ISAIAH 63:4-5 – For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come. I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold . . . THEME OF THE DAY. MAY IT NEVER BE. Today’s scripture is one of those soul-searching, heart-exposing, mind-probing and life-evaluating portions of…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
PROVERBS 30:1 – The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle. The man declares, I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out. THEME OF THE DAY. IT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US. Before we move into today’s nugget, read today’s scripture again. Don’t we want to come alongside Mr. Agur, the author of Proverbs 30, give…
PSALM 130:1-8 – Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. 5 I wait for the…
EXODUS 14:10-14; 21-25 – When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord. 11 They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the…
ISAIAH 45:15 – Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. THEME OF THE DAY. OUR HIDING GOD. Sometimes it feels like it – God hiding Himself especially during trying times when we cry out for His comforting presence and we are met with a silence and no relief. We feel abandoned, even ignored by the…
This Lord’s Day evening, we continue our study of the wisdom book of Proverbs with the theme – humility; the most important virtue in the Christian life. Without humility, one cannot become a Christian or grow as a Christian. In the evening study, we will look at humility taught, commanded and rewarded by Jesus and the Apostles Paul, James and Peter.