Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

Never Justifiable

PROVERBS 25:28 – A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. THEME OF THE DAY. NEVER JUSTIFIABLE.  Christians are never without excuse if we lack self-controlled lives, in all areas of our lives, but especially in our speech.  Yes, I know that is tall order, but it is one we may obey because Christ in us…

Sleep Well For All Is Well. 

PSALM 4:8 – In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.   THEME OF THE DAY. SLEEP WELL FOR ALL IS WELL.  How did you sleep last night?  Last week? Last month? During this past year?  Some studies indicate 70% of adults obtain insufficient sleep at least one night a month,…

How Desirous Are We For The Lord?

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. HOW DESIROUS ARE WE FOR THE LORD?  I read it many years ago. It was a short quote but like a small stick of dynamite, it contained a powerful punch in my life. And it has…

A Regret That Doesn’t Have to Happen

PROVERBS 16:32 – Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.   THEME OF THE DAY. LIVING LIVES OF SELF-CONTROL.  So many things may be observed in a Christian who is mature in Christ. There is the consistency of walking with Him by showing forth a life of…

I Will Worship Him

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth. 2  O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. 3  God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His…

What Is God Doing In Our Lives?

DEUTERONOMY 8:1-5 –  “The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he…