PSALM 97:10 – “O you who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.” THEME OF THE DAY: HATING AND LOVING WHAT THE LORD HATES AND LOVES. The scripture of the day starts out with a statement to ponder – O you who love the Lord. The pondering is…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
2 Timothy
REVELATION 14:13 – “And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”.” THEME OF THE DAY: WHAT WILL FOLLOW US? The answer to the theme of today’s devotion is linked to the…
2 CHRONICLES 21:20 – “He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.” THEME OF THE DAY: A SAD AND WORTHLESS LIFE. Today’s scripture easily makes the list of one of…
PHILIPPIANS 3:8–12 – “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that…
PSALM 119:97 – “Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.” THEME OF THE DAY: MEDITATING UPON GOD’S WORD. God gave us two great gifts. In fact, the greatest gifts that we may ever receive. The first is His Son, the Lord Jesus, and this act of giving is captured beautifully in the one verse that gives…
2 TIMOTHY 1:7 – “God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” THEME OF THE DAY: WE DON’T HAVE TO BE AFRAID. No one is immune. From a little child through adulthood, we experience the paralyzing emotion of being afraid. “Monsters” are not just under the beds or in the closets of children. We never…