HAGGAI 1:1-10 – In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: “Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people…
ROMANS 1:7–12 – To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I…
PSALM 138:8 – The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.” Theme: GOD FINISHES WHAT HE STARTED. The doctrine of God’s complete sovereignty over all things, yes, even our lives is a great comfort for His children. Charles Spurgeon once called it “the soft pillow we lie…
ROMANS 8:28–29 – And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.” THEME OF THE DAY. A “GO…
MATTHEW 15:10-11; 17-20 – And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? But what comes out…
TAKE UP AND READ The recommended book for December is fitting as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is entitled The Glorious Christ: Meditations on His Person, Work, and Love by Kris Lundgaard, published by P&R Publishing, and is 196 pages long. This book contains a wonderful selection of poems…