Grace for the Moment

One of my goals for this new years is to read through the Bible. I have never read through the Bible completely. I was a little nervous about it, but so far it has been great. I am reading Max Lucado's Grace for the Moment: Daily Bible (NCV). It includes a daily devotional reading each day along with readings from the Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs, and the New Testament .

The New Century Version is "a translation of God's Word from the original Hebrew and Greek languages. Two basic premises guided the translation process of the NCV. The first concern was that the translation be faithful to the manuscripts in the original languages. The second concern was to make the language clear enough for anyone to read the Bible and understand it."

Yesterday's Devotional: January 24, 2009
Applaud Loud and Often

I sing to the Lord because he has taken care of me.
Psalm 13:6

God has never taken his eyes off you. Not for a millisecond. He's always near. He lives to hear your heartbeat. He loves to hear your prayers. He'd die for your sin before he'd let you die in your sin, so he did.

What do you do with such a Savior? Don't you sing to him? Don't you declare, confess, and proclaim his name? Don't you bow a knee, lower a head, hammer a nail, feed the poor, and life up your gift in worship? Of course you do.

Worship God. Applaud him loud and often. For your sake, you need it.

And for heaven's sake, he deserves it.

~Max Lucado