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 WE ARE FEARFUL. In the Old Testament book of Psalms, often preceding the specific Psalm is an event in history giving us the…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
PHILEMON 4-7 – “I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for…
PSALM 130 – “A SONG OF ASCENTS. Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. I wait for the…
HEBREWS 13:8 – “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” THEME OF THE DAY: OUR ANCHOR IN LIFE’S STORMS. We are fragile people. We easily break emotionally. We experience ever-changing feelings. We know what it is like to be moody, and often times our emotions change suddenly. One minute we are feeling happy and at peace, then a sudden…
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…
ECCLESIASTES 7:21–22 – “Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.” THEME OF THE DAY: HANDLING CRITICISM AND CONFLICT. No Christian awakes in the morning, gets all excited and immediately says, “I am going to instigate some type of conflict with…