Bible Before Breakfast with Mildred Kingsley-Okonkwo

Ruth 1:16-18 ERV - 6  But Ruth said, “Don’t force me to leave you! Don’t force me to go back to my own people. Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you sleep, I will sleep. Your people will be my people. Your God will be my God. 17  Where you die, I will die, and that is where I will be buried. I ask the Lord to punish me if I don’t keep this promise: Only death will...

Philippians 3:4-9 - NIV - though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. 7 But what...

Matthew 19:27 MSG - Then Peter chimed in, “We left everything and followed you. What do we get out of it?”

Luke 9:62 KJV - And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

2 Samuel 24:24 ABPE - And David said to Aran: “I buy from you for a price and I do not offer to LORD JEHOVAH my God a burnt offering that is without cost.” And David bought the granary of the garden and oxen for fifty shekels

Genesis 22:2 NKJV - Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

2 Kings 6:16-18 MSG -One time when the king of Aram was at war with Israel, after consulting with his officers, he said, “At such and such a place I want an ambush set.” 9  The Holy Man sent a message to the king of Israel: “Watch out when you’re passing this place, because Aram has set an ambush there.” 10  So the king of Israel sent word concerning the place of which the Holy Man had w...

Dan 3:1-30 CEV 

Daniel 6:1-28 ERV - Darius thought it would be a good idea to choose 120 satraps to rule throughout his kingdom. 2  He chose three men to rule over the 120 satraps. Daniel was one of the three supervisors. The king put these men in this position to keep anyone from cheating him. 3  Daniel proved himself to be a better supervisor than any of the others. He did this by his good character a...

Judges 13 MSG - And then the People of Israel were back at it again, doing what was evil in God’s sight. God put them under the domination of the Philistines for forty years. 2-5  At that time there was a man named Manoah from Zorah from the tribe of Dan. His wife was barren and childless. The angel of God appeared to her and told her, “I know that you are barren and childless, but you’re goi...

Isaiah 6:1-7 NLT - It was in the year King Uzziah died[ a ] that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. 2  Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3  They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord...

Hebrew 1:13-14 BSB - Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: 13 “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet” j ? 14 Are not the angels k ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Genesis 16:1 ERV - Sarai was Abram’s wife, but she did not have any children. She had an Egyptian slave named Hagar. 2 Sarai told Abram, “The Lord has not allowed me to have children, so sleep with my slave. Maybe she can have a son, and I will accept him as my own.” Abram did what Sarai said. 3 So after living ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai gave her Egyptian slave to Abram as a second wif...

Numbers 22:21-35 MSG - Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went off with the noblemen from Moab. As he was going, though, God’s anger flared. The angel of God stood in the road to block his way. Balaam was riding his donkey, accompanied by his two servants. When the donkey saw the angel blocking the road and brandishing a sword, she veered off the road into the ditch. Balaam beat...

Psalms 91:11-12 TPT- God sends angels with special orders to protect you wherever you go, defending you from all harm. If you walk into a trap, they’ll be there for you and keep you from stumbling.

Hebrews 13:2 NLT - 2 Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!

8  But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”[ a ] that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9  If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you pro...

Mark 11:12-14 NKJV - 12  Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. 13  And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14  In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” Mark 11:20-23 NKJV...

14-16 When they came back down the mountain to the other disciples, they saw a huge crowd around them, and the religion scholars cross-examining them. As soon as the people in the crowd saw Jesus, admiring excitement stirred them. They ran and greeted him. He asked, “What’s going on? What’s all the commotion?” 17-18 A man out of the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought my mute son, made speechless...

Hebrews 11:2-3 - For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 3 By faith we understand that the [a]worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

Hebrews 11:1 kjv - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 

Psalm 23 TPT - 1Yahweh is my best friend and my shepherd. I always have more than enough. 2He offers a resting place for me in his luxurious love. His tracks take me to an oasis of peace near the quiet brook of bliss . 3That’s where he restores and revives my life. He opens before me the right path and leads me along in his footsteps of righteousness so that I can bring honor to his name. 4Even wh...

Psalm 23 NKJV - The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not [ a ]want. 2  He makes me to lie down in [ b ]green pastures; He leads me beside the [ c ]still waters. 3  He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. 4  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comf...

Psalm 23 MSG -  God, my shepherd! I don’t need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from. True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction. 4  Even when the way goes through Death Valley, I’m not afraid when you walk at my side. Your trusty shepherd’s crook makes me feel secure. 5  You serve me a six-cours...

Psalm 23 EASY - The Lord takes care of me, like a shepherd with his sheep. I have everything that I need. 2 He takes me to green fields where I can rest. He leads me to streams of water where I can drink. 3 He gives me new strength in my life. He is my guide to the right paths. He does this to show that he is good. 4 I may walk through a valle...