Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Salvation

The Joy of Obedience

HEBREWS 11:23-26 –  By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God…

Are We That Type of Christian?

PHILEMON 4-7 – I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for…

Sometimes All We Can Do Is Cry

PSALM 137:1 – By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.”   THEME OF THE DAY: SOMETIMES ALL WE CAN DO IS CRY.  Today’s scripture is the opening verse in a short but moving Psalm.  Derek Kidner, in his excellent commentary on the Psalm, wrote “Every line is alive with pain, whose intensity grows with…

Represent Him Well

PHILIPPIANS 1:15-21 – Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in…

Be Found At Our Posts

2 CORINTHIANS 5:10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.” THEME OF THE DAY: BE FOUND AT OUR POSTS.  How often this week has the thought of the Day of Judgment crossed our minds?  Probably not much. …