Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

Misplaced Priorities

HAGGAI 1:1-10 – In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: “Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people…

God Finishes What He Started

PSALM 138:8 – The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.” Theme: GOD FINISHES WHAT HE STARTED.  The doctrine of God’s complete sovereignty over all things, yes, even our lives is a great comfort for His children.  Charles Spurgeon once called it “the soft pillow we lie…

Evaluating Our Love For Christ

MALACHI 3:16 – Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name.”   THEME OF THE DAY. EVALUATING OUR LOVE FOR CHRIST.  Our Bibles give us much evidence to confirm our love for Jesus Christ.…

The Preventing Grace of God

GENESIS 20:1–6 – From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a…

The Calming Power of the Lord Jesus

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. THE CALMING POWER OF THE LORD JESUS.  Stress, anxiety, worry, tension, and pressure are five common experiences we…