Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Faith and Assurance

And He Loves Us Still

AMOS 5:12a – For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins . . . THEME OF THE DAY. AND HE LOVES US STILL. It is the most glorious truth a person will ever know. It is the most soul-satisfying experience a person will ever have. It is the most hope-filled power a person will ever embrace.…

Restored, Strengthened, Motivated

JOHN 15:9, 10a – As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love. THEME OF THE DAY. RESTORED, STRENGTHENED, MOTIVATED. Ever have one of those days? Sure you have. You know what it is like. The alarm goes off or you simply wake up, not…

God’s People And God’s Heart

HOSEA 11:1-4 – When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that…

A Healing Psalm

PSALM 130 – 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,…

Overcoming Anxiety

MATTHEW 6:25-34 – “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet…

Salvation’s Greatest Benefit

1 JOHN 5:1-3 – Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And…