"Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up."- Deuteronomy 11:18-19(KJV)Deuteronomy 11:16-20, Psalm 119:105, Matthew 5:19, 7:24-29, 28:19-20, Col 3:16Considering the ways in which we have failed of this in our homes, our communities, and our nation. And what has taken its place.
_________________Christopher Joel Dandrow
"Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us."- Psalm 68:28(KJV)
"Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not labored, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and [i]also[/i] much cattle?"- Jonah chapter 4 verses 10 and 11(KJV)
God help your Children - all of us.
_________________Connie
"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."- Matthew 28:18(KJV)
"and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world." Matt. 28:20
"So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence."- 2Kings 17:32-33(KJV)2Kings 17:1-18, 19, 24-27, 28
I have read through this thread, and thank all contributors for the verses they quoted. Scripture is indeed powerful, encouraging and edifying.Here is one that has helped me a lot in moments of discouragement:Jn 15:18-19 If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you."God bless you all.