PSALM 97:10 – “O you who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.” THEME OF THE DAY: HATING AND LOVING WHAT THE LORD HATES AND LOVES. The scripture of the day starts out with a statement to ponder – O you who love the Lord. The pondering is…
JOHN 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” THEME OF THE DAY: WHO DOES JESUS LOVE? Today’s scripture is the whole message of the Bible in one verse. It captures the substance of the gospel. Granted, we don’t get the particulars of sin,…
JOHN 13:1 – “Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” JOHN 16:33 – “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world…
MATTHEW 25:1-13 – “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all…
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…
JEREMIAH 9:23-24 – “Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the…