Joan
Joan's Highlights
Joan
highlighted Psalms 103:1 NLT
Let all that I am praise the LORD; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted Psalms 102:13-16 NLT
You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem— and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help. For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets. Then the nations will tremble before the LORD. The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory. For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted 1 Chronicles 10:11-12 NLT
But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul, all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 NLT
So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He failed to obey the LORD’s command, and he even consulted a medium instead of asking the LORD for guidance. So the LORD killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted 1 Chronicles 10:7-10 NLT
They placed his armor in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his head to the temple of Dagon. When all the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley saw that their army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns. The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa. So they stripped off Saul’s armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s death before their idols and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted 1 Chronicles 10:6 NLT
So Saul and his three sons died there together, bringing his dynasty to an end.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted 1 Chronicles 10:3-4 NLT
The fighting grew very fierce around Saul, and the Philistine archers caught up with him and wounded him. Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to taunt and torture me.” But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted 1 Chronicles 9:13 NLT
In all, 1,760 priests returned. They were heads of clans and very able men. They were responsible for ministering at the house of God.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted 1 Chronicles 9:27 NLT
They would spend the night around the house of God, since it was their duty to guard it and to open the gates every morning.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted 1 Chronicles 9:26 NLT
The four chief gatekeepers, all Levites, were trusted officials, for they were responsible for the rooms and treasuries at the house of God.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted 1 Chronicles 9:22-24 NLT
In all, there were 212 gatekeepers in those days, and they were listed according to the genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed their ancestors because they were reliable men. These gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the LORD when that house was a tent. The gatekeepers were stationed on all four sides—east, west, north, and south.
Dec 10
Joan
highlighted Psalms 93:5 NLT
Your royal laws cannot be changed. Your reign, O LORD, is holy forever and ever.
Dec 9
Joan
highlighted Psalms 92:12-15 NLT
But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. For they are transplanted to the LORD’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God. Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green. They will declare, “The LORD is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!”
Dec 9
Joan
highlighted Psalms 92:7 NLT
Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
Dec 9
Joan
highlighted Psalms 92:5 NLT
O LORD, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts.
Dec 9
Joan
highlighted Psalms 81:11-12 NLT
“But no, my people wouldn’t listen. Israel did not want me around. So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.
Dec 9
Joan
highlighted Psalms 81:9 NLT
You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a false god.
Dec 9
Joan
highlighted Psalms 78:71-72 NLT
He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants— God’s own people, Israel. He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful hands.
Dec 9
Joan
highlighted Psalms 78:70 NLT
He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.
Dec 9