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PHILIPPIANS 1:15-21 – Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in…
COLOSSIANS 4:2 – Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;” THEME OF THE DAY: PRAYER AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. How would we define prayer? Talking to God? Asking God for things or for Him to do something? One of the best definitions on prayer ever penned came from the author of The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. Read over it…
HOSEA 4:1-3 – Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land; there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Therefore the land mourns, and…
PSALM 37:3-7a – Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Be…
PSALM 116:1-4 – I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called on the name of…
PSALM 106:13-15 – But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel. But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness and put God to the test in the desert; he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.” THEME OF THE DAY: BE CAREFUL WHAT WE ASK GOD FOR. The opening of today’s…
