JOB 1:13-22 – Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword,…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
How do we respond when circumstances come upon us tempting us to fear? What do we do as situations we cannot control or change want to put us in a vise-grip of fear?
LAMENTATIONS 3:25–26 – The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.” THEME OF THE DAY: WAITING ON THE LORD IS NOT PASSIVE. What crosses our minds when the word “wait” is heard or read? Don’t we get the sense…
JOB 14:1-2 – “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.” THEME OF THE DAY: HOW QUICKLY IT PASSES. Life. That is the “it” in today’s nugget’s theme. When it comes to the Bible defining the nature of…
PSALM 103:8-14 – The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast…
PROVERBS 30:8-9 – Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.” THEME OF THE DAY: A NEEDED PRAYER. We…