EXAMINE YOURSELF! Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world. So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another— if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment.…

THE FOCUS OF TRUST Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever. —Psalm 146:4-6 He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. —Psalm 147:4             Election year and what a strange/different year it has been since COVID19 became the focus world-wide. The political parties have lined…

I TRUST YOU, LORD, FOR GUIDANCE! Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD! I have fled to you for refuge! Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! —Psalm 143:8-10             This morning I am reminded of my Lord’s “steadfast love.” I am so glad that His love is not dependant on my feelings or circumstances. I will continue to trust You whether my emotions are up or down. I…

GOD HAS NUMBERED THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE!   Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. —Psalm 139:16               Your days are numbered… by our Lord God Almighty!  Even before you started to live life the numbers of days that you would have life on this planet were determined.  You have a birth date and a death date.  The dash in between those two dates is God’s plan for you and you will give account for the dash.                         It is amazing the fear that has gripped so many people because…

PRAY FOR GODLY LEADERS  May all the kings of the earth praise you, Lord, when they hear what you have decreed. May they sing of the ways of the Lord, for the glory of the Lord is great. —Psalm 138:4-5              Try to imagine a world where those leading governments were praising our Lord and singing about the ways of the Lord! Wow… what a different world this would be. It would be a wonder to see leaders in this world hearing His Word and then obeying it! Yes, what a different world this would be.            Unfortunately, here in America and the vast majority of the world, leaders are not praising our Lord.…

BEWARE OF GOSPEL IMITATIONS! The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see; they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them! —Psalm 135:15-18 For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”— yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom…

MARRIAGE AND SINGLENESS Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. —I Corinthians 7:28 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but…

THE DESTRUCTION OF SEXUAL SIN!   Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves…

MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD!  I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. —Psalm 121:1-2  I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven. —Psalm 123:1             Where do you look for your help? You depend on yourself? You depend on others? Or do you truly depend on the One who created you? My help comes from our Creator, He who sits enthroned in heave!             We are going to find ourselves in various situations in life— good and bad.   Those situations, whatever they are, are…

GOD’S WORD IS TRUE!  The word of the Lord proved him true. —Psalm 105:19  All your words are true; —Psalm 119:160             If you want to be proved to be a faithful follower of Jesus, then listen to what He says and out of love for Him obey Him. All His Words are true and are to be fully trusted. A person who lives like this will have the evidence in their lives that they are a genuine follower of Jesus. It is not enough to hear His Word or to repeat His Word; one must live His Word— “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice…