Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Are We Ready

Revelation 1:4-8 – John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves…

It Rises And Falls In Our Minds

1 Corinthians 2:16 – For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ. THEME OF THE DAY: IT RISES AND FALLS IN OUR MINDS. What is the guide that directs our Christian life? Yes, it is the person of the Holy Spirit through faith in His Word, but I am…

Thinking On Heaven

Revelation 21:1-4 – Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne…

He Knows Troubled Times Too

John 13:21 – After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in His spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” THEME OF THE DAY: HE KNOWS TROUBLED TIMES TOO. We live in troubled times. Only a human being acting like an ostrich with a head buried in the sand would deny such conditions exist across…

It’s Just Part Of The Christian Experience

John 4:1-6 – Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had…

The Weeping Godman

John 11:35-36 – Jesus wept. So the Jews said, “See how He loved him”. THEME OF THE DAY: THE WEEPING GODMAN. Start today’s nugget meditating on two things. If the meditative time keeps you from reading the rest of our nugget, that is fine and good. It will change you more than my words. First, observe our Creator shedding tears; weeping. This…