GOD’S LOVE Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. —Psalm 63:3 Is this how we view the love of our Lord God Almighty? Is His love of more importance than any other relationship on earth? Is His love our highest priority? Is His love more important than our job, our family, our leisure or anything else? May we truly “grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:18-19). It is this love God has for us that…

HIS STRENGTH, HIS LOVE But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely. —Psalm 59:16-17 Oh, let us sing about the strength of the Lord and walk in it— “The Sovereign LORD is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. (For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)—Habakkuk 3:19 and let us sing of His love that…

I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN GOD! When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? —Psalm 56:3-4 In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me? —Psalm 56:10-11 Really… who else are we going to trust? Are we going to put our trust in mere man? There is not a person on the planet that will not fail us. And then there are evil people who only have their own…

…for the world and its fullness are mine. —Psalm 50:12 This is my Father’s world. Man does not own it, but is only a steward of it whether he realizes it or not. One day he will give account for what he has done with His property. Praise God that He has shown us who Jesus is— nothing was created without Him (John 1:3). He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords (Revelation 19:16). May you and I be faithful stewards with the time and resources He has given us in the places where He planned for us to live (Acts 17:26). May it be so! Dear…

REDEEMED! No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough—so that they should live on forever and not see decay. —Psalm 49:7-9 This is truly an amazing statement about the value of a person. No payment is ever enough. No man can ever pay the price to redeem the life of another man. That is how costly a person’s life is. Not all the wealth of this whole world is enough to redeem one single person. Nor would the wealth of the entire universe be enough. If a person owned all of…

KING JESUS You are my King and my God… In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever. —Psalm 44:4, 8 Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy. —Psalm 45:6-7 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” —Psalm 46:10 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God;…

TALK ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES! As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.” —Acts 24:25 Isn’t interesting how Felix responded as Paul talked with him “about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come?” He “was afraid” and he did not want to listen anymore at that time. He told Paul, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.” I wonder what Felix’s final decision about Jesus was. Hopefully he came to trust Him. Paul surely planted and…

LIFE IS SHORT! “Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.” —Psalm 39:4-5 How fleeting life is! Six decades have passed me now. It is really hard to believe that I am at this age and that my youngest son, Ben, will be married next month. And if that is not hard enough for me to fathom it is even hard yet to fathom that I have six grand-daughters and…

RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before their eyes. In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin. The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good. Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong. —Psalm 36:1-4 How sad this is! People were created and designed to have a relationship with their Creator and enjoy life now and forever. Yet, there are so…

EXALT HIM! Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. —Psalm 34:3 Let us do so today with our actions and words. May those around us know there is a God in Heaven and His Son’s Name is Jesus! May I glorify Your Name today by the way I live and speak. May it be so in the authority of Jesus and by the power of Your Holy Spirit.