PSALM 18:1-2 – “I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” THEME OF THE DAY: OUR PERSONAL GOD. The resurrection scene between Mary Magdalene and Jesus grips the heart with such emotion and…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
New Testament
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…
JOHN 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” THEME OF THE DAY: WHO DOES JESUS LOVE? Today’s scripture is the whole message of the Bible in one verse. It captures the substance of the gospel. Granted, we don’t get the particulars of sin,…
JOHN 13:1 – “Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” JOHN 16:33 – “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world…
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted…
MATTHEW 25:1-13 – “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all…