Pastor Kim Riddlebarger on James 1 as we embark on reading James over the next two weeks: Joy is simply the knowledge that it is well with our souls, despite our present circumstances. It may not be well with our bodies. It may not be well with our job, or with our particular circumstances. But … More Even in trials, it is well with my soul
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. —John 1:1-3 As we begin our reading of the gospel of John, Pastor … More Treasure Jesus in His Infinite Majesty
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a … More Unsatisfied until we find our satisfaction in God alone
Today we begin reading the book of Jeremiah. (chapters 1-2) Here is John Piper, in a conference message: “Passion for the Supremacy of God, Part 2” Sin is the insanity of forsaking the pursuit of your pleasure in God. Here’s the text: Jeremiah 2:12-13: “Be appalled O heavens, be shocked. Be utterly desolate, says the … More All heaven is appalled. Why?
October 1 James 1:1-11 (ESV) Greeting 1:1 James, a servant [1] of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Testing of Your Faith 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, [2] when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let … More October 1 James 1:1-11
October 1 Ecclesiastes 1 (ESV) All Is Vanity 1:1 The words of the Preacher, [1] the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity [2] of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3 What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? 4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but … More October 1 Ecclesiastes 1
October 1 Jeremiah 1-2 1 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one aof the priests who were in bAnathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of cJosiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in dthe thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also … More October 1 Jeremiah 1-2
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom … More Our Great Shepherd gives us what we need
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. —Luke 24:45-47 (part of our … More Pray for eyes to see
Today we read Proverbs 31 in our reading plan. “Charm is deceitful, beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:30 John Piper tells a story to illustrate “the fear of the Lord:” Noël and the boys and I went out to Dick and Irene Tiegen’s place last … More What does it mean to “fear the Lord?”
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