TAKE UP AND READ We are all looking for significance and meaning in our lives. The world tells us that this comes from dreaming big, achieving personal success and making a big impact. But the Bible says that self-worth is found in knowing our Creator, and contentment is found in discovering his purpose for our…
JONAH 1:1-4; 17; 2:1, 9-10 – Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship…
PHILIPPIANS 3:13–15 – Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in…
PSALM 27:8 – You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, LORD, do I seek.”. Here is a simple question. It is one which at one point or another in a person’s life will likely be asked. It may come at various times. During seasons of grief, loss, or some other difficulty, we may ask, “Why?…
COLOSSIANS 4:2 – Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.” Every Christian will find themselves crying out to the Lord like the disciples – Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples” (Luke 11:1). The late D.M. Lloyd-Jones…
PSALM 4:3 – But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him.” Go ahead and read today’s scripture again SLOWLY. What is revealed in this one verse thrills the soul, encourages the heart, and renews the mind with love, adoration, confidence, and renewed commitment to follow the Lord with more zeal…