But I will sing of Your strength and will joyfully proclaim Your faithful love in the morning. For You have been a stronghold for me, a refuge in my day of trouble.
Psalm 59:16, HCSB
God deserves our praise and gratitude, and He is worthy of it because of His faithfulness and love toward us.
Yesterday/At least 27 hours earlier than this posting, blogging friend Veritas Domain hit the milestone of 3,000 consecutive days of blogging.
Today, as of a few minutes ago, a simple man of God (this blog) hit the same milestone! 3,000 consecutive days of posting!
While there are many other things shared in this time, the main contributor to this feat is posting the daily mini-devotional “VerseD” (as in “well versed” while focusing on a Verse of the Day [or two or three] with a “tweetable” [in length] thought.) This began as a challenge to myself after taking a seminary class on technology in ministry. That is 8 years, 2 months, and 27 days (including two leap years) of daily Bible reading.
Also this week …
The blog surpassed another factor of 3: 30,000 views for the year!
If you can see the image, that is equivalent to the past 3 years combined! (Over 111,000 views and over 4,400 posts in 15 years and 6 months! So, this is also nearly a third of all of my lifetime views in half a year!) Most views come from the US, but about half now come from around the world, and for the past year or so mostly from southeast Asia and the island nations. (Remember my post about asking for prayer for the Philippines after an earthquake, looked into because my numbers dropped significantly. It shows how connected the Church is through technology and, of course, the Holy Spirit.)
It has helped that I began preaching more often, and you all seem to like sermons more than anything else. That and consistency, which is a teaching on the Christian faith in and of itself.
Thank you for visiting.
Thank the Lord for His faithfulness.
Soli Deo Gloria.
Daniel
This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.
Ephesians 6:13, HCSB
God is worthy of our praise and gratitude, and we show this by resisting evil and trusting in His faithful help to live in faithful righteousness.
I preached again!
As usual, my PowerPoint is below the video.
Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience
Colossians 3:12, HCSB
God is worthy of our praise and gratitude, and we show it by treating each other well in the same faithful manner Christ has treated us.
Listen! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and have dinner with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:20, HCSB
God deserves our praise and gratitude, which we can only give when we acknowledge Him as Lord and listen to His call. Then we will be able to rightly thank Him in worship.
Turn away from evil and do what is good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 34:14, HCSB
God is worthy of praise and gratitude, because the further we get from Him the more violent and chaotic humanity becomes. Yet, He has made peace with and for us through Christ.
We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.
Ephesians 1:7, HCSB
God deserves praise and gratitude for His faithfulness and redeeming us through Christ’s death and resurrection.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:34, HCSB
God is worthy of our gratitude and praise if for no other reason than He has shown His faithfulness over all of history, ultimately through Christ.
Why am I so depressed?
Psalm 43:5, HCSB
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
It can feel like God is distant, whether because of evil in the world or our own sin or need to help others, yet we know that in Christ God is always with us through the promised Holy Spirit until His return.
a simple man of God 