Stanek Mother’s Day quote: “I know that you sincerely trust the Lord, for you...
I know that you sincerely trust the Lord, for you have the faith of your mother, Eunice, and your grandmother, Lois. ~ II Timothy 1:5, New Living Translation
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in...
It’s interesting to read familiar passages of Scripture in various versions – to gain fresh insight or to keep them from growing stale. Here’s The Message translation’s take on a passage familiar to...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote (re “empty,” think uterus): “How long are you going to...
When reading “empty,” think uterus… You important people, how long are you going to insult my honor? How long are you going to love what is empty and seek what is a lie? ~ Psalm 4:2, God’s Word...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “The king will save the lives of the needy”
A prayer of King Solomon. Oh, that all leaders would be so just and merciful… O God, give the king your justice and the king’s son your righteousness so that he may judge your people with righteousness...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “All who hate wisdom love death”
Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?… “For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD. But whoever fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love...
View ArticleStanek Father’s Day quote: “A father to the fatherless is God”
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “Wickedness won’t deliver those who practice it”
No one has control over the life-breath, to retain it, and there’s no control over the day of death. There’s no release from war, and wickedness won’t deliver those who practice it. ~ Ecclesiastes 8:8,...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “There is a time for everything…. A time to be born and...
There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1-2a, New Living Translation
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “How great is the goodness you have stored up for those...
How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world. You hide them in the shelter of...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “Don’t be afraid. We have more forces on our side than...
There’s a great story told in the Old Testament that always reassures me. A foreign king became angry with the prophet Elisha and sent “a large fighting unit” to surround the city where Elisha lived...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “Our God is the God of victories… our escape from death”
Our God is the God of victories. The Almighty LORD is our escape from death. ~Psalm 68:20, God’s Word translation
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “Do not be dismayed or discouraged at this great horde,...
And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says he to you,‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “O LORD, no one but you can help the powerless against...
Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, “O LORD, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in you alone.” ~ II Chronicles 14:11a, God’s Word...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: How Helen Gurley Brown and Nellie Gray viewed “This is...
Ironically, the same four words became a rallying cry for both women. The same simple words are spoken from opposite ends of the universe, with meanings directly contrary to each other. “This is my...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “All your evil deeds will fall back on your own heads”
The day is near when I, the Lord, will judge all godless nations! As you have done to Israel, so it will be done to you. All your evil deeds will fall back on your own heads. ~ Obadiah 15, New Living...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “Among the survivors will be those whom the Lord calls”
Then whoever calls on the name of the LORD will be saved. Those who escape will be on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. Among the survivors will be those whom the LORD calls, as the LORD has promised. ~...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “All this loose sex, sheer anarchy, one murder after...
God indicts the whole population: “No one is faithful. No one loves. No one knows the first thing about God. All this cussing and lying and killing, theft and loose sex, sheer anarchy, one murder after...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “Their sins engulf them”
[T]hey do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me. ~ Hosea 7:2, New International Version [Photos via Saint James' Kids]
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “Your fruitfulness comes from me”
“I am like a green pine tree; your fruitfulness comes from me.” Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those who are discerning listen carefully. The paths of the LORD are true and right,...
View ArticleStanek Sunday quote: “Though your sins are bright red, they will become as...
“Come on now, let’s discuss this!” says the Lord. “Though your sins are bright red, they will become as white as snow. Though they are dark red, they will become as white as wool. If you are...
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