Today’s Word
Moved By God’s Grace
Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The LORD has taken away His judgments against you, Zephaniah 3:14-15 Rejoice – When God’s amazing grace overwhelms you, it is nearly impossible to hold back your emotions. That’s perfectly OK. God…
Joyful, Joyful
Let the godly ones exult in glory; Let them sing for joy on their beds. Psalm 149:5 Exult – Perhaps the greatest missing element in the life of Christians today is joy. Christians are quite familiar with trudging the road of the saints. We know perseverance, discipleship and assembly. We have plenty of Bible studies,…
Days of Our Lives
Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart. Luke 18:1 Not To Lose Heart – When do you give up praying? That’s the question that Jesus answers with this parable. You know the story. There is a judge who is implacably…
What Appeals in the Dark
“Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” Mark 8:15 Leaven of Herod – Seeking the praises of men was the sin of the Pharisees. There’s plenty of that around today. We just have a different name for them – celebrities. But Jesus differentiates these glory-seekers from another kind…
Second Thoughts
to the only wise God through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen. Romans 16:27 Glory – What is the doxology of your life? What is the final line that describes your reason for being? Paul leaves no doubt about his last line. It is glory to God forever. I wonder if we could…
Power Applied
Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ Romans 16:25 To Establish – There is a grammatical secret here. When an infinitive (like “to establish”) follows the verb dynamai (is able), the sense is a continuous action, not a one-time event. Let that sink…
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