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We have a Bible verse every day, a quote from a significant other, and a joke to give you a smile.

Dec. 21, 2023

A Verse:

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

Romans 8:32

 
A Quote:

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

Eleanor Rooseveltt


A Joke:

Why should you never trust stairs?

They’re always up to something.

Dec. 20, 2023

A Verse:

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,  casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

1 Peter 5:6-7

A Quote:

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

Franklin D. Roosevelt
 

A Joke:

What does a nosey pepper do?

It gets jalapeño business.

Dec. 19, 2023

A Verse:

The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.

Isaiah 26:3

 

A Quote:

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

Dalai Lama
 


A Joke:

What’s the difference between a hippo and a zippo?

One is really heavy and the other’s a little lighter.

Dec. 18, 2023

A Verse:

The LORD’S loving kindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. [They] are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23

 

A Quote:

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions."

Dalai Lama
 


A Joke:

Why do ducks have feathers?

To cover their butt quacks!

Dec. 15, 2023

A Verse:

‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Isaiah 41:10

 

A Quote:

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

Winston Churchill



A Joke:

Did you hear about the fire at the circus?

It was in tents!

Dec. 14, 2023

A Verse:

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,

1 Corinthians 2:12

A Quote:

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Nelson Mandela


A Joke:

Do you want to hear a construction joke?

Sorry, I’m still working on it.

Dec. 13, 2023

A Verse:

Do you not know that you are a temple of God and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you?

1 Corinthians 3:164

A Quote:

"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."

 Albert Einstein


A Joke:

What did one ocean say to the other ocean?

Nothing, it just waved.

Dec. 12, 2023

A Verse:

"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life."

John 5:24

 
A Quote:

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

Theodore Roosevelt

A Joke:

Did you hear about the first restaurant to open on the moon?

It had great food, but no atmosphere.

Dec. 11, 2023

A Verse:

‘These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

1 John 5:13

A Quote:

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

Peter Drucker

 
A Joke:

What do dentists call their x-rays?

Tooth pics!

Dec. 8, 2023

A Verse:

‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

Revelation 3:20

 
A Quote:

“For peace of mind, focus on truth, honor, purity, beauty, and excellence.”

RJ Regan

 
A Joke:

There’s a fine line between a numerator and a denominator. (…Only a fraction of people will get this joke.)

Dec. 7, 2023

A Verse:

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, [even] to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 1:12-13

 
A Quote:

"Your time is now. Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can."

Arthur Ashe

 

A Joke:

What do you get when you cross a snowman and a dog? Frostbite.

Dec. 6, 2023

A Verse:

He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to [the] hope of eternal life.

Titus 3:5-7

 
A Quote:

"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it."

Jordan Belforte


A Joke:

I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough dough.

Dec. 5, 2023

A Verse:

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Ephesians 2:8-10


A Quote:

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."

William B. Sprague


A Joke:

What do you call a snowman with a six-pack? An abdominal snowman.

Dec. 4, 2023

A Verse:

For Christ also died for sins once for all, [the] just for [the] unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

1 Peter 3:18

 
A Quote:

"The road to success and the road to failure are

almost exactly the same."

Colin R. Davis

 
A Joke:

Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants? In case he got a hole in one.

Dec. 1, 2023

A Verse:

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8


A Quote:

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

John Lennon

 

A Joke:

Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers? He will stop at nothing to avoid them.

Nov. 30, 2023

A Verse:

And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this [comes] judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without [reference to] sin, to those who eagerly await Him. "

Hebrews 9:27-283

 
A Quote:

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

Winston S. Churchill

 

A Joke:

I'd tell you a construction joke, but I'm still working on it.

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