Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Psalms

Being Overwhelmed

PSALM 94:19 – When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul. THEME OF THE DAY. BEING OVERWHELMED. Probably not a few of us are feeling today’s theme – being overwhelmed. I am sure we may sit down and discuss the topic at length. However, I wonder if in our conversation, there is only one side of the topic.…

Who Are Your Closest Friends?

1 CORINTHIANS 15:33 – Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” PSALM 119:63 – I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts. THEME OF THE DAY. WHO ARE YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS? Before we get far into today’s nugget, let us do some work of observation and comparisons in today’s scriptures. First, what is…

Starting And Ending Our Days Right

PSALM 92:1-2 – It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night. THEME OF THE DAY. STARTING AND ENDING OUR DAYS RIGHT. How do we start our days? Are we the type of individuals waking up, hitting the snooze button…

They Are Stripes Of Love

PSALM 89:30-33 – If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules, if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments, then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness. THEME OF THE DAY.…

Prayer: The Language Of Love

PSALM 89:26 – He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. THEME OF THE DAY. PRAYER: THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE. We may measure the quality, even the depth of our relationship with the Lord Jesus by our prayer lives. Of all the disciplines in the Christian life – reading the Bible, serving God’s…

The Danger Of Getting Our Way

PSALM 81:8-14 – Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god. I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.…