LAMENTATIONS 3:25–26 – The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.” THEME OF THE DAY: WAITING ON THE LORD IS NOT PASSIVE. What crosses our minds when the word “wait” is heard or read? Don’t we get the sense…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
JOB 14:1-2 – “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.” THEME OF THE DAY: HOW QUICKLY IT PASSES. Life. That is the “it” in today’s nugget’s theme. When it comes to the Bible defining the nature of…
PSALM 103:8-14 – The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast…
PROVERBS 30:8-9 – Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.” THEME OF THE DAY: A NEEDED PRAYER. We…
ECCLESIASTES 10:20 – Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.” THEME OF THE DAY: THERE ARE NO PRIVATE THOUGHTS AND CONVERSATIONS. The picture King Solomon paints in today’s scripture is also the one Jesus sets…
ECCLESIASTES 8:16-17 – When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one’s eyes see sleep, then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not…