Vicki Stephens-Parent
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Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Philippians 3:1-6 NASB
Finally, my brethren, arejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.Beware of the adogs, beware of the bevil workers, beware of the false circumcision;for awe are the true circumcision, who bworship in the Spirit of God and cglory in dChrist Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,although aI myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more:acircumcised the eighth day, of the bnation of Israel, of the ctribe of Benjamin, a bHebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, da Pharisee;as to zeal, aa persecutor of the church; as to the brighteousness which is in the Law, found cblameless.
May 25
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Hebrews 12:5-6 NASB
and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
May 25
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Hebrews 12:1-4 NASB
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also alay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us brun with cendurance the race that is set before us,fixing our eyes on Jesus, the aauthor and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him bendured the cross, cdespising the shame, and has dsat down at the right hand of the throne of God.For aconsider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary band lose heart.aYou have not yet resisted bto the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;
May 25
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Hebrews 12:1-5 ESV
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him.
May 25
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Song of Solomon 8:4-7 ESV
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases. Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor. Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.
May 25
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Song of Solomon 6:1-3 ESV
Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies. I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
May 25
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Song of Solomon 5:6-8 ESV
I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer. The watchmen found me as they went about in the city; they beat me, they bruised me, they took away my veil, those watchmen of the walls. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.
May 25
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 28:18-20 ESV
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
May 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Isaiah 53:1-6 ESV
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
May 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 27:61-66 ESV
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilateand said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.'Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first."Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can."So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.
May 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 27:57-60 ESV
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroudand laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.
May 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 27:33-56 ESV
And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull),they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.Then they sat down and kept watch over him there.And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews."Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.And those who passed by derided him, wagging their headsand saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,"He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink.But the others said, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him."And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!"There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
May 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Mark 11:7-10 ESV
Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
May 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 20:19 ESV
and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."
May 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Mark 8:31-32 ESV
And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
May 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Matthew 20:28 ESV
even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
May 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Song of Solomon 4:9-12 ESV
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed. You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
May 18
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Song of Solomon 2:4-14 ESV
My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away, for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away. O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me! I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases. The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.
May 18
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Song of Solomon 2:15 ESV
Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom."
May 18
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Song of Solomon 2:1-3 ESV
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women. As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
May 18