VERSE OF THE DAY

"O God, there are two things I beg You not to do to me; only then will I be able to face You. Don't abandon me. And don't terrify me with Your awesome presence." The Living Bible

REDEEMED

"My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure . . . I now live by faith, lean in His presence, walk by patience, am uplifted by prayer, & I labor with power." A young pastor in Zimbabwe, Africa, later martyred for his faith in Christ, Men's Devotional Bible

SACRIFICES

"Sacrifices make strong men. Sacrifices help wonderfully to wrench us away from earth & self-pleasing, & lift us heavenward." Devotions for the God Guy  I just started using this devotional book in my daily quiet time.

GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT

"And to see & know Jesus, look to His exaltation on the cross. There, 'it is finished' (John 19:30). You cannot believe by your own reason or strength, so God has sent His Spirit to guide you into all truth (John 16:13), to grant you to believe God's Word & trust in the Word for life & salvation (John 6:63: 20:29). God desires such worshipers (John 4:23-24). 'These are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, & that by believing you may have life in His name' (John 20:31)." Kevin Armbrust, The Lutheran Witness, April 2021

TODAY'S HYMN OF PRAISE & ADORATION

Before Jehovah's Awesome Throne, LW #454, St. 5

Wide as the world is Your command, vast as eternity Your love; Firm as a rock Your truth shall stand When rolling years shall cease to move.