ROMANS 12:1–2 – I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
PSALM 37:5-Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. THEME OF THE DAY: MOMENT-BY-MOMENT FAITH. When it comes to exercising faith, we do so in two ways. First, there is a single act of faith in the Lord Jesus leading to salvation. This is a once for all never to be repeated act on our part –…
PSALM 139:1-4 – O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. THEME OF…
PSALM 138:7 – Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me. THEME OF THE DAY: NO SUCH THING. Don’t we wish it were true? Don’t we desire that the opening of today’s scripture would read, As I walk a life of…
PSALM 103:1-5 – Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, 3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, 5 who satisfies…
PSALM 107:1-9 – Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble 3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 4 Some wandered in desert wastes, finding…