Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Psalms

When Words Won’t Come

PSALM 35:13-14 – But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest. I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning. THEME OF THE DAY: WHEN WORDS WON’T COME.   The verses for today’s nugget…

Sin Forgiven Is Sin Not To Be Remembered

HEBREWS 10:15-18 – “And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,” then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” Where there is…

Delighting The Heart Of God

PSALM 69:30-31 – “I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.” THEME OF THE DAY: DELIGHTING THE HEART OF GOD. Every Christian longs to please the Lord. We yearn to obey the Apostle Paul’s words, “Finally, then, brothers, we ask…

Choose to Praise

To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. 2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 3  When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before[c] your presence. 4 …

How Do We Show Our Love To God?

ROMANS 6:1-2 – “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?” THEME OF THE DAY: HOW DO WE SHOW OUR LOVE TO GOD?   How would you answer the question identifying today’s nugget theme?  Better yet, how would Jesus answer the question? …

When I Am Afraid

PSALM 56:3-4 – “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?” THEME OF THE DAY: WHEN I AM AFRAID.  Today’s scripture was penned by David. It was written at the time he was captured by the Philistines. He is…