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,…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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JOB 36:15 – He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity.” THEME OF THE DAY: HIS WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS. The theme of today’s nugget comes from a familiar passage in the major prophet book of Isaiah – For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For…
JONAH 2:1-9 –Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me;…
MATTHEW 5:1–6 – Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit…
GALATIANS 5:22-24 – But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” THEME OF THE DAY: ARE YOU JESUS? It happened quite a few years ago but it is one of…
MATTHEW 8:1–3 – When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE TOUCH…