The times we find ourselves living in are difficult and getting more so, just as the Apostle Paul declares. They are also purging times in Jesus’ church.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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.
PSALM 99:1 – The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.” The list of what is unfolding in our world causing many hearts to fail and fears to rise is long. I won’t take up the time and space to make such a list. We know them. We feel them. We hear them.…
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.…
GALATIANS 6:9 – And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Let’s make a distinction before we move on. Today’s nugget theme is not “Why Be Afraid of God?” but “Why Fear God?” The former should be alive and well to those outside of Jesus Christ and His…
JOHN 3:16 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” It is the most powerful force in the world. It is the most needed thing in the world. And it is the number one piece of evidence assuring us we are children of God. This…
JOHN 8:31–32 – So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” I wondered what it would have been like to come to church one Sunday, take our seat in the sanctuary, get settled in for worship,…