Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Psalms

Will We Listen?

PSALM 9:17-20 – The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever. Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you! Put them in fear, O Lord! Let the nations know that they are but men!…

May It Never Be

PSALM 69:20 – Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. THEME OF THE DAY. MAY IT NEVER BE. The worst thing which may be said of any Christian or local church is what David said in today’s scripture – “I looked for pity,…

The Ministry Of The Word

PSALM 107:20 – He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. THEME OF THE DAY. THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD. Today’s scripture points us to two of the purposes for which God gave us His Word – healing and deliverance. Into the New Testament, the Apostle Paul informs us of two more purposes – instruction and…

When I Am Afraid – Part 2

After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot…

Tried And Kept

PSALM 66:8-12 – Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, 9 who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip. 10 For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. 11 You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our…