Bible Before Breakfast with Mildred Kingsley-Okonkwo

1 Peter 5:7- Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

Acts 26:28-29 NIV - Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?” 29  Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”

James (Jacob) 1:19-20 TPT = My dearest brothers and sisters, take this to heart: Be quick to listen, but slow to speak. And be slow to become angry, for human anger is never a legitimate tool to promote God’s righteous purpose.

Luke 6:43-45 CEV = A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces. You cannot pick figs or grapes from thornbushes. Good people do good things because of the good in their hearts, but bad people do bad things because of the evil in their hearts. Your words show what is in your heart.

1 Samuel 17:40 NKJV - Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.

Isaiah 55:10-11 AMP - “For as the rain and snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth, Making it bear and sprout, And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11  So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me void (useless, without result), Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for whi...

John 1:1-5 NKJV - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2  He was at the beginning with God. 3  All things were made through Him, and without Him, nothing was made that was made. 4  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5  And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [ a ]comprehend it.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV -  No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Luke  22: 31- 46 TPT - “Peter, my dear friend, listen to what I’m about to tell you. Satan has obtained permission to come and sift you all like wheat and test your faith. But I have prayed for you, Peter, that you would stay faithful to me no matter what comes. Remember this: after you have turned back to me and have been restored, make it your life mission to strengthen the faith of your br...

Mark 16:6-7 NIV -“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7  But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”

Acts 1:1-5  Dear Theophilus, in the first volume of this book I wrote on everything that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he said good-bye to the apostles, the ones he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. After his death, he presented himself alive to them in many different settings over a period of forty days. In face-to-face meetings, he talked to them ab...

Acts 1:9-11 BSB - After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight. 10 They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you...

Matthew 28:1-10 NIV - After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2  There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3  His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4  The guards were so afraid...

Matthew 27:62-66 NIV - 62  The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63  “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64  So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell th...

Romans 8:28 GWT - We know that all creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time.

John 13:27-30 NIV - As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” 28  But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. 29  Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. 30  As soon as Judas had taken t...

John 13:21 TPT - Then Jesus was moved deeply in his spirit. Looking at his disciples, he announced, “I tell you the truth—one of you is about to betray me.”

Matthew 26: 6-14 NKJV And, when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman, came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table. 8  But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9  For this fragrant oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor.” 10  But...

Genesis 2:1-4 CEV So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created. 2  By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested. 3  God blessed the seventh day and made it special because on that day he rested from his work. 4  That's how God created the heavens and the earth.

Matthew 7:24-27 MSG - “These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, and a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fix...

Exodus 23:27-30 CEV - I will terrify those nations and make your enemies so confused that they will run from you. 28  I will make the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites panic as you approach. 29  But I won't do all this in the first year, because the land would become poor, and wild animals would be everywhere. 30  Instead, I will force out your enemies little by little and give your...

John 6:8-18 WNT - 8. One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, 9 "There is a boy here with five barley loaves and a couple of fish: but what is that among so many?" 10 "Make the people sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so they sat down, the adult men numbering about 5,000. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed th...

John 6:1-13 WNT - 1 After this Jesus went away across the Lake of Galilee (that is, the Lake of Tiberias). 2 A vast multitude followed Him, because they witnessed the miracles on the sick which He was constantly performing. 3 Then Jesus went up the hill, and sat there with His disciples. 4 The Jewish Festival, the Passover, was at hand. 5 And when He looked round and saw an immense crowd coming to...

Job 1:6-12 MSG - One day when the angels came to report to God, Satan, who was the Designated Accuser, came along with them. God singled out Satan and said, “What have you been up to?” Satan answered God, “Going here and there, checking things out on earth.” 8  God said to Satan, “Have you noticed my friend Job? There’s no one quite like him—honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God...

Psalm 14:1 ESV - Only a fool would say, “There is no God!” People like that are worthless; they are heartless and cruel and never do right.