God's Word For Every Day

“You have learned the truth that is in Jesus” (Ephesians 4:21). The truth that is in Jesus – this is what changes everything. Jesus changes us. He changes our way of thinking. He changes our way of living. At the heart of this change, there is love. His love reaches us – and changes us: “Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:32). “Make me a channel of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring Your love …” (Francis of Assisi). Here’s  a link to the hymn, “Make me a channel of Your peace – sung by a school choir.

Here's a poem which can be sung to the tune, Leoni. This poem / hymn was written by D. Murray, Springburn, Glasgow. Here's a link to the tune - so that you can sing the hymn as well as reading the poem.   (1) Praise to the Living God (Leoni) - YouTube The Enthroned One He left His throne above To show us His great love And then upon the cross of shame He died for us; So now we can draw near, True love has cast out fear For Jesus met the claims of God To free us thus The King is on the throne, He has the triumph won We shall in glory praise His name When time has run; The blood has now been shed, The price has now been paid, A greater ransom ne'er was given Beneath the sun! He sits upon the throne To reign as Lord of all The Father's well beloved Son Enthroned on high; Soon He will come again To take His loved ones home, Then Christ and His redeemed shall be forever nigh. ----- Following a comment about the name of the tune, Leoni, I have...

"By grace you have been saved through faith ... " (Ephesians 2:8). Grace is God's initiative. Faith is our response. The Lord takes the first step. In love, he comes to us. Responding to his love and rejoicing in his love, we come to him. "He drew me, and I followed on ... " (from the hymn, "O happy day!"). Here's a link to a song which will help you to sing praise to the God of grace. Forever Grateful With Lyrics Video Design; Lyn Alejandrino Hopkins - YouTube

"These also  who erred in spirit will come to understanding, a nd those who complained will learn doctrine." (Isaiah 29:24). Before there can be a change in our way of living, there needs to be a change in our way of thinking. This is a change which comes to us through our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Jesus, God's living Word, speaks to us through the Bible, God's written Word. As we feed our minds on God's written Word, Jesus Christ, God's living Word, becomes more real to us, and we become more like him.  --- When you're reading the Word of the Lord, here's a link to a song which can be your prayer to the Lord -  Open Our Eyes - YouTube . God will answer your prayer. He will lead you to Jesus. More and more, you will come to know him as "the way, the truth and the life" (John 14:6). The more you learn of him, the more you will want to know him, love him and serve him. Here's a link to another song, which is another prayer you can bri...

"Their strength is to sit still" (Isaiah 30:7). When I read these words, my thoughts turned to two other verses of Scripture: "Be still and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10); "Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord" (Exodus 14:13). How wonderful it is to know that God is God - and how wonderful it is to know that he saves us. To him be all the glory! --- These verses of Scripture made me think of a song which will help you to be still before the Lord and receive his strength. Here's a link to it -  Be still for the presence of the Lord - YouTube .

"The imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature, as I have done" (Genesis 8:21). We read, here, about human sin and divine grace. Our story is the story of sin - but there's another story which breaks into our story - it's the story of God's grace. God looks at our sin - and, in his wonderful grace, he looks beyond our sin and gives us hope for the future. When we seems like we're being overwhelmed by the darkness, we must not lose sight of the light of God's love. Our sin is great. His love is greater than our sin. --- Here's a link to a great song about the wonderful grace of Jesus -  Wonderful grace of Jesus - YouTube , Listen, sing and be blessed!

"There is one who makes himself rich, yet  has  nothing; a nd   one who makes himself poor, yet   has   great riches" (Proverbs 13:7).   The rich man has nothing. The poor man has great riches. When I came across this verse, I thought about two great songs - one I've known for many years, the other I've only known for a few years. The songs are "I'd rather I have Jesus" and "Give me Jesus." Here are links to the two songs -  I'd rather have Jesus - YouTube  and  Fernando Ortega - Give me Jesus - YouTube .  I hope that you will be richly blessed by the Lord as you listen to and sing along with these songs. 

"God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually ...  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord  .. .  and Noah walked with God" (Genesis 6:5,8-9). In every generation, the Lord's people must make their choice. Will we walk in the ways of the world? or Will we walk with the Lord? As I was reading about Noah, taking his stand for the Lord, I thought of the words, "Though none go with me, still I will follow" (from the song, "I have decided to follow Jesus"). Here's a link to the song -  I Have Decided to Follow Jesus - Lydia Walker [with lyrics] - YouTube . I hope you'll listen to it and you'll say, in your heart, "I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back." The grace of God reached Noah and changed him. May God's grace reach us and change us.   

"Cast your burden on the Lord, an d He shall sustain you" (Psalm 55:22). As I was reading this great verse from God's Word, I remembered a song that I hadn't heard for some time, and I thought I'd share it with you. Here's a link to the song -  Cast your burden - Len Magee - YouTube Listen and be blessed!

Do you need some encouragement - from the Lord? Here's a link to a song that will encourage you - in the Lord. Because He lives I can face tomorrow - YouTube

"On the last day, that great  day  of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying,  “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.   38  He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said,   out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”   39  But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given ,  because Jesus was not yet  glorified" (John 7:37-39). What a great day it was when Jesus spoke these wonderful words. What an even greater day it was when the Holy Spirit came in power on the Day of Pentecost. There were "rivers of living water" that day! The Spirit was moving in power. He was bringing many people to faith in Christ. That was a day of great blessing - but it was only the beginning of even greater things. In every generation, the Holy Spirit has been doing the work that only He can do. He's been bringing people to the Saviour. Without the...

The Humbled and Exalted Christ  5  Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,  6  who,  being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,  7  but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form  of a bondservant,  and   coming in the likeness of men.  8  And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and  became  obedient to  the point of  death, even the death of the cross.  9  Therefore God also  has highly exalted Him and  given Him the name which is above every name,  10  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,  11  and    t hat   every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ  is  Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:5-11). It's a long time ago since the first time I studied the...

"I set  My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.  14  It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;  15  and  I will remember My covenant which  is  between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.  16  The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember  the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that  is  on the earth” (Genesis 9:13-17). "Noah drank of the wine and was drunk ..." (Genesis 9:21 ...). Life is full of highs and lows. We look up at the rainbow, and we see the greatness of God's love for us.   We look inside ourselves, and we see how low we can sink. When we fall down, how are we to be raised up? Are  we to say, "Come, ... let us make a name for ourselve...

REVIVE US AGAIN - Contemporary Hymns - YouTube .

When We All Get to Heaven (Hymns with Lyrics) - YouTube

We sing the words, "Lost in wonder, love and praise" (from the hymn, "Love divine, all loves excelling"). Would it not be appropriate to say that we are saved in wonder, love and praise? We are not lost. We are saved. We are lost to the world. Now, we belong to Jesus. We have been saved by the Lord. We look forward to his "great salvation" - saved in wonder, love and praise. Here's a link to a hymn that will help you to look to Jesus, and say, "Hallelujah! What a Saviour!": Man of Sorrows (What a Name) - YouTube

What am I to do? How am I to live? - There are always two ways of looking at these questions.  We can ask, "What harm is there ... ?" or We can ask, "What glory to the Lord is there ... ?" These are two very different approaches - the one, beginning with "what harm", and the other, beginning with "what glory"; the one, concerned with pleasing ourselves,  and the other, concerned with pleasing God. Jesus had something to say about this: " How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God ?" (John 5:44). What is Jesus saying to us here? - Real faith changes the way we live. There will be less "what harm is there?" and more "what glory to the Lord is there?" May there be less trying to get our own way and more walking in the Lord's way. Here's a hymn that help you to choose the Lord's way rather than your own way: HAVE THINE OWN WAY, L...

"Though your sins are like scarlet,  they shall be as white as snow" (Isaiah 1:18). As I was thinking about the wonder of God's forgiveness, my thoughts turned to the gospel song, "What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus." We ask our question - "What can wash away my sin?" God gives his answer - "Nothing but the blood of Jesus." Here's a link to it:  ▶ Nothing but the Blood of Jesus with Lyrics - Robert Lowry YouTube 360p - YouTube May God bless you as you listen to and sing along to this great hymn of salvation.

" ... not having  my own righteousness, which  is  from the law, but  that which  is   through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith" (Philippians 3:9). What a difference there is between "my own righteousness" and "the righteousness which is from God"! When we "stand amazed in the presence of Jesus", we realize that "all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 54:6). All our attempts to please God end in failure. None of us can reach the standard He has set for us. We fail  miserably - again and again and again ...  Our situation is not, however, hopeless. God has done something about it. He has provided, for us, His perfect righteousness. We cannot earn His righteousness. We can only receive it as His gift. Trying to keep "the law" will get us nowhere. There is, however, another way of receiving God's righteousness. We receive it "by faith." In faith, we look away from ours...

"But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ" (Ephesians 2:13). We were "far off." Now, we have been "brought near." " This is the  Lord's  doing; and it is  marvelous in our eyes" (Psalm 118:23). Each and every one of us were like the prodigal son - "far" from our loving Father (Luke  15:13). Jesus Christ has come to us. He has closed the distance between sinners and the God of perfect holiness. In Jesus Christ, the grace of God reaches out to us. In Him, we see the perfect love of our Heavenly Father. From the Cross, our Saviour is calling out to us. It is the call of His love. He says to us, 'This is what I have done for you.' His love draws us to Him:  "Love so amazing, so divine" - We are "loved with everlasting love", and we are "led by grace that love to know." --- Here are links to the two hymns I've quoted. Listen to thes...