Psalm 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?
The Bent Knee Time – January 27
THE GREATEST THING—A PURE HEART!
1John 1:1-10
It’s a great thing to be forgiven—to be back in the old seat by the hearth-fire, the old score wiped off the slate, the heavy heart lightened, the Father smiling gently into your eyes. But there’s something more and yet better—to be cleaned up inside; the bad taken out, washed out, and burned out, and a new clean inside put in you. Jesus does both, though it cost him his life to do it.
Daily Memory Verse – January 26
The Bent Knee Time – January 26
SEEING THROUGH GOD’S EYES
Luke 7:41-50
Not that you must sin much to be forgiven much and so love much—not that. God doesn’t need bad to bring out his good. But when we see how much of a sin one sin is, and how bad a break just one break makes, then we begin to know what love God’s love is. Then our hearts are broken that we treated God so, and we’re down on our knees in untellable gratitude and eager service. It’s worth while to see as God sees.
Daily Memory Verse – January 25
The Bent Knee Time – January 25
LOVE NEVER FAILS
Luke 15:11-24
Prodigals are thicker than we think. A child dissatisfied with the Father’s way, getting all he can for himself, dead-bent on his own way, cutting loose from restraint, clearly a prodigal in spirit, though not at his rope’s end—the last stage. But the Father’s love clean outdoes any prodigal wilfulness—wise, patient waiting till the dead-end of the blind alley’s reached, tireless watching, eager running, the tender embrace, the welcome back. Love outruns the prodigal still.
Daily Memory Verse – January 24
The Bent Knee Time – January 24
HEART-MUSIC
Psalms 32:1-11
A heart at peace with God and itself—this is the greatest of blessings. The sin washed out and burned out and the heart kept clean means sweetest music within. Then all the powers, bodily and mental and of the spirit, key up to their best, the mind is open to be taught, the will ready to be guided and shaped, and the telling of the God-story to others is simple and clear and natural and unbroken.
Daily Memory Verse – January 23
The Bent Knee Time – January 23
GOD IN HUMAN SHOES
Mark 2:1-12
Jesus was God coming amongst us in human shoes, to do what needed doing. The sorest need is heart-deep—the sin forgiven, the stain washed out, the power of sin broken, the conscience set free; then the heart full of glad song, and the hands and feet impelled to carry the glad news to others. So he touched the secret springs that control the whole life. It cost his life. But he never flinched. Blessed Jesus!