Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

The Heart To Which God Responds

2 CHRONICLES 34:26-28 – ““But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and…

New Day, New Year, New Mercies

LAMENTATIONS 3:22-24 – “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”” THEME OF THE DAY: NEW DAY, NEW YEAR, NEW MERCIES.   Well, welcome to 2026!  For a good number of folks, today…

One Life To Live One Time

JAMES 4:13-17 – “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to…

God’s Pursuing Love

2 CHRONICLES 33:10-13 – “The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention. Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of…

The Day After

PROVERBS 4:23 – “Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE DAY AFTER.  Well, it is the day after.  The path of excitement on the festive sights, sounds, and smells of Christmas reached its destination yesterday.  The summit was achieved, and now it is the day after; the day after Christmas. As…

We Would See Jesus

JOHN 12:21 – “Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”” THEME OF THE DAY:  WE WOULD SEE JESUS. Today’s scripture is a discovery for us from an unlikely source. Little did the Greeks who requested…