DEUTERONOMY 26:16-19 – “This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and rules. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. You have declared today that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his rules,…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
Psalm 73:25 – Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You.” THEME OF THE DAY. FIGHTING FOR CHRIST’s SUPREMACY. I think we would be hard-pressed to find a more appropriate verse than today’s scripture as the goal and daily pursuit in the Christian life. Is it not the cry of our hearts…
PSALM 46:10a – Be still, and know that I am God.” PSALM 139:6 – Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.” THEME OF THE DAY: RIGHTLY OVERWHELMED. Today the average American worker will receive 108 e-mails, 243 million Americans own cell phones or hand-held devices, and Google currently indexes more than 3,304,998,701 web pages. …
Psalm 77:11-12 – I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.” THEME OF THE DAY: MEMORY TO THE RESCUE. A chaplain was sitting in a poorly lit railway station attempting to show a soldier the way of eternal life in the…
This Lord’s Day evening, Pastor Jim continues to look at the emotions in the Christian life. We have confronted anxiety, the need for courage, unhealthy fear, and now, spiritual depression and the lessons learned in this difficult season.
PROVERBS 13:4 – The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.” THEME OF THE DAY. GROWING IN CHRIST. Ask any Christian this question, “Do you want to grow in grace, knowledge, and intimacy with the Lord Jesus?”, and the answer should be, “Of course I do. I desire to know the…