PSALM 16:11 – “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” THEME OF THE DAY: ENJOYING THE LORD JESUS. Would we be able to define our Christian experience as an “enjoying of the Lord Jesus”? Or are we often a people just slugging out this thing…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Psalms
PSALM 56:9 – “Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.” THEME OF THE DAY: GOD IS FOR US. This is just too precious and soul-warming not to share. It comes from a pretty beat-up and yellow-paged book I own titled The Believer’s Daily Remembrance by the Reverend James Smith.…
PSALM 16:4a – “The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply . . .” THEME OF THE DAY: WATCH OUT FOR IDOLATRY. I confess I am a man of limited talents. I love music, but I have zero talents when it comes to music. I don’t know how to read those funny numbers in hymn books; when I see…
1 Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. 3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord. 4 In…
Psalm 101:1-3 – “I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music. I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who…
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…