Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Salvation

Down But Not Out

PSALM 37:23-24 – The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.” Failure. It happens to us before we became Christians. It happens to us after we become Christians with one distinction. Failure for the non-Christian is never spiritual failure.…

Fear Not, the Lord Reigns

PSALM 99:1 – The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.” The list of what is unfolding in our world causing many hearts to fail and fears to rise is long. I won’t take up the time and space to make such a list. We know them. We feel them. We hear them.…

Why Fear God?

GALATIANS 6:9 – And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Let’s make a distinction before we move on. Today’s nugget theme is not “Why Be Afraid of God?” but “Why Fear God?” The former should be alive and well to those outside of Jesus Christ and His…

Sleep Well For All Is Well

PSALM 121:1-4 – I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” I don’t need to make a list of what…