PSALM 109:4 – In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. THEME OF THE DAY. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER? Let’s start out with a question, not one describing the theme of today’s nugget, but related – “What is prayer?” Some will answer, “It is asking God for things and help.” This is true, but…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
ECCLESIASTES 7:13 – Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked? THEME OF THE DAY. THE CROOK IN OUR LOTS. The title for today’s nugget comes from two sources. First, the scripture of the day penned by Solomon. The second is from a book written by a Puritan pastor named Thomas Boston who lived from 1676…
PSALM 119:67 – Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your Word. THEME OF THE DAY. LET SUFFERING DO ITS GOOD WORK. Let’s take a journey back to a beautiful garden. It was perfect. Really. No thorns, no poison ivy . . . it was paradise. God made it so and then placed His choice and prized creation…
PSALM 119:5 – Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! THEME OF THE DAY. THE REALITY OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Take some time and meditate on the heart of the Psalmist in today’s scripture. Do we see the yearning in his heart for a life of consistent obedience to God’s Word? One can feel the longing within him…
PSALM 119:1-3 – Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! THEME OF THE DAY. BEING A HAPPY CHRISTIAN. No Christian wants an unhappy walk with the Lord. And neither does…
PSALM 130:3-4 – If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with You there is forgiveness that You may be feared. THEME OF THE DAY. DON’T LOOK AROUND – LOOK UP. The story of Peter’s restoration to fellowship and ministry with the Lord is extremely encouraging and instructive. It occurs in John 21:15-19. It encourages us with…