What happens when we do not obey God? As we read through Joshua this month, we will come across many instances of disobedience. And we would be wise to learn some lessons about the importance of obeying God’s word. When we think that we can continue to live as we wish, disregarding His command to … More The importance of obedience
April 7 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 (ESV) Lawsuits Against Believers 6:1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent … More April 7 1 Corinthians 6:1-11
April 7 Mark 2:18-28 (ESV) A Question About Fasting 18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? … More April 7 Mark 2:18-28
April 7 Psalm 78:1-39 (ESV) Tell the Coming Generation A Maskil [1] of Asaph. 78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, 3 things that we have heard and known, that our fathers … More April 7 Psalm 78:1-39
April 7 Joshua 15-17 (ESV) The Allotment for Judah 15:1 The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward to the boundary of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south. 2 And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces … More April 7 Joshua 15-17
1 Corinthians 5:1-2: It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. As we … More Mourn rather than boast
And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. … More The Great Physician came to the sick
I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me. In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. Psalm 77:1-3 ~From Coty Pinckney, “When God Doesn’t Answer, A Sermon on Psalm 77” The night … More William Cowper’s poem based on Psalm 77
In our Bible reading for today, we come to Joshua 13-14 where God promises an elderly Joshua that he WILL complete what he started. This is a theme we see again in the New Testament: And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion … More God completes what he starts
April 6 1 Corinthians 5 (ESV) Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this … More April 6 1 Corinthians 5
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