Incline my heart
Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!Psalm 119:36 Sam Storms Meditation on Psalm 119, Part 4
Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!Psalm 119:36 Sam Storms Meditation on Psalm 119, Part 4
John Piper, in a sermon, “John the Baptist and the Brood of Vipers”, helps us understand Luke 3:1-20, our passage for today.
In our reading today, Ephesians 4:17-21— Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness … More There is an escape from futility!
We come to Ephesians 4:1-16 in our read-through-the-Bible plan. Coty Pinckney asks us to consider Ephesians 4:15-
In light of failed predictions of the end of the world and the rapture, many people just roll their eyes when they hear talk of “the coming of Christ” In our reading today in Luke 2, we read of someone who had been eagerly waiting a lifetime to see Jesus. John Piper, in a sermon … More Are you eagerly waiting for Jesus’ coming?
Today we read Psalm 119:49-56. Here is Part 2 commentary from Sam Storms: 1) One of the first things that struck me was the variety of ways in which God’s rules and laws and precepts are described: they are “righteous” (vv. 7, 75, 106, 164), indeed “righteous forever” (v. 144); they are “good” (v. 39), … More Sam Storms – Psalm 119 Part 2
Today we come to a sad tale in 1 Kings 11, a tragic tale of the downfall of King Solomon. God had warned him not to marry foreign women, for they were bound to turn his heart away from the Lord. But, not only did Solomon take a foreign wife or two, he married “700 … More A sad tale
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, … More When the massive weather front of God’s love meets the massive weather front of God’s power
John Piper comments on our Bible reading passage in Luke 2 today: For God’s Little People—Luke 2:1–5 Have you ever thought what an amazing thing it is that God ordained beforehand that the Messiah be born in Bethlehem (as the prophecy in Micah 5 shows); and that he so ordained things that when the time … More It is not our prosperity but our holiness that he seeks with all his heart.
We come to a section of Psalm 119 today that captures the heart and passion of this Bible-reading website…knowing God through His word leads to trusting and loving Him more and more each day. Coty Pinckney on Psalm 119, “Knowing and Loving God Through His Word”-