15Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael. 1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. 2And I will make my covenant…

“I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.”

1   You who live in the shelter of the Most High,            who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,  2   will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress;            my God, in whom I trust.”  3   For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler            and from the deadly pestilence;  4   he will cover you with…

19Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. 20The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater works than…

15For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant. 16Where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17For a will…

1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar, 2and Sarai said to Abram, “You see that the LORD has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my slave-girl; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3So,…

“Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.”

1   The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble!            He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!  2   The LORD is great in Zion;            he is exalted over all the peoples.  3   Let them praise your great and awesome name.            Holy is he!  4   Mighty King, lover of justice,            you have established equity;       you have executed justice …

1After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. 3In these lay many invalids — blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw…

1Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. 2For a tent was constructed, the first one, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the Presence; this is called the Holy Place. 3Behind the second curtain was a tent called the Holy of Holies. 4In it stood the golden altar…