Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

We Receive Less Than We Deserve

EZRA 9:13-14 – And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this, shall we break your commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry…

Trusting God When All Is Dark

ISAIAH 50:10 – Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.” THEME OF THE DAY: TRUSTING GOD WHEN ALL IS DARK.  Oh, to have every day in our walks with the Lord be on the…

When God Directs Our Prayer

ZECHARIAH 12:10 – And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.”…

Absolutely Amazing

ZEPHANIAH 3:17 – The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” THEME OF THE DAY: ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!  We know and rejoice in owning our Bibles.  The obvious reason is for what it is –…

He Trains Us For War

PSALM 144:1-2 – Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.” THEME OF THE DAY: HE TRAINS US FOR WAR.    How deep is our understanding of…