If Jesus Christ is God and died for us, no sacrifice on our part can be too great to make for Him.
– C. T. Studd
Tag: Christianity
Psalm 119 Reflections
Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today? Use those words to talk to the Lord.
- Heart – The psalmist seeks the Lord with his whole heart (v2, 10). His heart is in awe of God’s Word (161). He wants God to incline his heart to God’s Word (v36). He keeps God’s Word with his whole heart (v34, 69). Why is the heart so important? How is your heart?
- Value – God’s Word is valuable! His Word guards our way (v9), keeps us from sin (v11), counsels and guides us with wisdom for our lives (v24, 98-100, 105), strengthens us (v28), and comforts us (v50). In what ways have you experienced the value of God’s Word? How might remembering its value spur you on to learn and live it?
Missions Collection
Here are some good posts on short-term missions:
Are Short-Term Mission Trips Valuable? – Randy Alcorn (EPM)
The Case for STMs: Do Short Term Missions Work? – Seth Barnes (AIM)
The Place of Short-Term Missions – Bill Taylor (Urbana)
Missions Moment
Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.
– C.T. Studd
Psalm 119 Reflections
Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today? Use those words to talk to the Lord.
- Delight in Word – Again and again the Psalmist speaks of his delight in the Word. Because of his delight, he meditates on the Word. Do you delight in God’s Word? Do you meditate on it, ponder it, think about it? How might you grow in this area?
- Obey the Word – The Psalmist not only delights to meditate on Word, but he wants to know it so that he might obey it. How much do you desire to obey God’s Word? How do you need to grow in your obedience?
Classic Quote
Any teaching which does not square with Scripture is to be rejected, even if it snows miracles every day.
– Martin Luther
Psalm 119: Get Into The Book!
(119) List the things we are to do with God’s Word. Try to break your list into several summary categories.
How do your categories relate to each other?
(119) Read v2 and v10. Why is a heart for God the necessary starting point for all the things we are do with God’s Word? What happens if it isn’t our starting point?
(119) What value does God’s Word have for us (v9, v11, 24, 28, 50, 98-100, 105)? How could remembering its value spur us on to delight in God’s Word? Learn it? Obey it?
(119) How does this psalm describe God’s Word (v89, 96, 128, 151, 160)? Why is this important if we are going to trust it (v42)?
Why is trust essential if we are learn and obey God’s Word?
(119) What different ways does the psalm mention for learning God’s Word? What are you doing to learn God’s Word?
What keeps you from learning God’s Word and why? What will you do about it?
(119) As we learn the Word, we must also obey it. What might keep you from obeying God’s Word? What will you do about it?
Revelation Quote
We are called to awesome worship and a new realization of the seriousness of the issues addressed in this book. We had better pay the closest possible attention to the warnings and promises of this book.
– Grant R. Osborne on Revelation 1:9-20 in Revelation (BECNT)
Sermon Songs: Revelation 1:9-20
We are brothers, we are sisters, In the Kingdom of our King
Often together we suffer, In our Lord’s strength enduring
Look to Jesus, Look to Jesus,
In Him patiently endure
Our glorious Ascended Lord, Reigns with pow-er, purity
Fully God forever adored, Full of splendor and glory
Live with courage, Remain faithful,
Fall in awe before Your King
The first and the last is Jesus, Living One forevermore
He gives seven letters to us, Like crashing waves His voice roars
Prepare your heart, Prepare your heart,
To heed the words of your King
To the tune of “Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending”
Revelation Quote
The reality of Christ’s presence in the church by His Spirit reminds us of His awareness of all that goes on within it. Are we as aware of His presence as He is aware of the state of our hearts?
– G.K. Beale on Revelation 1:9-20 in Revelation: A Shorter Commentary
Brian J. Mikul 