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Never About Us

ISAIAH 43:25 – I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  NEVER ABOUT US.  It is likely the most important Bible verse in the entire pages of scripture and may not be easily recognized as such. It is the opening one – In the beginning,…

Surrounded By The Lord’s Steadfast Love

PSALM 32:10 – Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  SURROUNDED BY THE LORD’S STEADFAST LOVE.  Today’s scripture has a New Testament partner.  It isn’t an exact quotation.  The partnership is in the principle taught – the steadfast love of the Lord for His people is…

Cultivating Our Relationship With The Lord

ISAIAH 30:15a – For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  CULTIVATING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.  In evaluating the challenges in cultivating our relationship with the Lord, what would we individually list as the top three? …

Slaying the Beast of Pride

JAMES 4:5–6 – Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  SLAYING THE BEAST OF PRIDE.  It is the most…

How To Go To Church

  PSALM 5:7 – But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  HOW TO GO TO CHURCH.  How did we go to church this past Lord’s Day?  How will we go in two days?  I am not referring to…

Where God Wants Us

PSALM 73:23-26 – Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and…