PSALM 26:1-3 – Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind. For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.” The question identifying the theme of today’s nugget contains two answers. The…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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PSALM 139:1-5 – O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem…
ISAIAH 45:5 – I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me.” Today’s theme does not always feel like it is happening in our lives. What Christian who yearns for spiritual growth and maturity in Christ has not wondered whether God is really working in their lives…
PSALM 63:1 – O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” There are three ways to view today’s nugget theme. All are correct and inseparable. The first two though, probably get more attention than the last, but it…
PSALM 69:5 – O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.” So, let’s imagine this happening come next Lord’s Day. Instead of hearing a call to worship, we get a call to exposure. One by one we line up and each of us stands in front of our brothers and sisters in the Lord.…
1 PETER 4:7-8 – The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” Today’s scripture is a great place for some thorough self-examination. If we really want to know how much of the love of Christ we are…