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He Will Do It Again

Psalm 4:1 – Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!”   THEME OF THE DAY. HE WILL DO IT AGAIN. Humans are creatures of habit.  It doesn’t take long to look into our lives and see this is true.  I see…

When We Don’t Feel Like Church

Psalm 5:7 – But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.”   THEME OF THE DAY. WHEN WE DON’T FEEL LIKE CHURCH.  I want you to be honest.  Real honest.  Are there ever any Sunday mornings you don’t feel like going to church?  If…

The Requirements For True Happiness

Psalm 112:1 – Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!”   THEME OF THE DAY. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUE HAPPINESS.  One of the definitions for the word “blessed” is “happiness” or “to be happy.”  Isn’t that the innermost cry of every human being, Christian and non-Christian?  If we went out to a…

No One Is Denied

John 6:37 – All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”   THEME OF THE DAY. NO ONE IS DENIED.  One sad reality of the Christian life is our many times of failing the Lord.  We hate them. We get discouraged over them.  We may even feel like raising the…

Serve, Not Be Served

MARK 10:42-45 – And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you…

Seeing Jesus

John 1:40-42a – One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.  He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).  He brought him to Jesus.”   THEME OF THE DAY: SEEING JESUS. I stumbled across a book a few years ago entitled The Inner…