2023-08-18 08:29 1 Maccabees 6:31-32. The enemy came and camped against Bethzur, and for many days fought and built engines of war, but the Jews kept going forth to burn the war machines and fight valiantly. Then Juda...

2023-08-16 09:12 Joshua 1:7. "Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have...

2023-08-15 12:32 2 Chronicles 1:4. At the beginning of Solomon's reign, we are reminded that David had brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem and had it placed in the tent he had pitched for it.   Just a w...

2023-08-13 09:09 Joshua 1:8. "The book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shal...

2023-08-12 10:39 Matthew 18:24-25. When a king who was settling his accounts began the reckoning, a man was brought to him who owed 10,000 talents. Since he could not pay, the king ordered him, his wife and children, ...

2023-08-11 09:49 The Prayer of Azariah in the Furnace 51-52 (Daniel 3, between 23 and 24). "Bless the Lord, lightnings and clouds, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever. Let the earth bless the Lord to make...

2023-08-10 07:08 Sirach 13:13. "Keep words to yourself and be very watchful, for you are walking around with your own downfall."   We tend to forget or overlook how powerful our words are. We spew out hurtful words ...

2023-08-09 12:26 Psalm 7:9-11. "O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous ... My shield is with God who saves the upright in heart. God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignatio...

2023-08-08 10:02 1 Chronicles 15:3-4. David assembled all of Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the covenant to the place he had prepared for it. He gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites along with ...

2023-08-05 10:16 Tobit 11:17. Upon Tobias' return with a new wife, his father, Tobit, gives thanks that God has been merciful and blesses his new daughter-in-law. He welcomes her, blesses God for bringing her to t...