Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

Family Day

PSALM 26:8 – O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells. THEME OF THE DAY. FAMILY DAY. Many of us guard “family time” when it comes to ensuring quality investments of ourselves with our families. Some families hold “family game night”, spouses have “date nights”, and families schedule extended outings to be together. Family…

Clueless But Not Faithless

JOB 1:20-22 – Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” 22 In all this Job did not sin or…

How Would We Respond

JOB 1:8-22 – And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” 9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? 10 Have you not put a hedge around him and…

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…