JEREMIAH 17:5-8 – Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. 6 He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. 7 “Blessed is the…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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JEREMIAH 16:10-12 – “And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, ‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11 then you shall say to them: ‘Because your fathers have forsaken me, declares the Lord, and…
ECCLESIASTES 2:24-25 – There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment? THEME OF THE DAY. THE JOURNEY OF FUTILITY. There is one word which rightly defines sin –…
JEREMIAH 2:13 – For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. THEME OF THE DAY. GUARD AGAINST TWO EVILS. Let the imagery in today’s scripture settle into our hearts and minds. Think about a clear, refreshing, and inviting mountain stream winding…
MALACHI 3:16 – Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name. THEME OF THE DAY. DON’T BE FRINGE CHRISTIANS. We should probably define “Fringe Christians” before we warn ourselves not to be one. Let’s…
ISAIAH 65:1 – I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that was not called by my name. THEME OF THE DAY. LOOKING INTO THE HEART OF GOD. Today’s scripture is holy…