TRUST HIM! They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. —Psalm 112:7 You who fear him, trust in the Lord— he is their help and shield. —Psalm 115:11 If we are truly trusting in the Lord for all things then we will not even fear bad news. Unfortunately, sometimes when bad news comes we get distracted by it from remembering Who we trust. That is when we have to get refocused and immediately direct our trust in the Lord. He alone is our “help and shield.” Bad new comes in all types of forms in this fallen world— a death, sickness, loss…

TRUE WISDOM The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise. —Psalm 111:10 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord–that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” —Job 28:28 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. —Proverbs 8:13 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the LORD evil is avoided. —Proverbs 16:6 To have a proper perspective and attitude toward God will cause a person “to shun evil” or “to hate evil” or to…

PAUL’S AMBITION It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.” —Romans 15:20-21 Paul’s ambition was to bring the good news to those who have never heard it. He wanted people who have not heard to understand who Jesus is. His desire was to tell them about Him. Do you and I have that desire as well? There are people all around us who have not been told about Jesus. They…

REMEMBER! When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea… But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold… They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. —Psalm 106:7, 13, 22 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. May…

GIVE THE LORD THANKS AND PRAISE! Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. —100:4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqkW19B0d3g Are you thankful? Do you praise the Lord? We are to give Him thanks and we are to praise His Name! This goes beyond how we may be feeling at any given time. At times we may not feel like responding this way as we focus what hard things that may be happening in our lives. Really though, these are the times when we need to be thanking Him and praising His Name. Soon our seemingly difficult circumstances begin to fade as we focus…

THE COMING REJOICING! Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy. Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness. —Psalm 96:12-13 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and…

HIS PLAN AND PURPOSES ARE FOR HIS GLORY! Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor? “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. —Romans 11:33-36 What is God doing? That might be a question we ask when we do not understand why some things happen. The answer to that is that He is fulfilling His purposes and accomplishing…

YOU CAN’T HIDE SIN FROM GOD! You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. —Psalm 90:8 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet. Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold?…

IT IS ALL HIS! The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it. —Psalm 89:11 The heavens declare the glory of God. —Psalm 19:1 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. —Psalm 24:1 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. —Romans 1:20 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” —I Corinthians 10:25 Dear Father I am so grateful that You have allowed me to…

NO SHAME TO BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS! As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.” —Romans 9:33 Have you believed? Then you will never be put to shame. “For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” (Romans 10:10-11). “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be…