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…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Psalms
PSALM 139:1-10 – O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem…
PSALM 18:16-19 – He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support. He brought me out into a broad place; he…
PSALM 37:3-7 – Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Be still…
PSALM 55:22 – Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. “ THEME OF THE DAY: DEALING WITH OUR BURDENS. We each have them. Burdens. Not every day is “happy in Jesus” as we face trials, difficulties, and challenges. There are times in life we are not unlike Christian…
PSALM 132:1 – Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor, all the hardships he endured.” THEME OF THE DAY: TRUST HIS WAYS WHEN WE DON’T UNDERSTAND HIS WAYS. The verse in today’s scripture is the opening of the prayer in the Psalm of Ascents. In it, there is a word that defines what happens time and time again in the Christian life…