Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Salvation

Blessing the Lord In Hard Times Too

JOB 1:13-22 – Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword,…

Person, Power, Promises

2 PETER 1:3-4 – His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the…

Seeing Our King In His Glory

PSALM 17:15 – As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  SEEING OUR KING IN HIS GLORY.  It is one of the most important disciplines in the Christian life; to fix our hearts and minds on seeing Jesus, literally.  Is it hard?  Yes, but it…

Treating Others As Jesus Does

MATTHEW 11:28-30 – Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  TREATING OTHERS AS…

Waiting on the Lord Is Not Passive

LAMENTATIONS 3:25–26 –  The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  WAITING ON THE LORD IS NOT PASSIVE.  What crosses our minds when the word “wait” is heard or read?  Don’t we get the sense…