Category: Pastor Verns Ponderings

12-2023 Pastor’s December Ponderings: Matthew1:1 A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:  2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,  Isaac the father of Jacob,  Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar… 5 Salmon…

1 Peter 1:17  Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live outyour time as foreigners here in reverent fear. 18  For you know that it was not withperishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way oflife handed down to you from your ancestors,…

Pastor’s July Pondering: By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Genesis 2:2-3…

Pastor’s June Ponderings: Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wickedor stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day andnight.3 He is like a tree…

Luke 24:1  On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men…

1 John 4:18  There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to dowith punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”Fear is not part of God’s good creation. Fear is not the way it is supposed to be. Thegood news is that perfect love drives…

Luke 2:4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehemthe town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there toregister with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6While they were there,…

Psalm 146:1 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul. 2 I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.  3 Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.  4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. …

Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in…

Philippians 1:3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day…