be afraid of their words
or be discouraged by the look on their faces,
for they are a rebellious house.
But speak My words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen,
for they are rebellious.
- HCSB
December 17, 2004
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me,
and I will answer you,
and show you great and mighty things,
which you do not know.
- NKJV
December 16, 2004
Isaiah 41:28-29
I look but there is no one -
no one among them to give counsel,
no one to give answer when I ask them.
See, they are all false!
Their deeds amount to nothing;
their images are but wind and confusion.
- NIV
December 3, 2004
Jeremiah 13:15
Hear and give ear:
Do not be proud,
For the Lord has spoken.
- NKJV
December 1, 2004
Jeremiah 1:19
They will fight you,
but they will fail.
For I am with you,
and I will take care of you.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
- NLT
October 18, 2004
Jeremiah 9:23-24
"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom
or the strong man boast of his strength
or the rich man boast of his riches,
but let him who boasts boast about this:
that he understands and knows me,
that I am the Lord,
who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight."
declares the Lord.
- NIV
October 12, 2004
Jeremiah 29:11
"'I know the plans I have for you,
' declares the Lord,
'plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.'"
- NIV
October 10, 2004
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me,
and I will answer you,
and show you great and mighty things,
which you do not know.
-NKJV
October 9, 2004
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.
- NKJV
October 2, 2004
Isaiah 48:17-18
I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go.
If only you had paid attention to my commands,
your peace would have been like a river,
your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
- NIV
September 23, 2004
Ezekiel 3:15
I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Abib near the Kebar River.
And there, where they were living,
I sat among them for seven days - overwhelmed.
(Why did I jot down this verse? I came across this verse for the 1st time in a devotional on page 1102 of the NIV Encouragement Bible. The message in that devotional touched me and so I took the time to check out tbe verse that it referred to for myself.)
September 21, 2004
Ezekiel 34:2-4, 6
Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves!
Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool;
you slaughter the fatlings,
but you do not feed the flock.
4
The weak you have not strenghthened,
nor have you healed those who were sick,
nor bound up the broken,
nor brought back what was driven away,
nor sought what was lost;
but with force and cruelty you have ruled them.
...
6
My sheep wandered through all the mountains,
and on every high hill;
yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth,
and no one was seeking or searching for them.
- NKJV
Haggai 1:14-15
... They came and began their work on the house of the Lord Almighty,
their God.
This was on September 21 of the second year of King Darius's reign.
- NLT
September 20, 2004
Isaiah 41:11-13
All who rage against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish.
Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.
For I am the Lord your God,
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear'
I will help you.
- NIV
September 11, 2004
Jeremiah 22:16
"He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well.
Was this not knowing me?"
Says the Lord.
- NKJV
September 8, 2004
Isaiah 43:1-5
Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name;
you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
...
Do not be afraid, for I am with you.
- NIV
September 5, 2004
Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;
...
- NKJV
August 25, 2004
Isaiah 61:1-2
1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn.
- NIV
August 9, 2004
Zephaniah 3:15
...Never again will you fear any harm.
- NIV