Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Lamentations

Did You Recognize Them?

LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23 –The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. THEME OF THE DAY. DID YOU RECOGNIZE THEM? How did you start your day? Did you roll out of bed, maybe bump the snooze button a few times before, then hit the day running with all…

What If We Could?

LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23 – The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. THEME OF THE DAY. WHAT IF WE COULD? Let’s imagine something together. It isn’t possible, but let’s do it anyway. In looking back on our Christian lives, if we could change some things, what would…

Do We Hear Them

LAMENTATIONS 1:21a – They heard my groaning, yet there is no one to comfort me . . .” THEME OF THE DAY. DO WE HEAR THEM? Meditate for a few moments on today’s scripture from the pen of the prophet Jeremiah. As we do, enter his heart; feel his pain, his loneliness, his abandonment . . . then think about the world…

Some Battles Are Lost

LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23 – The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. THEME OF THE DAY. SOME BATTLES ARE LOST. We each know by painful personal experience defeat in the Christian life. The powerful forces of our remaining sin, a deceiving devil, and an alluring world sometimes…

Each New Day

LAMENTATIONS 3:22–23 – The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. THEME OF THE DAY. EACH NEW DAY. Today’s scripture is one of the more familiar Old Testament passages many Christians memorize. It is wonderful, encouraging, and makes a soul soar in praise and adoration. I…

Where True Happiness is Found

The longer I live and observe the world around me, as well as the struggles within me, I am becoming more and more aware of the devastating and deceiving results of sin in the human experience.  There are a lot of things which may be said of this, but I want us to ponder just two; the obsession with humans for happiness and the discontent caused by looking for it in all the wrong places.