HAGGAI 1:1-11 – In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: “Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
ZEPHANIAH 3:17 – The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. THEME OF THE DAY. THE CALMING POWER OF THE LORD JESUS. Stress, anxiety, worry, tension, and pressure are five common experiences we face…
2 CHRONICLES 12:13–14 – So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And he did evil, for he…
PSALM 27:4 – One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. THEME OF THE DAY. THE GREATEST PRAYER PETITION. Jesus makes a very profound statement and promise…
LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23 – The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. THEME OF THE DAY. SOME BATTLES ARE LOST. We each know by painful personal experience defeat in the Christian life. The powerful forces of our remaining sin, a deceiving devil, and an alluring world sometimes…
PROVERBS 4:23 – Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. THEME OF THE DAY. DOING THE HARD WORK OF HEART WORK. The hardest work in the Christian life is heart work. Though our lives have been radically changed by Jesus Christ and God has given us a new heart to know Him, there are three…