Vicki Stephens-Parent
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Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 14:21 NASB
There were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children.
Feb 11
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 14:19-20 NASB
Ordering the people to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ablessed the food, and breaking the loaves He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds,and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full abaskets.
Feb 11
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 14:17 NASB
They said to Him, "We have here only afive loaves and two fish."
Feb 11
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 14:16 NASB
But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!"
Feb 11
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 14:14-15 NASB
When He went ashore, He asaw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and bhealed their sick.When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, "This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves."
Feb 11
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted James 1:22-23 NASB
aBut prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face ain a mirror;
Feb 11
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Hebrews 4:13 NASB
And athere is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are bopen and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
Feb 11
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Hebrews 4:12 NASB
For athe word of God is bliving and cactive and sharper than any two-edged dsword, and piercing as far as the division of esoul and espirit, of both joints and marrow, and fable to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Feb 11
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Luke 16:15 NASB
And He said to them, "You are those who ajustify yourselves in the sight of men, but bGod knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.
Feb 11
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 26:1-15 NASB
"And this is just what I adid in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having breceived authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I ccast my vote against them."And aas I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being bfuriously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them ceven to foreign cities."While so engaged aas I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me."And when we had aall fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the bHebrew dialect, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'"And I said, 'Who are You, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.aAgrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and proceeded to make his defense:"In regard to all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense before you today;especially because you are an expert in all acustoms and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently."So then, all Jews know amy manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem;since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a aPharisee baccording to the strictest csect of our religion."And now I am standing trial afor the hope of bthe promise made by God to our fathers;the promise ato which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this bhope, O King, I am being caccused by Jews."Why is it considered incredible among you people aif God does raise the dead?"So then, aI thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to bthe name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Feb 8
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 26:16-18 NASB
'But get up and astand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to bappoint you a cminister and da witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you;arescuing you bfrom the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,to aopen their eyes so that they may turn from bdarkness to light and from the dominion of cSatan to God, that they may receive dforgiveness of sins and an einheritance among those who have been sanctified by ffaith in Me.'
Feb 8
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Nehemiah 8:1-12 NASB
Then he said to them, "Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and asend portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved."All the people went away to eat, to drink, ato send portions and to celebrate a great festival, bbecause they understood the words which had been made known to them.And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of athe Water Gate, and they asked bEzra the scribe to bring cthe book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.Then aEzra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women and all who could listen with understanding, on bthe first day of the seventh month.He read from it before the square which was in front of athe Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of men and women, those who could understand; and all the people were attentive to the book of the law.Ezra the scribe stood at a wooden podium which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam on his left hand.Ezra opened athe book in the sight of all the people for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people bstood up.Then Ezra blessed the Lord the great God. And all the people answered, "aAmen, Amen!" while lifting up their hands; then bthey bowed low and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, explained the law to the people while the people remained in their place.They read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading.Then Nehemiah, who was the agovernor, and Ezra bthe priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "cThis day is holy to the Lord your God; ddo not mourn or weep." For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.
Feb 8
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 17:29-34 NASB
"Being then the children of God, we aought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man."Therefore having aoverlooked bthe times of ignorance, God is cnow declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,because He has fixed aa day in which bHe will judge cthe world in righteousness through a Man whom He has dappointed, having furnished proof to all men by eraising Him from the dead."Now when they heard of athe resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, "We shall hear you again concerning this."So Paul went out of their midst.But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the aAreopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
Feb 4
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 17:25-27 NASB
nor is He served by human hands, aas though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;and aHe made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having bdetermined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, athough He is not far from each one of us;
Feb 4
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 17:28 NASB
for ain Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.'
Feb 4
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 17:24 NASB
"aThe God who made the world and all things in it, since He is bLord of heaven and earth, does not cdwell in temples made with hands;
Feb 4
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 14:17 NASB
and yet aHe did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and bgave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."
Feb 4
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Malachi 2:1-10 NASB
"Do we not all have aone father? bHas not one God created us? Why do we deal ctreacherously each against his brother so as to profane the dcovenant of our fathers?"And now this commandment is for you, O priests."If you do anot listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the Lord of hosts, "then I will send the bcurse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have ccursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart."Behold, I am going to arebuke your offspring, and I will bspread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your cfeasts; and you will be taken away with it."Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My acovenant may continue with Levi," says the Lord of hosts."My covenant with him was one of life and apeace, and I gave them to him as an object of reverence; so he brevered Me and stood in awe of My name."aTrue instruction was in his mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked bwith Me in peace and uprightness, and he cturned many back from iniquity."For the lips of a priest should preserve aknowledge, and men should bseek instruction from his mouth; for he is the cmessenger of the Lord of hosts."But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to astumble by the instruction; you have bcorrupted the covenant of Levi," says the Lord of hosts."So aI also have made you despised and babased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing cpartiality in the instruction.
Feb 4
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Zephaniah 3:4 NASB
Her prophets are areckless, treacherous men;
Feb 4