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The Whole of the Christian Life: Inside and Out

PSALM 19:14 – Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Today’s scripture paints a portrait of the whole of Christianity.  David points to his tongue as the instrument which rings forth the outward profession of allegiance to the Lord.  He would also look inside of…

Another Work of God In Us

ECCLESIASTES 3:18 – I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.”   God does many works in the lives of His children.  Here are just a few. He teaches us.  He directs us.  He comforts us.  He corrects us.  He conforms us into…

Commit, Cast, and Leave it There

PSALM 37:5 – Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.”   There is a verse in the New Testament offering a nice complement to today’s scripture.  It is familiar and found in the Apostle Peter’s first letter – casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7).   In both verses,…

Hope When We Don’t Feel Hopeful

JOB 19:25 – For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.” This nugget is very dark. Dark in the sense the person stating today’s scripture, Job, is in a very dark place.  Let me encourage you to do one thing.  Right now, read all of Job 19. It is only 29 verses. When…

Looking to Jesus

1 CORINTHIANS 1:30-31 – And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”   The writer of the letter to the Hebrews would tell us how the Christian life is lived – Therefore, since we…