Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

Marks Of Spiritual Growth

PSALM 71:13–14 – May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt. But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more. THEME OF THE DAY. MARKS OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH. Every Christian spiritually grows. It is logical, to be expected, and will occur. When Jesus told the…

The God Of Many Chances

PSALM 71:19-21 – Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you? 20 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. 21 You will increase my greatness and comfort me again. THEME OF…

Being Like Jesus

PSALM 69:20 – I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. THEME OF THE DAY. BEING LIKE JESUS. Today’s scripture verse has been one of the most penetrating, instructive, and challenging verses ever to be marked up in my Bible. With each of those words, let’s explore why it is so. I think we will…

Knowing And Doing Christians

DEUTERONOMY 10:12-13 – “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today…

Call To Battle

DEUTERONOMY 20:1-4 – When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And when you draw near to the battle, the priest shall come forward…