November's Scripture Chain

• So encourage each other with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:18
• All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ. Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer. We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us. 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
• Is God’s comfort too little for you? Is his gentle word not enough? Job 15:11
• Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope. Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles. Psalm 119:49-50
• Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord, for our hope is in you alone. Psalm 33:22
• Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me. Psalm 23:4
• When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. Psalm 94:19
• Sing for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on them in their suffering. Isaiah 49:13
• God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4
• Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. Psalm 62:5
• You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope. Psalm 119:114
• Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
• The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord. Lamentations 3:22-26
• The humble will see their God at work and be glad. Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged. Psalm 69:32
• I weep with sorrow; encourage me by your word. Psalm 119:28
• I am counting on the Lord; yes, I am counting on him. I have put my hope in his word. Psalm 130:5
• Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you. Psalm 25:5
• And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you. Psalm 39:7
• We put our hope in the Lord. He is our help and our shield. Psalm 33:20
• And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. Romans 5:4-5
• Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled. Romans 15:4
• Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. 1 Peter 3:15
• You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. Psalm 73:24-26

This month's inspiration: Wonderful Words of Life

This month's translation: NLT

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

October's Scripture Chain

• Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Psalm 96:2
• One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. Psalm 145:4
• You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told. Psalm 40:5
• My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge. Psalm 71:15
• But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. Psalm 73:28
• We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. Psalm 78:4
• Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Psalm 34:11
• Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Psalm 105:1
• Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! Psalm 105:2
• So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. Psalm 63:4
• I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. Psalm 104:33
• I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. Psalm 146:2
• My tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long. Psalm 35:28

Inspiration: It Is No Secret What God Can Do
Translation Used: ESV

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September's Scripture Chain

• Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Psalm 100:3
• O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Psalm 139:1-5
• For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:13-16
•  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27

Inspiration: Reading Genesis
Translation Used: ESV

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August's Scripture Chain

• The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. (John 3:35)
• For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16
• He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. John 1:10
• No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. John 1:18
• For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. John 3:34
• God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. John 4:24
• The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. Psalm 33:11
• Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Psalm 25:4-5

Inspiration: He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
Translation: ESV

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July's Scripture Chain

• But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God. Psalm 40:17
• What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee. In God I will praise his word: In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me? Psalm 56:3-4
• Thou tellest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book? Psalm 56:8
• In God will I praise his word: In the LORD will I praise his word. In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me? Psalm 56:10-11
• Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until these calamities be overpast. I will cry unto God Most High; Unto God that performeth all things for me. Psalm 57:1-2
• My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises. Psalm 57:7
• But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress. Psalm 59:16
• From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy. I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Psalm 61:2-4
• My soul waiteth only upon God: From him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved. Psalm 62:1-2
• My soul, wait thou only upon God; For my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not be moved. With God is my salvation and my glory: The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:5-8
• Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me; For thou art my rock and my fortress. Psalm 71:3
• But I will hope continually, And will praise thee yet more and more. My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, And of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers thereof. Psalm 71:14-15
• Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works. Psalm 73:25-28
• Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name. I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest pit. Psalm 86:11-13
• But the LORD hath been my high tower; And my God the rock of my refuge. Psalm 94:22
• Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Seek ye the LORD and his strength; Seek his face evermore. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; His wonders, and the judgements of his mouth Psalm 105:3-5
• The LORD is my strength and song; And he is become my salvation. Psalm 118:14

Inspiration: Rock of Ages
Scripture Used: ERV, 1885

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June's Scripture Chain

• But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not 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, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:4-10
• In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:10-12
• We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19
• Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 1 John 3:2-3
• For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Romans 5:6-11
• For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21
• Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6

Inspiration: Amazing Grace

Translation Used: ESV

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

May's Scripture Chain

• But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you. Psalm 5:11
• I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High. Psalm 7:17
• Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds! Psalm 9:11
• I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me. Psalm 13:6
• Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power. Psalm 21:13
• Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. Psalm 30:4
• Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. Psalm 33:3
• Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! Psalm 47:6
• My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! Psalm 57:7
• I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. Psalm 57:9
• O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love. Psalm 59:17
• for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. Psalm 63:7
• sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise! Psalm 66:2
• All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.” Selah Psalm 66:4
• Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah Psalm 67:4
• Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him! Psalm 68:4
• My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Psalm 84:2
• I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 89:1
• It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; Psalm 92:4
• Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Psalm 95:1
• Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Psalm 96:12
• Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. Psalm 98:1
• Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! Psalm 98:4
• Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Psalm 98:8
• I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. Psalm 104:33
• Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! Psalm 105:2
• My heart is steadfast, O God! I will sing and make melody with all my being! Psalm 108:1
• Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. Psalm 147:1
• Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds. Psalm 149:5
• Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. Isaiah 12:5
• Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel Isaiah 44:23
• Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted. Isaiah 49:13
• Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. Zechariah 2:10
• Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16
• Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Philippians 4:4

Inspired by "How Can I Keep From Singing?" by Chris Tomlin
This month's translation: ESV


© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

April's Scripture Chain

• But as for me, by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house, At Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You. Psalm 5:7
• But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; Redeem me, and be gracious to me. Psalm 26:11
• But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord, I say, “You are my God.” Psalm 31:14
• But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. Psalm 52:8
• But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, For You have been my stronghold And a refuge in the day of my distress. Psalm 59:16
• But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable time; O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth. Psalm 69:13
• But as for me, I will hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more. Psalm 71:14
• But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works. Psalm 73:28
• But as for me, I will declare it forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. Psalm 75:9
• But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. Micah 7:7

Inspired by the phrase: "But as for me…"
This month's translation: NASB

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

March's Scripture Chain

• A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. John 14:19
• Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. John 5:24-25
• He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:12
• And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:14-19
• Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. John 6:47
• Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”  “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”  The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:51-57
• My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. John 10:27-29
• Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26
• “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:1-6
• But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
• He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. John 3:36
• For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
• And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:40
• And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. John 17:3

Inspiration: Because He Lives (a cappella) (want to go old school?!)
Translation Used: NKJV

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March's Bonus Scripture Chain, Inspired By B-I-B-L-E

I found this coloring page at Making Learning Fun

• Everything written in the past was written to teach us. The Scriptures give us strength to go on. They encourage us and give us hope. Romans 15:4
• I have hidden your word in my heart so that I won’t sin against you. Psalm 119:11
• How can a young person keep their life pure? By living according to your word. Psalm 119:9
• Use the truth to make them holy. Your word is truth. John 17:17 
• Like newborn babies, you should long for the pure milk of God’s word. It will help you grow up as believers. 1 Peter 2:2
• You have known the Holy Scriptures ever since you were a little child. They are able to teach you how to be saved by believing in Christ Jesus. God has breathed life into all Scripture. It is useful for teaching us what is true. It is useful for correcting our mistakes. It is useful for making our lives whole again. It is useful for training us to do what is right. By using Scripture, the servant of God can be completely prepared to do every good thing. 2 Timothy 3:15-17
• The word of God is alive and active. It is sharper than any sword that has two edges. It cuts deep enough to separate soul from spirit. It can separate bones from joints. It judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart. Nothing God created is hidden from him. His eyes see everything. He will hold us responsible for everything we do. Hebrews 4:12-13
• Lord, show me your ways. Teach me how to follow you. Psalm 25:4
• Guide me in your truth. Teach me.You are God my Savior. I put my hope in you all day long. Psalm 25:5
• Lord, teach me how you want me to live. Do this so that I will depend on you, my faithful God. Give me a heart that doesn’t want anything more than to worship you. Psalm 86:11
• I will guide you and teach you the way you should go. I will give you good advice and watch over you with love. Psalm 32:8
• Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures. He began with Moses and all the Prophets. Luke 24:27
• You study the Scriptures carefully. You study them because you think they will give you eternal life. The Scriptures you study are a witness about me. John 5:39 
• We never stop thanking God for the way you received his word. You heard it from us. But you didn’t accept it as a human word. You accepted it for what it really is. It is God’s word. It is really at work in you who believe. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 
• Every word of God is perfect. He is like a shield to those who trust in him. He keeps them safe. Proverbs 30:5
• Help me understand how your rules direct me to live. Then I may think deeply about the wonderful things you have done. Psalm 119:27
• What the Lord says is right and true. He is faithful in everything he does. Psalm 33:4
• Lord, you are everything I need. I have promised to obey your words. Psalm 119:57
• You made me and formed me with your own hands. Give me understanding so that I can learn your commands. Psalm 119:73
• I deeply long for you to save me. I have put my hope in your word. Psalm 119:8
• Lord, your word lasts forever. It stands firm in the heavens. Psalm 119:89
• But your commands are perfect. They are always there when I need them. Psalm 119:96
• Your words are very sweet to my taste! They are sweeter than honey to me. Psalm 119:103
• Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me. Psalm 119:105
• Your covenant laws are your gift to me forever. They fill my heart with joy. Psalm 119:111
• I love your commands more than gold. I love them more than pure gold. Psalm 119:127
• Your promises have proved to be true. I love them. Psalm 119:140
• But Lord, you are near. All your commands are true. Psalm 119:151
• All your words are true. All your laws are right. They last forever. Psalm 119:160
• May my tongue sing about your word, because all your commands are right. Psalm 119:172
• Let the message about Christ live among you like a rich treasure. Teach and correct one another wisely. Teach one another by singing psalms and hymns and songs from the Spirit. Sing to God with thanks in your hearts.  Colossians 3:16 
• The rain and the snow come down from the sky. They do not return to it without watering the earth. They make plants come up and grow. The plants produce seeds for farmers. They also produce food for people to eat. The words I speak are like that. They will not return to me without producing results. They will accomplish what I want them to. They will do exactly what I sent them to do. Isaiah 55:10-11
• The law of the Lord is perfect. It gives us new strength. The laws of the Lord can be trusted. They make childish people wise. The rules of the Lord are right. They give joy to our hearts. The commands of the Lord shine brightly. They give light to our minds. The law that brings respect for the Lord is pure. It lasts forever. The commands the Lord gives are true. All of them are completely right. They are more priceless than gold. They have greater value than huge amounts of pure gold. They are sweeter than honey that is taken from the honeycomb. Psalm 19:7-10
• The Lord our God keeps certain things hidden. But he makes other things known to us and to our children forever. He does it so we can obey all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29
• The commandments I give you today must be in your hearts. Make sure your children learn them. Talk about them when you are at home. Talk about them when you walk along the road. Speak about them when you go to bed. And speak about them when you get up. Write them down and tie them on your hands as a reminder. Also tie them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses. Also write them on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:6-9
• My son, keep your father’s command. Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching. Always tie them on your heart. Put them around your neck. When you walk, they will guide you. When you sleep, they will watch over you. When you wake up, they will speak to you. Your father’s command is like a lamp. Your mother’s teaching is like a light. And whatever instructs and corrects you leads to life. Proverbs 6:20-23
• Those things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us. That’s because we are living at the time when God’s work is being completed. So be careful. When you think you are standing firm, you might fall. You are tempted in the same way all other human beings are. God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted any more than you can take. But when you are tempted, God will give you a way out. Then you will be able to deal with it. 1 Corinthians 10:11-13
• So faith comes from hearing the message. And the message that is heard is the message about Christ. Romans 10:17
• Brothers and sisters, here is what I want you to know. The good news I preached does not come from human beings. No one gave it to me. No one taught it to me. Instead, I received it from Jesus Christ. He showed it to me. Galatians 1:11-12
• We also have the message of the prophets. This message can be trusted completely. You must pay attention to it. The message is like a light shining in a dark place. It will shine until the day Jesus comes. Then the Morning Star will rise in your hearts. Above all, here is what you must understand. No prophecy in Scripture ever came from a prophet’s own understanding of things. 2 Peter 1:19-20
• You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts. You have been born again by means of the living word of God. His word lasts forever. You were not born again from a seed that will die. You were born from a seed that can’t die. It is written, “All people are like grass. All their glory is like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground. But the word of the Lord lasts forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you. 1 Peter 1:22-25

Inspiration: The B-I-B-L-E (Here's the Veggie version)
Translation Used: New International Reader's Version

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

February's Scripture Chain

• Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. Psalm 130:1-4
• And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
• The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. Psalm 138:8
• But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1 John 1:7-10
• The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Lamentations 3:22-27
• And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:11-12
• And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12
• But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
• Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. Psalm 32:1-2
• But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not 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, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:4-10
• I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Psalm 40:1-3
• Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:4-6
• For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21
• For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
• Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. Psalm 103:1-5
• In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:9-10
• He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. Psalm 103:10-13
• What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:31-39
• As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me. Psalm 40:11-12
• But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Romans 3:21-26
• See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 1 John 3:1-3
• Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot.You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:18-19
• For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 
• Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21
• As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! Psalm 40:11
• Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:3-14
• We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19
• But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13
• Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17
• Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:12-17

Inspiration: Love Lifted Me (Alan Jackson's Love Lifted Me)
Translation Used: ESV

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

January's Scripture Chain

• Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Revelation 4:11
• Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Psalm 90:2
• O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. Isaiah 36:16
• O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Isaiah 25:1
• For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. 2 Samuel 22:29
• Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Psalm 104:1
• Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words. Psalm 119:57
• Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. Psalm 25:5
• Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Psalm 143:10
• For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth. Psalm 71:5
• Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. Nehemiah 9:6
• But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. Psalm 3:3
• Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4
• I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. Psalm 142:5
• But thou, Lord, art most high for evermore. Psalm 92:8
• Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Jeremiah 10:6
• Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. Revelation 15:4
• Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth. Psalm 119:151
• For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. Psalm 31:3
• Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Psalm 32:7
• Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. Psalm 119:114
• For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. Psalm 86:10
• But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. Psalm 40:17
• Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Jeremiah 17:14
• Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. Psalm 119:137
• O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; Psalm 63:1
• Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. Psalm 71:3
• But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. Psalm 102:27
• For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Psalm 86:5
• But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Psalm 86:15
• Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. Psalm 93:2
• Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. Psalm 118:28
• Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Psalm 119:68
• But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Isaiah 64:8
• Thine, O Lord is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 1 Chronicles 29:11
• We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. Revelation 11:17

Inspiration: "How Great Thou Art"
Translation Used: KJV

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible