The time is surely coming, says the Lord God when I will send a famine on the land: not a famine of bread; or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.
Amos 8:11 (NRSV)
For the time has come for judgement to begin with the household of God
I Peter 4:17 (NRSV)
Never ask, “Oh why were things so much better in the old days?” It’s not an intelligent question
Ecclesiastes 6:10 (GNB)
Where there is no vision, the people perish
Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 31:31 (NRSV)
I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
Joel 2:28 (NIV)
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.
Joel 2:25 (KJV)
Run the straight race through God’s good grace
Lift up your eyes and seek his face;
Life with its path before us lies;
Christ is the way and Christ the prize.
[John S B Monsell]