PSALM 119:71 – It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. THEME OF THE DAY. LEARNING A LIFE OF OBEDIENCE. I want to start today’s nugget with a series of heart confessions. I would like to have a Christian life enjoying the Lord as much as a human being may this side of heaven. I…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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Proverbs 1:2-7 – To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth —
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
REVELATION 2:1–6 – “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “ ‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil but have tested those who call themselves apostles and…
PSALM 130:1-6 – Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,…
EZEKIEL 37:23 – They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. THEME OF THE DAY. LIFE’S TWO GREATEST PRIVILEGES. A very…
PSALM 119:140 – Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it THEME OF THE DAY. HOW WE MATURE IN THE FAITH. In asking the questions, “How does a person become a Christian?” and “How is the Christian life lived?”, God shows us both answers in the opening verses of Peter’s second epistle – His divine power has granted to us…
PSALM 119:164 – Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules. THEME OF THE DAY. A DAILY HABIT. In today’s scripture, it really isn’t about the specific number but the heart attitude and exercise of one’s will. The number seven reveals a daily habit the Psalmist developed. The result was a life of worship, not sometimes, not on a…