Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

Heavenly Sunlight Flooding My Soul With Glory Divine Most Sunday mornings as I was growing up mother was making breakfast of fried eggs, fried bacon with biscuits and gravy.  If we had ham we sometimes had what she called "red gravy".   If there were no biscuits there would be toast and jelly to go with the eggs and bacon.  Sometimes there was a change and we had scrambled eggs and sausage.  She would be standing the whole time as I remember it.  While cooking, washing the dishes and cleaning up she was humming a song called, "Heavenly Sunlight." After breakfast she would read her worn out Bible.  It was crinkled up the last ten years of her life because she left it out on the porch where she was reading and it got rained on.   I cannot remember a day when she didn't read her Bible.  She wrote a short note every day of her life of what happened and often included the weather and how many eggs she gathered.  It seemed ...

Matthew 19. 19  When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2  Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. 3  Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” 4  “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ [ a ] 5  and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’ [ b ] ? 6  So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 7  “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?” 8  Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9  I tell you...

Matthew 19. 13  Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. 14  Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” 15  When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.

Matthew 19. 16  Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” 17  “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” 18  “Which ones?” he inquired. Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, 19  honor your father and mother,’ [ c ] and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’ [ d ] ” 20  “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?” 21  Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 22  When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. 23  Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24...

Luke 4. 4  Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2  where for forty days he was tempted [ a ] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3  The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4  Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’ [ b ] ” 5  The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6  And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7  If you worship me, it will all be yours.” 8  Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’ [ c ] ” 9  The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. 10...

Luke 3. 21  When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. 22  And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

Luke 3. 18  And with many other exhortations he preached to the people. 19  But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, [ c ] and for all the evils which Herod had done, 20  also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.

Matthew 4. 4  Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted [ a ] by the devil. 2  After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3  The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” 4  Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘ Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ [ b ] ” Through his disciple Paul. Romans 14. 2 0  Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21  It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall. 1 Corinthians 9. 27  No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. Phillipians   3 7  But whatever were gains to me I now consi...

Luke 3. 15  The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah. 16  John answered them all, “I baptize you with [ b ] water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with [ c ] the Holy Spirit and fire.

Psalm 103. 1  Praise the Lord , my soul;      all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2  Praise the Lord , my soul,      and forget not all his benefits— 3  who forgives all your sins      and heals all your diseases, 4  who redeems your life from the pit      and crowns you with love and compassion, 5  who satisfies your desires with good things      so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.