PSALM 86:15 – But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE SECOND GREATEST DISPLAY OF GOD’S LOVE. Here is a quick and easy two question Bible test. The answer to the first question is obvious. The second question? It is described all through today’s…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
1 SAMUEL 30:3-6 – And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. David’s two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel…
LAMENTATIONS 3:18-23 – So I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.” Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come…
1 SAMUEL 23:15-17 – David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. And Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God. And he said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall…
PSALM 33:4 – For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is done in faithfulness.” THEME OF THE DAY: WHAT GOD STARTS, GOD FINISHES. In the opening of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he encourages us with the truth that God is at work in us. Further in the Philippian letter, we are told God…
PSALM 119:71 – It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.” THEME OF THE DAY: WE NEED TIMES OF FROST IN OUR LIVES. Let’s get this out of the way. No Christian wakes up one morning and says with sincerity the words of the Psalmist in today’s scripture. Allow me to paraphrase his statement…