Vicki Stephens-Parent
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Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Exodus 3:4 NASB
When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, aGod called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."
Aug 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Exodus 3:11 NASB
But Moses said to God, "aWho am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?"
Aug 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Exodus 3:7-10 NASB
"Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, aso that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."The Lord said, "I have surely aseen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings."So I have come down ato deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a bgood and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of cthe Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite."Now, behold, athe cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Aug 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 2:42-47 NASB
They were acontinually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to bthe breaking of bread and ato prayer.Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many awonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.And all those who had believed were together and ahad all things in common;and they abegan selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.aDay by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and bbreaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,praising God and ahaving favor with all the people. And the Lord bwas adding to their number day by day cthose who were being saved.
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 2:37-41 NASB
Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, awhat shall we do?"Peter said to them, "aRepent, and each of you be bbaptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."For athe promise is for you and your children and for all who are bfar off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself."And with many other words he solemnly atestified and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved from this bperverse generation!"So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand asouls.
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 2:29-31 NASB
"Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the apatriarch David that he both bdied and cwas buried, and dhis tomb is with us to this day."And so, because he was aa prophet and knew that bGOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE,he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that aHE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY.
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 2:25-28 NASB
"For David says of Him,
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 2:22-24 NASB
"Men of Israel, listen to these words: aJesus the Nazarene, ba man attested to you by God with miracles and cwonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know--this Man, delivered over by the apredetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, byou nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death."But aGod raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it bwas impossible for Him to be held in its power.
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 2:17-21 NASB
'aAND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says,
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 1:16-18 NASB
"Brethren, athe Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, bwho became a guide to those who arrested Jesus."For he was acounted among us and received his share in bthis ministry."(Now this man aacquired a field with bthe price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 1:21-26 NASB
"Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that athe Lord Jesus went in and out among us--abeginning with the baptism of John until the day that He bwas taken up from us--one of these must become a cwitness with us of His resurrection."So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and aMatthias.And they aprayed and said, "You, Lord, bwho know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosento occupy athis ministry and bapostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."And they adrew lots for them, and the lot fell to bMatthias; and he was added to cthe eleven apostles.
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ruth 3:14-18 NASB
So she lay at his feet until morning and rose before one could recognize another; and he said, "aLet it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor."Again he said, "Give me the cloak that is on you and hold it." So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley and laid it on her. Then she went into the city.When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did it go, my daughter?" And she told her all that the man had done for her.She said, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, 'Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"Then she said, "Wait, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out; for the man will not rest until he has settled it today."
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ruth 3:9-13 NASB
Then he said, "aMay you be blessed of the Lord, my daughter. You have shown your last kindness to be better than the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich."Now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you whatever you ask, for all my people in the city know that you are aa woman of excellence."Now it is true I am a close relative; however, there is a relative closer than I."Remain this night, and when morning comes, aif he will redeem you, good; let him redeem you. But if he does not wish to redeem you, then I will redeem you, bas the Lord lives. Lie down until morning."He said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth your maid. So spread your covering over your maid, for you are a close relative."
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ruth 3:6-8 NASB
So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her.When Boaz had eaten and drunk and ahis heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain; and she came secretly, and uncovered his feet and lay down.It happened in the middle of the night that the man was startled and bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ruth 3:1-5 NASB
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be well with you?"Now is not Boaz aour kinsman, with whose maids you were? Behold, he winnows barley at the threshing floor tonight."Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself and put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking."It shall be when he lies down, that you shall notice the place where he lies, and you shall go and uncover his feet and lie down; then he will tell you what you shall do."She said to her, "aAll that you say I will do."
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ruth 2:18-23 NASB
She took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took it out and agave Naomi what she had left after she was satisfied.Her mother-in-law then said to her, "Where did you glean today and where did you work? May he who atook notice of you be blessed." So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, "The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz."Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "aMay he be blessed of the Lord who has not withdrawn his kindness to the living and to the dead." Again Naomi said to her, "The man is our relative, he is one of our closest relatives."Then Ruth the Moabitess said, "Furthermore, he said to me, 'You should stay close to my servants until they have finished all my harvest.'"Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, "It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maids, so that others do not fall upon you in another field."So she stayed close by the maids of Boaz in order to glean until athe end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ruth 2:13-17 NASB
Then she said, "I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants."At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar." So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied aand had some left.When she rose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her."Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her."So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ruth 2:9-12 NASB
Then she afell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?"Boaz replied to her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know."aMay the Lord reward your work, and your wages be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, bunder whose wings you have come to seek refuge.""Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the water jars and drink from what the servants draw."
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ruth 2:4-8 NASB
Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, "aMay the Lord be with you." And they said to him, "May the Lord bless you."Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"The servant in charge of the reapers replied, "She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab."And she said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while."Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but stay here with my maids.
Aug 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ruth 2:1-3 NASB
Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of aElimelech, whose name was Boaz.And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Please let me go to the field and aglean among the ears of grain after one in whose sight I may find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter."So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Aug 5