PSALM 31:9-10 – Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE REALITIES OF LIFE. Go back up to…
PSALM 130:4 – But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. “ THEME OF THE DAY: WHY FEAR GOD? 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 salvation. Such people…
ISAIAH 45:5 – I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me.” THEME OF THE DAY. THE GOD WHO IS ALWAYS AT WORK. It does not always feel like today’s theme is happening in our lives. What Christian who yearns for spiritual growth and maturity in Christ…
EXODUS 14:8-14 – And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly. 9 The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. 10 When Pharaoh…
LUKE 15:11-20 – And Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far…
EXODUS 13:17-22 – When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” 18 But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the…