1 Thessalonians 5:18 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. My friend recently wrote giving thanks for the myriads of happenings that contributed to a memorable and honoring funeral for her father. Her letter overflowed with praise towards the way God ...

Isaiah 54:2-3 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen they stakes; For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the ...

Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. If you can labor through the Old English vernacular, The Prince and the Pauper, written ...

Philippians 1:3-4 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, for you fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; As we read these words it is difficult to suspect that Paul is imprisoned. ...

Matthew 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Consider for a moment the friends in your world. There will ...