PSALM 19:13 – Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! THEME OF THE DAY. HOW TO BE IN BONDAGE TO SIN. There are three responses to the theme of today’s nugget. First, we may say, “What? Who would want to learn to be in bondage to sin? I want freedom from sin.” I hope…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Psalms
PSALM 18:35 – You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. THEME OF THE DAY. OVERWHELMED BY HIS GENTLENESS. When a Christian ponders the height, width, depth and length of Christ’s love, there simply are not enough words to proclaim its meaning or an adequate range of emotions to…
PSALM 24:7-10 – Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who…
PSALM 15 – O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is…
PSALM 12:5 – “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” THEME OF THE DAY. OUR LONGING FULFILLED. Here is a piece of good advice. It isn’t good because I am writing it nor original with me. God’s people throughout time have given…
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. THE CONTENTED CHRISTIAN LIFE. A couple of things to introduce our nugget today. First, could we right now look to heaven and pray today’s scripture to the Lord with confidence that…