Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

Taking Inventory Of Our Lives

JOB 14:1-2 – Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not. THEME OF THE DAY: TAKING INVENTORY OF OUR LIVES.  Life may be viewed like the changing of seasons in nature.  I am not referring to summer giving way…

A Wasted Life

ECCLESIASTES 12:13-14 – “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.” THEME OF THE DAY: A WASTED LIFE.    Have we ever looked back on our lives and with wishful thinking said…

No Small Matter

NUMBERS 11:1-3 – “And the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes, and when the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down. So…

When I Am Afraid

PSALM 56:3-4 – “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?” THEME OF THE DAY: WHEN I AM AFRAID.  Today’s scripture was penned by David. It was written at the time he was captured by the Philistines. He is…

Who Are We?

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I look at your…

A Subtle Tactic Of The Devil

PSALM 27:4 – “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple.” THEME OF THE DAY: A SUBTLE TACTIC OF THE DEVIL.  Duke Ludovico of Milan asked Leonardo…