JESUS NEVER FAILS! Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me. —Psalms 41:9 All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. —Job 19:19  ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’ —John 13:18 Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” —Luke 22:48             When those you love turn on you it is so painful.  Close friends, those you have trusted, those you have shared meals with in their homes and in your homes, when they turn against you is a hard part of life.  There are those who were once…

SET ON THE ROCK— JESUS! I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.  He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.  He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him. —Psalm 40:1-3             When did you cry out to the Lord and He heard you and responded?  Have you cried out to the Lord?  If not, why not?  Anyone who cries out to Him will receive…

LIFE IF BRIEF, ETERNITY IN JESUS NEVER ENDS! 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… But now, Lord, what do I look for?  My hope is in you. —Psalms 39:4-5 ,7             A handbreadth is the width of the human hand— about 4 inches.  The span of our lives before the Lord are as nothing.  This is truly amazing and puts into perspective how awesome God is and how utterly…

WAIT ON HIM WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. —Psalm 38:9 Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God. —Psalm 38:15 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. —Deuteronomy 4:29             What are you longing for?  What are your desires?  What are your hurts?  Whatever they are, our Lord knows them.  Even when you sigh, that is known by Him.  Actually, everything about you is known to Him— “Nothing in all creation is…

DON’T FRET!  BE STILL AND WAIT PATIENTLY ON OUR LORD! Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away…  Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes…  I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree, but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found. —Psalm 37:1-2, 7, 35-36             Don’t — Fret because…

BE HOLY AND SHINING IN THIS DARK WORLD! Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. —Leviticus 19:2 You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own. —Leviticus 20:26 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” —I Peter 1:14-16 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. —Psalm 36:9…

PROCLAIM HIM WHO IS OUR ONLY HOPE! My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord?” and “My tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praises all day long.” —Psalm 35:10, 28              Oh, “How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears” (II Samuel 7:22).  Look around all creation and marvel at Who our Lord is and what He has done, is doing and will do.  Yes, “My tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praises all day long.”              I was talking with a young man at the gym yesterday.  Joey was…

RESCUED FROM CONDEMNATION! Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned. The Lord will rescue his servants; no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned. —Psalm 34:21-22             I will never be condemned because Jesus has taken that condemnation for me— “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin…

HE SEES— WAIT ON HIM! From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth—he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.  —Psalm 33:13-15 We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.  In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.  May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. —Psalm 33: 20-22             The Lord sees you.  He sees all mankind.  He is watching you.  He is watching all mankind.  All who live on the earth are seen by Him.  He has…

TRUST HIM TO GUIDE YOU! I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. —Psalm 32:8             Do you and I really trust this promise?  Do we truly trust that He will instruct us?  Do we truly trust that He will teach us?  Do we really believe He will use this instruction and teaching to guide us?  Do we truly accept that His loving eye is upon us to counsel us?  These are the facts of this verse.  May we truly trust Him to do so… regardless of how we are feeling or of what is…