Table of Contents - Sparkling Gems

1 Table of by Dr. Bill 1 Let God s Peace Serve as an Umpire For Your Mind and Emotions!..2 Colossians 3:15 January 2 Could You Use a Little Extra Strength To Make It Through Your Day?..3 Philippians 1:19 January 3 Isn t It Time for You To Hit the Rewind Button?..52 Timothy 1:6 January 4 How Often Should We Pray?..8 Ephesians 6:18 January 5 Do Not Grieve the Holy Spirit!..9 Ephesians 4:30 January 6 Dealing With Wrong Attitudes the Right 1:21 January 7 How To Remedy Spiritual Boredom in Your Life!..13 James 1:22 January 8It s Time for You To Act Fast!..15 Jude 1:23 January 9 Have You Said Thank You Today?..17 Ephesians 1:16 January 10 Learning To Follow the Leader ..18 Romans 8:14xvfront matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 15 January 11 When Your Attitude Stinks So Badly That It Affects Everyone Around You!..20 James 1:21 January 12A Unique Receptacle Specially Made for the Power of God!..22 Ephesians 6:10 January 13 Where Should You Go When You Get Discouraged?

2 24 Hebrews 10:25 January 14 Preparing the Troops for Battle!..26 Hebrews 10:25 January 15It s Time To Get Creative in Doing the Word ..27 James 1:22 January 16 Have You Paid Attention to Yourself Lately?..291 Timothy 4:16 January 17 What Should You Do When Your Plans Seem Hindered?..311 Thessalonians 2:18 January 18 The Dead-End Places of Corinthians 1:9 January 19 Comrades in the Lord Jesus Thessalonians 5:27 January 20 Never Forget That You Are More Than a Conqueror!..37 Romans 8:37 January 21A Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation for 1:17xvifront matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 16 January 22A Time To Forcefully Speak the Truth in 1:23 January 23 How To Be a Spiritual 3:16 January 24 You Are Never Alone!..45 Hebrews 12:1 January 25 Staying Untangled From the Timothy 2:4 January 26A Fight Always Follows 10:32 January 27Is It Time To Make a Change In Your Environment?..51 Hebrews 12:1 January 28 You re Not a Spiritual Orphan!..53 John 14:18 January 29 Royal Ambassadors for Corinthians 5:20 January 30Is It Ever Right To Hate Something?

3 57 Jude 1:23 January 31 Unshackled FromThe Tyranny and Cruelty of Sin!..59 Romans 6:17 February 1 Does God s Word Feel at Home in Your Life?..61 Colossians 3:16xviifront matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 17 February 2 The Greatest Price Ever Paid To Set a Slave Free!..63 Titus 2:14 February 3Do Whatever Is Necessary To Keep Envy and Strife Out of Your Life!..65 James 3:16 February 4 Don t Ignore the Last Words!..68 Ephesians 6:10 February 5A Divine Stream of Supernatural Corinthians 2:9,10 February 6 What Does It Mean To Have a Sound Mind ?..722 Timothy 1:7 February 7It s Time for You To Stop Acting Like You re a Victim!..74 Colossians 2:15 February 8 The Holy Spirit Wants To Place A Razor-Sharp Sword in Your 6:17 February 9If You re Feeling Unwanted, Abandoned, Or Rejected, It s Time To Rejoice!..791 Corinthians 1:28 February 10 God Will Make Sure You Get Rewarded For Your Work of 10:35 February 11 Set the Spiritual Hostages Free!

4 841 John 3:8 February 12He s Still the Lord of the Wind and the Waves!..86 Mark 4:37,39xviiifront matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 18 February 13 X Marks the Spot!..892 Corinthians 4:7 February 14 The Holy Spirit Earnestly Yearns for You!..91 James 4:5 February 15Be a Holy Terror To the Kingdom of Darkness!..932 Corinthians 10:3 February 16 Don t Put Out the Spirit s Fire!..961 Thessalonians 5:19 February 17A Great Cloud of Witnesses ..98 Hebrews 12:1 February 18 God Uses the Weak To Baffle Those Who Think They Are So High and Corinthians 1:27 February 19 Diligence Is Required for Success in 11:6 February 20 How Do You Make a Dead Man See?..104 John 16:8 February 21 Effective Spiritual Weapons Require Effective Spiritual Corinthians 10:4 February 22 You Have a Two-Edged Sword!..109 Hebrews 4:12 February 23 The Holy Spirit A Partner Who Wants To Take Responsibility for You in This Life!..1112 Corinthians 13:14xvixfront matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 19 February 24It s Time for You To Lay Aside Every Unnecessary 12:1 February 25 You Are a Shrine for the Holy Corinthians 6:19, 20 February 26 Take Advantage of All Kinds of 6:18 February 27A Picture of Who You Used To Be!

5 119 Ephesians 2:2 February 28 Your Redemption Is a Done Deal!..121 Galatians 3:13 February 29 Whose Side Are You On?..123 James 4:4 March 1 God s Power Is Yours for the Taking!..125 Ephesians 6:10 March 2 Stopping Satan at His Own Corinthians 2:11 March 3 Filthy Stinking Rich! ..1301 Corinthians 1:5,6 March 4 Laziness and Slothfulness Don t Allow Either in Your Life!..132 Hebrews 6:12 March 5 Does Jesus Find You To Be Therapeutic, Refreshing, or Disgusting?..134 Revelation 3:16xx front matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 20 March 6It s Time for You To Start Acting Like God!..137 Ephesians 5:1 March 7A Guaranteed Way To Infuriate the Holy Spirit!..139 James 4:5 March 8 Relax From the Stresses of Life!..1412 Thessalonians 1:7 March 9 Perilous Times in the Last Timothy 3:1 March 10 Hang In There and Don t Give Up!..146 James 1:2-4 March 11 Why Not Bring Others Into the Project?..148 Romans 12:3 March 12 You Are One of God s Pillars!..1511 Corinthians 15:58 March 13 Who Said You Had To Deserve What God Gives You?

6 1532 Timothy 2:1 March 14 Payday Is on the Way!..155 Hebrews 10:35 March 15 Are You Wearing Your Killer Shoes?..157 Ephesians 6:14,15 March 16 Whose Faith Are You Following?..160 Hebrews 6:12xxi front matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 21 March 17 Stick Your Neck Out Commit Yourself to Someone!..1622 Timothy 2:2 March 18 Don t Be a Bone out of Joint !..1651 Timothy 1:6 March 19 The Necessary Attitude for Corinthians 15:58 March 20 Refuse To Ever Let Go of Your Dream!..169 Hebrews 10:23 March 21 Doing Things Decently and in Corinthians 14:40 March 22 How Is Your Memory Working?..1742 Timothy 1:3 March 23Do You Have the Right To Demand Anything From God?..177 John 15:7 March 24 The Most Essential Weapon In Your Spiritual 6:14 March 25 Keep the Devil Where He Belongs Under Your Feet!..181 Romans 16:20 March 26 The Lord Will Reckon With You When He Comes!..183 Matthew 25:19 March 27 Run Like You Are in the Race of Your Life!..1861 Corinthians 9:24xxiifront matter+.

7 Qxd 22:58 Page 22 March 28 Are You an Amateur or a Professional ?..1882 Timothy 2:5 March 29 The Supernatural Intercessory Ministry Of the Holy 8:26 March 30 Don t Get in a Hurry!..1931 Thessalonians 2:4 March 31 Jesus Last Lesson for the 14:16 April 1 How the Devil Turned a Friend Into a Betrayer!..199 John 13:2 April 2 Have You Ever Felt Agony Over Situations You Have Faced in Life?..201 Luke 22:43,44 April 3 Supernatural Assistance When You Don t Know Where To Turn for Help!..204 Luke 22:43 April 4 How Many Soldiers Does It Take To Arrest One Man?..206 John 18:3 April 5A Full Moon, Lanterns, Torches, and Weapons!..209 John 18:3 April 6 The Judas 14:44,45 April 7 Have Disagreements Revealed Your Level of Submission to Authority?..216 Mark 14:44,45xxiii front matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 23 April 8 When Roman Soldiers Were Knocked Flat by the Power of God!..219 John 18:4-6 April 9 Peter Swings for the Head But Gets an Ear!

8 222 John 18:10; Luke 22:49,50 April 10 Jesus Cleans Up Peter s Mess!..225 Luke 22:49-51 April 11 Twelve Legions of 26:53 April 12 Who Was the Naked Boy In the Garden of Gethsemane?..230 Mark 14:51,52 April 13 Led Like a Sheep to Its 26:57 April 14 Has Anyone Ever Spit in Your Face?..235 Matthew 26:67 April 15 Playing Games at Jesus Expense!..238 Matthew 26:67,68; Luke 22:63,64 April 16 Being Confident of God s 27:2 April 17 Pilate Looks for a 23:6,7 April 18 Herod Finally Meets Jesus!..249 Luke 23:8xxiv front matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 24 April 19 Herod Antipas Mocks the King of Glory!..253 Luke 23:11 April 20 Not Guilty ..256 Luke 23:14-16 April 21 Scourged!..259 Matthew 27:26 April 22 Scorned!..262 Matthew 27:27-29 April 23 Golgotha: The Place of the 27:32,33 April 24 Crucified!..268 Matthew 27:34,35 April 25 The Day the Veil Was Rent and the Earth 27:50,51 April 26 Two Friends Bury 19:38-40 April 27 Buried!..280 John 19:41,42 April 28 Resurrection Morning!

9 284 Matthew 28:1,2 April 29 Peter and John Run to the 20:3,4 April 30 Jesus Appears to Mary 20:11-13xxvfront matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 25 May 1 The Post-Resurrection Appearances of Jesus 20:22 May 2 Let God Breathe Into Your Life!..2982 Timothy 3:16 May 3 The Right Way To Die!..3012 Timothy 4:7 May 4Is Jesus Christ a Fairy Tale to You, Or Do You Really Know Him?..3051 Corinthians 1:5,6 May 5 Rejuvenated by the Spirit of 8:11 May 6 Isolation A Tool The Devil Uses To Discourage 10:24 May 7 True Profession Is From the 10:23 May 8 Don t Do What You re Tempted To Do When Someone Gets Ugly With You!..3162 Timothy 2:24 May 9 Are You Dressed in the Whole Armor of God?..319 Ephesians 6:11 May 10 Peace That Passes 4:7 May 11 Cast All Your Care on the Lord!..3241 Peter 5:7xxvi front matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 26 May 12 What Should You Do When You Get Offended?..327 Luke 17:1 May 13 Dip and Dye!..329 Matthew 28:19 May 14 What Are You Teaching Your Children at Home?

10 3311 Timothy 3:4 May 15 The Most Common Word For Prayer in the New 6:18 May 16 There s a Time for You To Be Inflexible and Unmoving!..337 Hebrews 10:23 May 17 When You re Discouraged and Ready To Give Up, Here s What You Should Do!..339 Hebrews 10:32 May 18 Intellectual Power Alone Is Not Sufficient To Do the Corinthians 2:1,2 May 19Is Jesus Testing You?..344 John 6:5,6 May 20 The Kratos Power of God!..346 Ephesians 6:10 May 21 The Ischuos Power of God!..348 Ephesians 6:10xxviifront matter+.qxd 22:58 Page 27 May 22 Learning How To Be Quiet When Others Are 1:19 May 23 When Are You Supposed To Help BearSomeone Else s Burden?..353 Galatians 6:2 May 24It s Time for You To Become Responsible!..356 Galatians 6:5 May 25It s Wearisome To Work With the Dead!..3581 Timothy 3:1 May 26 Don t Hold Anything Back!..3601 Thessalonians 2:8 May 27 How Would You Like To Receive a Fresh Anointing?..363 Psalm 92:10 May 28 The Shield of Faith!..364 Ephesians 6:16 May 29 Never Forget To Look at the Children!