ISAIAH 42:1-4 – Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
MICAH 7:19 – He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. THEME OF THE DAY. AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. As we start today’s nugget, let’s not just read today’s scripture, but do some work “chewing it over.” Quickly identify the three key actions of…
PSALM 103:13-14 – As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. THEME OF THE DAY. HE UNDERSTANDS. Today’s scripture is a portion of one of those Psalms believers must run to and hide when they see their many failings, their many…
JOSHUA 21:45 – Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass. THEME OF THE DAY. WHAT IS GOD DOING IN OUR LIVES? Fellow pilgrims on the road to the celestial city, in this life, maybe even today, if not, they will be here in a not…
DEUTERONOMY 32:10-12 – “He (the Lord) found him (Jacob) in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, the…
DANIEL 6:10 – When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. THEME OF THE DAY. LIVING UNCOMPROMISED LIVES. Daniel is one of…