“What does the Lord you God require of you, but…to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deuteronomy 10:12 All God’s people, exiled in Babylon, had were memories of the days when God’s favor was on them. Jerusalem was in ruins because a blessed people had been exploiting the […]
“Your brother was dead and is alive again and was lost and is found.” Luke 15:32. You are never too far away or too far gone to come back to your Father’s love. He stands waiting, just as the father of the prodigal son did…he had compassion and rejoiced that his son was no longer lost. […]
“Restore to me the joy of Your salvation.” Psalm 51:12. As David repented of the sin in his life, he prayed, “Create in me a clean heart.” Then he asked God to, “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation” (Ps. 51:10-12). Confession and repentance of our sin renews our fellowship with the Lord and allows […]
“Let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him.” Isaiah 55:7. When we become aware that we’re plunging into sin we must immediately stop by ceasing to do evil. But that’s not enough. We need to confess our sin and forsake it, receive by faith God’s mercy and pardon, and go on […]
“Love…does not seek its own.” I Corinthians 13:4-5. Self-centeredness is a universal human problem. King Hezekiah did many good things for his country, but near the end of his life he developed a self-centered attitude. After he unwisely made a treaty with the Babylonians, the prophet Isaiah said that his descendants would be conquered and forced into […]