PSALM 139:1-12 – O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
8 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care…
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish.…
JEREMIAH 31:3 – The LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” In the journey called “life”, we are going to sail through many storms. We may borrow a word from the Apostle Paul to describe them. It is a word he used to encourage the…
PSALM 19:14 – Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Today’s scripture paints a portrait of the whole of Christianity. David points to his tongue as the instrument which rings forth the outward profession of allegiance to the Lord. He would also look inside of…
ECCLESIASTES 3:18 – I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.” God does many works in the lives of His children. Here are just a few. He teaches us. He directs us. He comforts us. He corrects us. He conforms us into…