Posts by New Life Network

Scripture of The Day Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. (Leviticus 19:34)   I heard a story of a high school teacher trying to teach her students how to understand one another.  She asked the students to write down the emotional baggage that they were dealing with. She told them to…

Scripture of The Day  Some men were bringing on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed and they tried to carry him in and lay him before [Jesus]. But finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with his stretcher through the tiles…

Scripture of The Day  However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived the things God has prepared for those who love him”  I Corinthians 2:9   I have heard many Christians say that the Christian Life is dull.  I would say…

Scripture of The Day For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…  (Proverbs 23:7)     As I have been redoing things in my house, I ran across my favorite book besides the Bible, “Battlefield of the Mind” By Joyce Meyer.  My copy is written in, tattered, and the pages are falling out.…

Scripture of The Day “Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether…

Scripture of The Day  In the fear of the Lord, there is strong confidence, And his children will have refuge.   (Proverbs 14:26)     The word confidence means, the state of feeling certain about the truth of something.  The more we get to know God and His nature, the more confidence we will have in…

Scripture of The Day  Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;  I have called you by name; you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1)   A few years ago I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Israel.  It was life-changing!  While there I bought a ring for myself.  It had inscribed on it Song of…

Scripture of The Day Those who trust in the Lord are…unmoved by any circumstance. (Psalm 125:1, TLB)   By age twenty-nine, author Carson McCullers had suffered three strokes. Then, while she was still crippled and partially paralyzed, her husband committed suicide. Despite her problems, she forced herself to write every day, becoming a distinguished novelist.…

Scripture of The Day God called to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!”  (Exodus 3:4 NIV)   God doesn’t waste anything: He uses all our experiences to prepare us. Moses grew up in a “foster home.” He spent 40 years in Pharaoh’s palace learning the language and ways of the Egyptians. That’s because God…

Scripture of The Day  “An Intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.”   (Proverbs 17:24)   So many people want to be thin, but no one wants to diet.  Everybody wants more money, but nobody wants to work. Successful people form the habit of doing things that unsuccessful people…