OH, HOW HE LOVES US! How precious is your steadfast love, O God! —Psalm 36:7             God’s love for us can be counted on at all times. He does not give up on us and stop loving us. Now don’t take for a moment that God does not discipline His children because He does. Just take a look at, among other places, I Corinthians 11:23-34 where some followers of Jesus were sick and others died because of their disobedience. Love does not mean lack of discipline. Love includes discipline. Only a permissive parent will not set boundaries or keep them.   God is not like that. He knows what is…

THEY CALL EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL They repay me evil for good and leave me like one bereaved. —Psalm 35:12 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship. —Psalm 109:5 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. —Isaiah 5:20             There are those who are doing evil and calling it good. When this happens it leaves one mourning like they would if a loved one died. It is painful for those who do good to have others to evil to them. This is a form…

REDEEMED, NEVER TO BE CONDEMNED! The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. —Psalm 34:22             Those who have called on His Name have been redeemed “with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake” (I Peter 2:19-20). And to all “of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.”              Fellow follower of Jesus— our sin is gone. We are washed clean by the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 7:14).   “Whoever believes in him is…

STAND IN AWE OF HIM! By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.  He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him! For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. —Psalm 33:7-9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO77-m4SS3M Mankind as a whole should be awestruck at our Lord who made the heavens and this world. Not only did He make all that we see and don’t see, but He also holds it all…

BLEST BELIEVER! Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity. —Psalm 32:1-2 And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.” —Romans 4:6-8             Do you know Jesus? Have you called on His Name? If the answer is yes then you are truly blessed! Why? Because your sin is forgiven. His blood has taken care of your sin problem. That was an…

SAFE AND SECURE IN JESUS! For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead me and guide me. My times are in your hand… —Psalm 31:3, 15             Are you worried about life… and death?   Your time is in His hands.   “From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands” (Acts 17:26).  He is the one that planned out the very times you would live and where you would live. Your life is not an accident. No life is.   He…

JESUS— OUR SIN OFFERING! If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish and lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. —Leviticus 4:32-33             The seriousness of our sin can be seen in the sin offering. The one who had sinned was to bring a lamb without blemish.   Then they were to place their hand on the head of the sin offering. This was identifying with the lamb taking their sin upon itself. Now this lamb had no choice in the matter,…

MY LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND PEACE! May the LORD give strength to his people! May the LORD bless his people with peace! —Psalm 29:11             We need the strength and peace that only comes from the Lord. Sure, people have physical strength, but that is nothing compared to the strength our Lord gives. Think of it… “Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away” (Psalm 90:10).  Our own strength wanes and eventually our body wears out completely and our heart stops and life here is over.…

THE BOOK OF LIFE! But now, if you will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.” But the LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book. —Exodus 32:32-33 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. —Psalm 56:8 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous. —Psalm 69:28 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came…

GOD COMPLETES EVERYTHING HE STARTS See, I have called… And behold, I have appointed… —Exodus 31:2, 6 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? —Psalm 27:1             Fellow follower of Jesus, He has called you, He has appointed you and so He will do in and through you what He called and appointed to be done in and through you. Will you trust Him? Will you be faithful to Him even when you may not understand? He is our salvation and we need not fear. He is the strength of our…