Vicki Stephens-Parent's Highlights
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Corinthians 15:51-55 NASB
Behold, I tell you a amystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be bchanged,in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for athe trumpet will sound, and bthe dead will be raised imperishable, and cwe will be changed.For this perishable must put on athe imperishable, and this bmortal must put on immortality.But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "aDEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory."aO DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?"
Dec 28
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Corinthians 15:56 NASB
The sting of adeath is sin, and bthe power of sin is the law;
Dec 28
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Corinthians 15:58 NASB
aTherefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in bthe work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
Dec 28
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Corinthians 15:57 NASB
but athanks be to God, who gives us the bvictory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Dec 28
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ezra 7:1-10 NASB
For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to practice it, and ato teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.aNow after these things, in the reign of bArtaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest.This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a ascribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested bbecause the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.aSome of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.For on the first of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, abecause the good hand of his God was upon him.
Dec 28
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ezra 6:22 NASB
And athey observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had caused them to rejoice, and bhad turned the heart of cthe king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Dec 28
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ezra 6:19-21 NASB
aThe exiles observed the Passover on bthe fourteenth of the first month.aFor the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then bthey slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves.The sons of Israel who returned from exile and aall those who had separated themselves from bthe impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the Lord God of Israel, ate the Passover.
Dec 28
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ezra 3:10-11 NASB
Now when the builders had alaid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord baccording to the directions of King David of Israel.aThey sang, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, "bFor He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel forever." And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
Dec 28
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ezra 3:3-5 NASB
So they set up the altar on its foundation, for athey were terrified because of the peoples of the lands; and they boffered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, burnt offerings morning and evening.They celebrated the aFeast of Booths, bas it is written, and offered the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, caccording to the ordinance, as each day required;and afterward there was a acontinual burnt offering, also bfor the new moons and cfor all the fixed festivals of the Lord that were consecrated, and from everyone who offered a freewill offering to the Lord.
Dec 28
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Ezra 3:1-2 NASB
Now when the seventh month came, and athe sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.Then aJeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and bZerubbabel the son cof Shealtiel and his brothers arose and dbuilt the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, eas it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.
Dec 28
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted John 1:51 NASB
And He said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see athe heavens opened and bthe angels of God ascending and descending on cthe Son of Man."
Dec 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted John 1:50 NASB
Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."
Dec 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted John 1:46-47 NASB
Nathanael said to him, "aCan any good thing come out of Nazareth?" bPhilip said to him, "Come and see."Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, "Behold, an aIsraelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"
Dec 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted John 1:48 NASB
Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before aPhilip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
Dec 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted John 1:43-44 NASB
aThe next day He purposed to go into bGalilee, and He found cPhilip. And Jesus said to him, "dFollow Me."Now aPhilip was from bBethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
Dec 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted John 1:42 NASB
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of aJohn; you shall be called bCephas" (which is translated cPeter).
Dec 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted John 1:38 NASB
And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What do you seek?" They said to Him, "aRabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?"
Dec 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted John 1:28-33 NASB
These things took place in Bethany abeyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Behold, athe Lamb of God who btakes away the sin of the world!"This is He on behalf of whom I said, 'aAfter me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, bfor He existed before me.'"I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water."John atestified saying, "bI have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him."I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, athis is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
Dec 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted John 1:23-27 NASB
He said, "I am aA VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor athe Prophet?"John answered them saying, "aI baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know."It is aHe who comes after me, the bthong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."
Dec 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted John 1:19-22 NASB
This is athe testimony of John, when bthe Jews sent to him priests and Levites cfrom Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "aI am not the Christ."They asked him, "What then? Are you aElijah?" And he said, "I am not." "Are you bthe Prophet?" And he answered, "No."Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
Dec 21