DEUTERONOMY 26:16-19 – “This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and rules. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. You have declared today that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his rules,…
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.
Psalm 73:25 – Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You.” THEME OF THE DAY. FIGHTING FOR CHRIST’s SUPREMACY. I think we would be hard-pressed to find a more appropriate verse than today’s scripture as the goal and daily pursuit in the Christian life. Is it not the cry of our hearts…
PSALM 46:10a – Be still, and know that I am God.” PSALM 139:6 – Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.” THEME OF THE DAY: RIGHTLY OVERWHELMED. Today the average American worker will receive 108 e-mails, 243 million Americans own cell phones or hand-held devices, and Google currently indexes more than 3,304,998,701 web pages. …
Psalm 77:11-12 – I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.” THEME OF THE DAY: MEMORY TO THE RESCUE. A chaplain was sitting in a poorly lit railway station attempting to show a soldier the way of eternal life in the…
JOHN 8:9-11 – But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before Him. Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go and…
TAKE UP AND READ. Our church family’s book for the month recommendation for August 2024 is titled Joy in Dark Places by Thomas Parr, published by Reformation Heritage Books, paperback, 167 pages. This is an excellent book helping us understand and apply the joy of the Lord in a fallen world. Parr introduces his book with these…