Psalm 84 – How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of…
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.
1 THESSALONIANS 2:1-8 – For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. For our appeal does not spring from error or…
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…
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…
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…
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…