Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

Dealing With Our Past

PSALM 25:6-7 – Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord! THEME OF THE DAY. DEALING WITH OUR PAST. There is a lot racing through the mind of the…

The Christian Life According to Proverbs

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, 9 for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. 11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; 12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive,…

Out Of The Spiritual Blues

1 KINGS 19:1-5 – Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.” Then he was…

Life As It Is Supposed To Be

DEUTERONOMY 26:16-19 – “This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and rules. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. You have declared today that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his rules,…

Growing In Christ

PROVERBS 13:4 – The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. THEME OF THE DAY. GROWING IN CHRIST. Ask any Christian this question, “Do you want to grow in grace, knowledge, and intimacy with the Lord Jesus?”, and the answer should be, “Of course I do. I desire to know the Lord…

Be Careful Of Many Words

PROVERBS 10:19 – When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. THEME OF THE DAY. BE CAREFUL OF MANY WORDS. It is a sure thing because the Bible, and particularly, today’s scripture tells us it is a sure thing. If we must always give an opinion in a conversation; if we must always strive to…