The Daily Pursuit is a journal of my daily study and worship, mostly for my own accountability but hopefully for the inspiration and motivation of others as well. Follow along if you wish as I read the scriptures, sing hymns, pray, and read edifying books for my own spiritual growth and private worship.

Bible Study:

• Luke 5
• Impact Verses: behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.”
• The Baptist Catechism by Benjamin Keach
  • Q. 22. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereunto man fell?
    A. The sinfulness of that estate whereunto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam’s first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called original sin, together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it. (Rom. 5:19; 3:10; Eph. 2:1; Is. 53:6; Ps. 51:5; Matt. 15:19)
• Listen To: Psalm 101-150 – https://www.biblestudytools.com/audio-bible/esv/psalms/

Singing of Hymns:

• I need Thee every hour – https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/371
• My hope is built on nothing less – https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/298
• Down at the cross where my Savior died – https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/1125

Book Reading:

• The Manual: Getting Masculinity Right – Chapter 7 Man Up As A Son

Prayer:

• Reading and Meditations from The Valley of Vision
• Personal Prayers

The Doxology:

• Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
  Praise him all creatures here below;
  Praise him above, ye heav’nly host;
  Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
• About The Doxology – https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-best-known-hymn-in-history
• Accompanying Music – https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/8