PSALM 115:1 – Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! THEME OF THE DAY. THE WAR FOR HEART SUPREMACY. As we read today’s scripture, do we feel the conflict in the Psalmist’s heart? It is not difficult to see the war raging within him. It…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
ISAIAH 48:9-11 – “For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my…
PSALM 105:4-5 – Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His presence continually! Remember the wondrous works that He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He uttered. THEME OF THE DAY. WHAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE LOOKS LIKE. How do we live the Christian life? The obvious answer is “By faith”. And the obvious is right. Yet what does it look like…
ISAIAH 44:21-22 – Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you; you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me. I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. THEME OF THE DAY. SILENCING THE ACCUSATIONS OF THE…
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…
ISAIAH 48:10 – Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. THEME OF THE DAY. POLISHING GOD’S TROPHIES. I must confess the theme of today’s nugget intrigues me. Yes, even as the author. I think all of us get the word picture. Perhaps we are taken down memory lane as a youth…