PHILIPPIANS 2:14 -15- Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world. THEME OF THE DAY. IT’S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE NOT TASKS. Are you a planner? A control-type individual? A person who lays out…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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JOHN 6:35 – Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. THEME OF THE DAY. OUR SATISFACTION IS IN CHRIST. God created us with the capacity, even necessity, to hunger and thirst. And neither is the result of the fall of our first parents, Adam…
PSALM 109:4 – In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. THEME OF THE DAY. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER? Let’s start out with a question, not one describing the theme of today’s nugget, but related – “What is prayer?” Some will answer, “It is asking God for things and help.” This is true, but…
JOHN 17:1-3 – When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the…
ECCLESIASTES 7:13 – Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked? THEME OF THE DAY. THE CROOK IN OUR LOTS. The title for today’s nugget comes from two sources. First, the scripture of the day penned by Solomon. The second is from a book written by a Puritan pastor named Thomas Boston who lived from 1676…
1 PETER 2:1-3 – So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. THEME OF THE DAY. SPIRITUAL GROWTH BEGINS WITH SPIRTUAL DESIRE. A hungry infant provides a powerful…