Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

Foundations For Worship

ISAIAH 12:5–6 – Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  FOUNDATIONS FOR WORSHIP.  The life of the Christian is to be the life of worship. …

We Don’t Always Have To

PROVERBS 18:2 – A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.   THEME OF THE DAY:  WE DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO.  The list is long and I will let you make your own based on one word “opinions.”  Get into a conversation and bring up topics like the current state of politics, elections, COVID, and climate control,…

Harmful or Helpful?

PROVERBS 12:18 – There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  HARMFUL OR HELPFUL?   We need to establish a couple of things before addressing today’s nugget theme.   First, the Christian life is an “all in” or “all out” life. What this means is to follow the…

We Need Each Other

We must be convinced the Christian life is not lived in isolation or at a distance from other believers. The Biblical understanding of the Christian life is summarized in one phrase – a community of family.