ROMANS 1:7–12 – To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
PSALM 138:8 – The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.” Theme: GOD FINISHES WHAT HE STARTED. The doctrine of God’s complete sovereignty over all things, yes, even our lives is a great comfort for His children. Charles Spurgeon once called it “the soft pillow we lie…
TAKE UP AND READ The recommended book for December is fitting as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is entitled The Glorious Christ: Meditations on His Person, Work, and Love by Kris Lundgaard, published by P&R Publishing, and is 196 pages long. This book contains a wonderful selection of poems…
JAMES 3:4-10 – Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6…
MALACHI 3:16 – Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name.” THEME OF THE DAY. EVALUATING OUR LOVE FOR CHRIST. Our Bibles give us much evidence to confirm our love for Jesus Christ.…
GENESIS 20:1–6 – From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a…