JOB 14:1 – “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.” THEME OF THE DAY: LIFE IS HARD UNDER THE SUN. By the time we get to chapter fourteen of Job, this man of God is really hurting physically, emotionally, and spiritually. His so-called friends have done him no favors. The loud rings of “hypocrite”…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
James
MATTHEW 6:34 – “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” THEME OF THE DAY: LEAVE TOMORROW ALONE. Today’s scripture is the conclusion of a lengthy portion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount dealing with the topic of anxiety. If you fight against this mental, emotional, and spiritual…
JAMES 4:13-17 – “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to…
PSALM 138:1-2 – “I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.” THEME OF THE DAY: OUR DAILY MARCHING ORDERS. God did…
JAMES 1:2-4 – “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” THEME OF THE DAY: WHEN TRIALS COME. We sing a song in our church by Keith and Kristyn…
JAMES 3:2-10 – “For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so…