Inspirational Corner

Memory Verses for August, 2022

August 7: Deuteronomy 6:5

5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

August 14: Luke 10:27

27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]”

August 21: 1 John 4:16

16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.

August 28: 1 John 4:8

8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Book of the Month: 1 John

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8.7.22 ~ "It's Already Done" 2 Corinthians 4:8-18
7.31.22 ~ Youth Graduation: "Trust in God is a Must" Proverbs 3:4-6
7.24.22 ~ “Living Testimonies" 1 John 5:7-12
7.17.22 ~ “Be Still" Psalm 46
7.10.22 ~ “Divine Restoration" Jeremiah 30:1-3, 17-22
7.3.22 ~ “Functioning As One With Many Parts" Romans 12:1-8
6.26.22 ~ “I Can't Keep It to Myself" Acts 5:14-29, 33-35, 38-42
6.19.22 ~ “He's Been Right There All Along, Just Trust Him" Mark 4:35-41
6.12.22 ~ “Prepare to Cross Over" 1 Joshua 1:1-11, 3:1-6
6.5.22 ~ “The Power and the Possibility of I Do" Mark 9:17-24
5.29.22 ~ “Chosen" 1 Peter 2:9
5.22.22 ~ “Vision Keepers" Habakkuk 1:1-5, 2:1-3
5.15.22 ~ “Making it on Broken Pieces" Acts 27:22-44
5.8.22 ~ “The Mantle of Motherhood" John 19:25-27
5.1.22 ~ “I Am Not Ashamed" Isaiah 50:1-11
4.17.22 ~ “Activating the Power of God After the Resurrection" Romans 6:1-11
4.10.22 ~ “The Necessity of the Crucifixion & Resurrection" 1 Corinthians 1:2, 12-27
4.3.22 ~ “A Great Change In Me" Acts 9:1-18
3.27.22 ~ “The Ultimate Sacrifice" Romans 3:24-26, 12:1
3.20.22 ~ “Three Divine Requirements" Micah 6:1-8
3.13.22 ~ “Being Destined to Rise" Psalm 146:5-8
3.6.22 ~ “What He's Done For Me" Psalm 66:2-16
2.27.22 ~ “Following Our Leader" Mark 8:34-38
2.20.22 ~ “The Writing is on the Wall" Daniel 5:1-9, 13b-28, 30
2.13.22 ~ “Because" Titus 3:3-9
2.6.22 ~ “A Legacy Worth Living" Psalm 78:1-16
1.30.22 ~ “How Excellent Is Your Name" Psalm 8
1.23.22 ~ “Through It All" Psalm 71:14-21
1.16.22 ~ “Beyond the Veil" Hebrews 6:17-19, 10:19-20
1.9.22 ~ “In Times Like These" 2 Timothy 3:1-5
1.2.22 ~ “A Time for Everything" Ecclesiastes 3:1
12.26.21 ~ “Don't Despise Small Things" Zechariah 4:8-10
12.19.21 ~ “No Greater Love" John 15:9-15, 17
12.12.21 ~ “I Never Lost My Joy" Luke 2:8-11, 13-14
12.5.21 ~ “Are You Ready" Titus 2:11-14
11.28.21 ~ “He Deserves it All" Ephesians 5:19-20
11.21.21 ~ “He Brought Me a Mighty Long Way" 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
11.14.21 ~ “Just Ask" 1 John 5:13-15
11.7.21 ~ “Dying to Live in Christ" John 12:20-26
10.31.21 ~ “You Don't Know Me" Esther 2:17, 4:12-14
10.24.21 ~ “I Made It" Psalm 94:18-23
10.17.21 ~ “Are You For Real?" 1 John 2:3-6
10.10.21 ~ “Enough is Enough" 1 Kings 2:1-2
10.3.21 ~ “Finish It" John 4:27-34
9.26.21 ~ “Your Latter Will Be Greater Than Your Former" Job 8:1-7
9.19.21 ~ “God Never Fails" Joshua 21:1-8, 43-45
9.12.21 ~ “Joy In Spite Of" 1 Peter 1:8
9.5.21 ~ “Stand Your Ground" Ephesians 6:12-18
8.29.21 ~ “God is Stirring the Nest" Deuteronomy 32:3-11
8.22.21 ~ “Follow In His Steps" 1 Peter 2:19-25
8.15.21 ~ “The Difference Your Life Will Make" Matthew 5:14-16
8.8.21 ~ “Living in Overflow" Joel 2:21-24
8.1.21 ~ “Spiritual Nakedness" Genesis 2:25, 3:1-11
7.25.21 ~ “I Know in Whom I Believe" 2 Timothy 1:2-3, 7-12
7.18.21 ~ “It's Time to Drop Your Nets and Go Deeper" Luke 5:1-6
7.11.21 ~ “Unleashed" Ephesians 3:20
7.4.21 ~ “Chosen By Invitation Only" Matthew 22:1-14
6.27.21 ~ “We've Been Warned" Ezekiel 3:4-11, 16-23
6.20.21 ~ “A Wise Father's Formula" Proverbs 2:1-10
6.13.21 ~ “I Never Lost My Praise" Genesis 29:16-25, 28-35
6.6.21 ~ “Divine Bloodline" 1 Peter 1:2,18-23
5.30.21 ~ “Use Your Key" Philippians 4:6
5.23.21 ~ “How Much More" Luke 11:5-13
5.16.21 ~ “Turning from Hopelessness to Hopefulness" Hebrews 10:23-24
5.9.21 ~ “The Mystery of Motherhood" Exodus 2:1-9
5.2.21 ~ “So Be It!" Jeremiah 11:1-5
4.25.21 ~ “It's ONLY God" Isaiah 45:5-12
4.18.21 ~ “In His Hands" Jeremiah 18:1-18
4.11.21 ~ “Never Again" Isaiah 62:1-8
4.4.21 ~ “Resurrection Victory" 1 Corinthians 15:54-58
3.28.21 ~ “The Beginning of the End" Matthew 21:1-11
3.21.21 ~ “When the Rooster Crows" Matthew 26:33-35, 69-75
3.14.21 ~ “God Did It" Matthew 26:1-13
3.7.21 ~ “But God" Ephesians 2:1-13
2.28.21 ~ “God Has Not Brought Us This Far, to Leave Us" 2 Samuel 7:1-7, 18-21
2.21.21 ~ “All of My Help" 2 Chronicles 14:1-13
2.14.21 ~ “The Purpose & Power of I Am" John 6:14, 26-35, 66
2.7.21 ~ “The Christian's Jubilee" Leviticus 25:1-9, 17-23
1.31.21 ~ “Don't Stay There, Get Up" Acts 3:1-10
1.24.21 ~ “Turning Point" Zephaniah 3:9-20
1.17.21 ~ “No Dream Left Behind" Amos 5:24, Isaiah 40:4-5, Micah 6:8
1.10.21 ~ “Another Level Another Breakthrough" Hebrews 5:11-14, 6:1-3, 11-12
1.3.21 ~ “Living with Purpose on Purpose" 2 Timothy 1:5-10
12.27 ~ “After All I've Been Through, I Never Lost My Praise" Psalm 34:1-6
12.20 ~ “Celebrating the Gift of Christ" Luke 2:8-15, 20
12.13 ~ “The Purpose of Preparation" Isaiah 40:3-10
12.6 ~ “The Expectation of Advent" Luke 3:15-18
11.29 ~ “The Advent Proclamation” Isaiah 9:1-7
11.22 ~ “Thanksgivers” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
11.15 ~ “Get up, There is a Thief in Your Camp” Joshua 7:1-13
11.8 ~ “Ball of Confusion” Acts 19:21-32, 1 Corinthians 14:33
11.1 ~ “AMAZING GRACE" 2 Timothy 1:5-9
10.25 ~ “He’s All You Need!” Psalm 16:1-6
10.18 ~ “Mountain Moving Faith” Mark 11:22-26 & 1 Corinthians 16:13
10.11 ~ “Word Up!” Psalm 119:101-105 & 2 Timothy 3:16-17
10.4 ~ “The Light That Defeats Darkness” John 1:1-9, 8:12
9.27 ~ “Exemplifying God’s Amazing Love” 1 John 4:7-8
9.20 ~ “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” Isaiah 40:1-2, 9-15, 26-31
9.13. ~ “There’s Nobody Like Jesus” Jeremiah 10:6-16
9.6 ~ “I Won’t Complain” Deuteronomy 1:19-27, 32-35

Journey to Hope

"We need to accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope" Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A Declaration of Blessing

“Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted. (Matthew 5:4) It seems a strange thing to say that those who suffer are blessed. Every instinct within our human selves rises in disbelief and confusion. It seems illogical and contradictory. How can anyone who has lost something or someone much loved be blessed? Is that not a misfortune or a curse? Yet, God declares that people who believe God are privileged in the midst of every sad and painful circumstance. How can that be?

Navigating Change

Change Is not something most of us eagerly anticipate, especially if it is not our plan. Grief brings about abrupt change. What was comfortable and familiar yesterday becomes horrifying and different today. Life can be re-categorized—there is BC (before change) and AD (after death or loss).

What the Parable of the Sower Tells Us About Grief

When we grieve the loss of something dear to us our faith is often tested. We are told in the parable of the sower (Matthew 13) of four areas where seeds fell and subsequently grew. Three areas could not sustain the plants that sprung up—only one could. Going through grief can reveal our spiritual soil type. God made soil to be a natural medium for the growth of plants and we are the God-designed medium through which faith is cultivated.

Letting Go

We might not think that grieving would be an appropriate word to use for the Israelites after they left Egypt. They had been in the land for many years and it had been welcoming and a prosperous time. But under a new Pharaoh life changed drastically. The bible tells us that the Egyptian masters worked the Israelites “ruthlessly” (Exod. 1:13, 14) and made their lives “bitter” (Exod. 1:14) with “hard/cruel” (Exod. 1:14; 6:9) service. As a result, Israel languished in “misery” and “suffering” (Exod. 3:7).

Daily Bible Readings

Daily Bible Readings for Week of August 8, 2022

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