GOD’S CLOCK, NOT OURS My times are in your hand. —Psalm 31:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QrGry3-3Xs  Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 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 TEIR LANDS. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. “For in him we live and move and have our being.” —Acts 17:25-28             God knows the exact time you are going to depart this life. He also knows how…

FEAR NOT! OUR LORD IS OUR HELPER! Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!” —Psalm 30:10 While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. And coming to us, he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’ ” When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart?…

  BE A GIVER AND BE “MORE BLESSED” In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ —Acts 20:35             Have you been “more blessed” recently by giving?   Did you give someone of your time?   They you were “more blessed.” Did you give someone of your resources? They you were “more blessed.” Did you give your testimony to someone? Then you were “more blessed.” Did you share the gospel with someone? They you were “more blessed.”            …

BE A FAITHFUL STEWARD OF GOD The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein. —Psalm 24:1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ZfKMaPJmc             Men think they own land, but they do not. They are only stewards of it. The house you “own” is His. What kind of a steward are you of it? The land that you “own” is His. What kind of steward of it are you? The vehicle(s) you “own” are His. What kind of a steward are you with them? Actually, everything you “own” is His. What kind of a steward are you with His property, including whatever money you have? Even you are…

HEAR HIS WORD AND OBEY = LOVE FOR GOD AND PEOPLE The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;  the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. —Psalm 19:7-11             God’s Word— how much do…

BODIES LIKE THAT OF JESUS IN GLORY! As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. —Psalm 17:15             How many people have wondered what we will be like in Heaven? What will our bodies be like? Will we know people? Well the Psalmist said of the Lord that he would “behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.” So according to this statement we will be “satisfied” with the Lord’s likeness in glory. Is that a great answer or not?             It is true— we don’t yet “know” what our bodies…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpC-dTewHaI REJOICE AND SING! But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me. —Psalm 13:5-6             I have trust in our Lord’s steadfast love and my heart does rejoice in His salvation. He surely has dealt bountiful with me. It is such a joy to know that He loves me and that His love will continue forever.   Salvation— rejoicing in knowing my sin is forgiven. I am rejoicing in my relationship with my Lord. His dealings with me have been bountiful, are bountiful and will be bountiful.             Look at the…

DENIAL OF REALITY DOES NOT CHANGE THE REALITY! For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.  In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.” —Psalm 10:3-4 Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a…

GIVE THANKS AND SING TO HIS NAME! I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High. —Psalm 7:17             Let us give thanks to our Lord for His righteousness. He always does what is right because there is nothing wrong in Him.   He is so far above us! Let us also sing praises to Him. Yes, He is the Most High. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. There is none like Him. He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things. Yes, let us give Him thanks…

ALL EXISTENCE IS IN HIS HANDS  Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice. Who gave him charge over the earth, and who laid on him the whole world? If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath, all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust. —Job 34:12-15             God cannot do wickedness. This is against His very character. He is holy and pure, righteous and just. There is no darkness in Him. Nor does the Almighty pervert justice. On the contrary, He is justice and truth. He is so far above man— perfect in…