Good Morning “Followers of The Only Perfectly Merciful and Perfectly Just God.”  Today we are in Psalm 9.Maybe you too have heard some version of this statement…“God was angry and full of judgment in The Old Testament; but now we live in New Testament times.  Now, because of Jesus’ payment on The Cross - He is only mercy and grace .”  TRUTH: That statement would require God to change - He never ch...  Read More

Good Morning “Defended”. Today we are in Psalm 8.  “Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.” Psalms‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬A Psalm of praise from David… to the point.  David moves from Praise, to acknowledgment that God created it all, making man to rule over it - while marveling that God would even be mindful of man.  Pretty cool!  What did we d...  Read More

Good Morning “Weighed By God.”  Today we are in Psalm 7.David sings to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. Review: The book of Judges ends with the tribe of Benjamin’s war against the rest of the tribes of Israel. Benjamin had refused to hold rapists and murderers accountable within their tribe. While the war began in Benjamin’s favor, were it not for God’s merciful intervention, B...  Read More

Good Morning “Mercy Seekers”.  Today we are in Psalm 6.David has reached the end of himself.We all fall in some way or another.  In our flesh we choose sin (James 1:14).  In our flesh we fall.  Consequences come, God disciplines.  Don’t despise it but recognize that The Loving Father, any loving dad - disciplines His children. He does it not to make them pay for their sin, He did that at The Cross...  Read More

Good Morning “Shielded”.  Today we are in Psalm 5.  God loves the little children… Matthew 19:14.For God so loved the World… John 3:16Much of society, and even Christianity has taken a leap with passages such as these, and defined them to mean…We are ALL Gods children…God Loves EVERYONE…God hates NO ONE…If you’ve already read Psalm 5, and let it soak in, likely your head is spinning.  If not pay s...  Read More

Good Morning “God Glorifiers”.  Today we are in Psalm 4.What does it mean to be a child of God?  A follower of Jesus?  A TRUE Christian?  It’s a real question.  Is a “Christian” someone who goes to church every Sunday… maybe shows up at a mid week service?  Maybe a true follower is someone who goes to, or even teaches a Bible Study?  Are those things, or any “things” for that matter, what makes us...  Read More

Good Morning “Already Delivered.”  Today we are in Psalm 3.David wrote this Psalm while being pursued by his own son Absalom.  Why would a son pursue a father?  The spark that fueled this fire comes from series of events and judgment that goes back to David’s murder of Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband.  If you’ll recall, the whole thing with Bathsheba began with a walk out on the deck of the palace… ena...  Read More

Good Morning “Those Who Take Refuge In Him.”  Today we are in Psalm 2.If we’ve learned anything from reading through The Old Testament, we’ve learned God is in control.  Kings rise and Kings fall by His hand (Romans 13:1-7).  He moves them where He wants them to go to accomplish His purposes (Proverbs 21:1).  Sometimes the nation has positioned themselves for blessing, sometimes they need discipli...  Read More

Good Morning “Mocked for Righteousness”.  Today we begin Psalms with Ch 1.  The books of Psalms is a collection of what were once only song lyrics.  Like many songs, they chronicle what the writer was going through at the time, or rejoice in what has come.  Psalms chronicles Israel’s history from the Kings to their exile, Gods faithfulness in returning and restoring them and on to celebration and ...  Read More

Good Morning “Those Who Reflect Gods Plan.”  Today we wrap up Job with chapter 42.  Job has been through it, no doubt.  Today we see Job humbly falling on His face before God as he realizes how wrong he was to question Him.  “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”‭‭1 John‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬God not only forgives but He rest...  Read More

Good Morning “Dragon Slayers.”  Today we are in Job 41.  As God continues, passionately placing Job back into his more appropriate place of fearful, humble submission… He uses the Leviathan as an example.  “Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope? Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook? Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it spea...  Read More

Good Morning “Only Justified by Jesus”.  Today we are in Job 40.  God continues questioning Job, and it’s not pretty.  In our questioning of what God does and doesn’t do, we position ourselves over Him as judge.  We would never say or admit that, but that’s what’s happening.  If we believe God is in sovereign control of all things then to question that is to assume He is doing something wrong.  Th...  Read More