Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Worship

1 Chronicles 16:23-25 Sing to the LORD, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be held in awe above all gods.

The Christian Life: God’s Power, God’s Promises, Our Effort

2 PETER 1:3-9 – His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the…

The Spiritual Armor of Praise

PSALM 150 – Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud…

A Duty To Perform Or A Thirst To Satisfy

PSALM 63:1-4 – O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.…

Yes, Even Judas

JOHN 13:14-15 – If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. .” Picture being sent back in history and sitting on the floor as Jesus institutes His Supper. He is setting in…

Some Brother or Sister Needs You

PROVERBS 12:25 – Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.” It has been said, “Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul.” And if we looked around our neighborhoods, communities, workplaces, even our churches, there are a lot of people who are “suffocating” in all of life’s depressing things and need some “encouraging oxygen.” In…