Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Psalms

Look Over Your Shoulder

PSALM 23:1-6 – “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with…

We Are Not Fishing

1 PETER 5:6-7 – “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” THEME OF THE DAY: WE ARE NOT FISHING.   I love to fish. I love to fish with artificial bait.  It makes fishing much more exciting to try and…

Our Greatest Privilege, Responsibility, And Experience

MATTHEW 22:34-40 – “But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with…

What Would We Ask For

MATTHEW 7:7-11 – “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?…

New Day, New Year, New Mercies

LAMENTATIONS 3:22-24 – “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”” THEME OF THE DAY: NEW DAY, NEW YEAR, NEW MERCIES.   Well, welcome to 2026!  For a good number of folks, today…

We Would See Jesus

JOHN 12:21 – “Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”” THEME OF THE DAY:  WE WOULD SEE JESUS. Today’s scripture is a discovery for us from an unlikely source. Little did the Greeks who requested…