Posts by Pastor Roger Emmons (Page 91)

John 6:47-51 Amen, Amen, I tell you: The one who believes in me has eternal life. “I am the Bread of Life. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world…

2 Corinthians 7:10 In fact, godly sorrow produces repentance, which leads to salvation, leaving no regret. On the other hand, worldly sorrow produces death. Dear Heavenly Father, As we are here on this earth, we all continue to sin. Through faith, the gifts of forgiveness, grace, and mercy are delivered to us. When we consider what separates us from an unbeliever, it is faith alone. Paul once wrote godly sorrow produces repentance which leads to salvation. When I sin as…

1 John 3:1 See the kind of love the Father has given us that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are! The world does not know us, because it did not know him. Dear Lord Jesus, You came to this world due to the Father’s love for us. When we were unlovable and your enemy, we should have received the Father’s wrath and punished for eternity in hell. But we weren’t punished; instead, you…

Psalm 85:8-9 I will hear what the true God, the Lord, will say. He indeed speaks peace to his people, to his favored ones, but do not let them turn to foolish ways. Surely his salvation is near for those who fear him, so that glory may dwell in our land. Dear Heavenly Father, You have given your people peace. Through the law and prophets of the Old Testament, you promised a Savior who would restore us back to your favor. Holy…

Galatians 2:17-21 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were also found to be sinners, then is Christ, a servant of sin? Certainly not! “In fact, if I build up again those things that I destroyed, I bring on myself the judgment of being a lawbreaker. Indeed, through the law I died to the law that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.…

Psalm 51:10-12 Create in me a pure heart, O God. Renew an unwavering spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence. Do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Sustain me with a willing spirit. Dear Heavenly Father, We pray that you would be with us as we begin remembering Jesus’ sacrificial journey this Lenten season—the forty-day journey to the cross with Christ. Remind us of Jesus’ death and resurrection through…

Isaiah 42:5-7 This is what the true God says, the Lord who creates the heavens and stretches them out, who spreads out the earth and everything that it produces, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk on it. I am the Lord. I have called you in righteousness. I will hold on to your hand, and I will guard you. I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people, to be a light for the nations, to…

Isaiah 44:22 I am blowing away your rebellious deeds like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me because I am redeeming you. Dear Heavenly Father, The guilt, shame, pain, and suffering from our sin can be devastating and detrimental to our relationships and health. Our pride has us hold on to incidents that others have done to us, while others retaliate against us for the sins we have committed against them. As though these are tangible…

Psalm 30:4-5  Make music to the Lord, you his favored ones, and give thanks when you remember his holiness, for we spend a moment under his anger, but we enjoy a lifetime in his favor. In the evening, weeping comes to stay through the night, but in the morning, there is rejoicing! Dear Lord Jesus, When we were young, the end of life seemed so distant in time, but we will come to its end in a blink of an eye. So…

Proverbs 19:20-21  Listen to advice and accept discipline, so that you will be wise in the future. There are many plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that will prevail. Dear Heavenly Father, Incredibly, you have to tell us to listen to advice and accept discipline. One would think this is common sense; someone who sees our situation and can help us along the way, we would take any help we can get. The problem is that we…