Days of Praise Podcast

“To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (Colossians 1:27)



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“For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.” (Psalm 31:3)



David wrote often about the trials of life, but he leaned on a wise and good guide f... More...

“And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” (Isaiah 35:10)

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“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” (2 Corin... More...

“Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.” (

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.” (John 15:13–14)



Hymns sometimes lift our souls to he... More...

“Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” (John 3:5)



Nicodemus was confused the night when Jesus fi... More...

“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12)



This command of Christ is the famous so-called G... More...

“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” (

“Blessed be the LORD, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.” (Psalm 68:19)



As we come to this year’s end, it is salutary for the believer to think back... More...

“Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.” (Psalm 119:129)



Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah. His grandfather was Manassah and his father Amon, b... More...

“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.” (

“O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called.” (1 Timothy 6:20)



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“I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.” (Psalm 119:121)



The Hebrew word mishpat is one of the eight terms used in Psalm 119 to identify the Word of God. ... More...

“There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” (Ephesians 4:4

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)



It is singularly appropriate that we lo... More...

“And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.” (Luke 1:30)



This announcement by the angel Gabriel to the virgin Mary, that she had been chosen as the mother o... More...

“And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.” (Genesis 4:1)



Here is Eve’s testimony concerning the first child born to the h... More...

“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness o... More...

“For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.” (Psalm 92:4)



“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy ... More...

“O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.” (Habakkuk 3:2)



Habakkuk had... More...

“And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.” (Genesis 2:9... More...

“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient.” (2 Timothy 2:24)



One of the plagues of modern-day Christendom is that many take up side issue... More...

“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.” (Jeremiah 17:5)



Jeremiah provides for us a striking contrast ... More...

“Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.” (Psalm 119:153–154)



Much of the Old Testament ... More...

“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” (John 8:7)



The scribes and Pharisees often plotted against Jesus. They sought to use the law of Moses to trap Him in a &ldquo... More...

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105)



One of the more beautiful metaphors in the Bible, “light” is used either metaphorically or literally t... More...

“Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.” (Romans 8:33)



The doctrine of election is a key doctrine of Scripture, but it is also controversial, so ... More...

“For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?” (Psalm 56:13)



Once a person receives Christ as h... More...

“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.” (Jude 1:24)



There are three wonderful doxologies in three N... More...

“And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.” (John 21:25)

“O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.” (Psalm 119:97)



This emotional stanza in Psalm 119 bursts with passion for the Word of God. “How sweet are thy words unto my taste!... More...

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5)



This is one of the key verses of Scripture for several reasons. In the first place, in the mi... More...

“Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!” (Amos 6:1)



Zion (or Jerusalem) was the capital ... More...

“Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” (Psalm 85:6)



The number seven is known to be the number of fullness and rest, with the seven-day week used ever since the wee... More...

“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” (1 Corinthians 4:2)



God’s Word reminds us that “every one of us shall give account of himself to God” ... More...

“But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them.” (2 Timothy 3:14)



This encouraging exhortation by Paul is in the mids... More...

“There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.” (Deuteronomy 33:26)



Chapter 33 of Deuteronomy contains the last rec... More...

“Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.” (Psalm 119:89)



Most who read the Bible regularly are probably familiar with these sweeping statements from the Scriptures.



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“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.” (1 Timothy 1:15)



The adjective “faithful” is ... More...

“That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:7)

“Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.” (Luke 21:33)



The doctrine of plenary verbal inspiration, wrongly considered antiquated by many modern neo-evangelicals, is a... More...

“By the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.” (Romans 5:18)



When Adam rebel... More...

“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.” (1 Peter 1:1)



These “strangers” to whom Peter wrote his tw... More...

“Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” (1 Peter 4:19)



This is the only verse in the Ne... More...

“[The Father] hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.” (Colossians 1:13... More...

“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son....These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the So... More...

“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past.” (

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour.” (

“The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.” (John 9:30)



A “marvelous thing” in the Bi... More...

“Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.” (Colossians 4:15)



Some Pauline epistles, which included the letter to the church at Colossae,... More...

“Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” (Colossians 4:5-6)

“Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds.” (Colossian... More...

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galat... More...

“Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:43)



Picture the scene. Jesus hangs on a cross between two criminals—all three aware they are dying. One scoffs, “If thou be Christ... More...

“I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.” (Jeremiah 27:5)



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“Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” (Ephesians 5:14)



The message in our text provides an attention-getting warning to those who claim to be... More...

“If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel.” (Colossians 1:23)



In our text, “the faith” insists on a particular body of... More...

“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.” (

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” (2 Timothy 4:7)



The beautiful World War II Memorial in the nation’s capital was dedicated in 2004, honorin... More...

“I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” (John 17:4)



Our Lord Jesus describes in John 17 four summaries of how He stewarded His life before His c... More...

“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another.” (Colossians 3:12-13)

“Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.” (2 Corinthians 8:7)



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“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.” (Galat... More...

“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds.” (Colossians 3:8-9)

“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” (Colossians 3:5)



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“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” (Colossians 3:2)



The command of this verse is contained in the Greek word phroneo. The noun form has an emphasis on ... More...

“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” (Colossians 3:1)



Christians have been raised with Christ, and the “n... More...

“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” (Colossians 2:16-1... More...

“Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.” (Acts 8:4)



Every believer has been called to preach God’s Word, not just pastors of churches. When Christ gave... More...

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men.” (1 Timothy 2:1)



Let no one ever say that he has nothing to pray abou... More...

“...blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” (

“In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ.” (Colossians 2:11)



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“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.” (Colossians 2:10)



The Greek term pleroo simply means “to fill up.” We are “complete... More...

“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” (Job 23:12)



What was one of the Lord’s earliest commands to ... More...

“Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:7)



The Christian walk must be “rooted” and &... More...

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” (John 10:27)



Christian believers and their characteristics are described in terms of many colorful metaphors in the Bible. In our t... More...

“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (John 3:6)



Perhaps the greatest purpose of Christianity is to take that which is only flesh and see it r... More...

“For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.” (Colossians 2:5)



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“And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth” (Genesis 9:1).



This was the first command God gave to mankind in the new world after ... More...

“In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” (Colossians 2:3)



Paul had just promised Christians that they would be endowed with the “riches of the full assurance of und... More...

“That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ.” (Colo... More...

“To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (Colossians 1:27)



The New Covenant includes a m... More...

“Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?” (Job 28:20)



In one of his monologues, Job compares his search for spiritual understanding to human explorations for metals an... More...

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Peter 5:8)



Several words are used in Scripture to imply spiritual watc... More...

“My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.” (Psalm 89:34-35)



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“Blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.” (Romans 11:25)



In Romans 11, Paul explains a marvelous outcome from Israel’s unbelief: many Genti... More...

“And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.” (Colossians 1:18)



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“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.” (

“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.” (Romans 15:13)



God’s provisions for the believer incl... More...

“The word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.” (

“But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.” (Matthew 9:12)



It almost goes without saying that a person who is seriously ill... More...

“...who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.” (Colossians 1:13-14... More...

“Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.” (

“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.” (Colossians 1:10)



There are many admonitions in Scriptur... More...

“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” (Colossians 1:9)... More...

“To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Colossians 1:2)



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“Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.” (Psalm 119:160)



Very few books survive very long. Only a few survive past the first printing,... More...

“Who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.” (Hebrews 6:18-19)

“My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?” (Psalm 119:81-82)



Those who “love the LORD” with all... More...