DEUTERONOMY 11:1 – You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.” Informing today’s nugget theme in question form, it would be “What is life’s greatest purpose, privilege, pleasure, and pursuit?”, the answer is singular measured by one action. Both are found in today’s scripture. First, the singular answer is to…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
PSALM 26:1-3 – Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind. For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.” The question identifying the theme of today’s nugget contains two answers. The…
PROVERBS 3:3-4 – Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.” There is so much one might say about the attractiveness of the Lord Jesus. After everything has been said, there is still much…
PSALM 5:3 – O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.” She said to me, “I am just not a morning person. It is not my best time of the day.” I get that. Some people function better late at night. Others seem to be energizer bunnies long before the…
JOSHUA 1:1-9 – After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. Every place that the sole of your…
PSALM 119:164 – Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.” When we became Christians, a whole lot happened to us. Here are five such happenings. We received forgiveness for our sins, reconciliation with our offended God, adoption into His forever family, a living relationship with the Lord, and the sure hope of heaven when we die. There is…