LIFE IS SHORT! “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. “Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. “But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you. —Psalm 39:4-7 Have you seen your life’s end? What will happen? I have visited my elderly neighbor in the hospital a few times…

BE STRONG AND TAKE HEART! Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord. —Psalm 31:24 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. —Joshua 1:7-8 I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world…

THE LORD IS LOVING AND FAITHFUL All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant. —Psalm 25:10 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. —Acts 20:24 And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. —Hebrews 12:1-2 As followers of Jesus there is a “race marked out for us.” For we who believe “All the ways…

THE KING OF GLORY Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty— he is the King of glory. —Psalm 24:7-10 The King of glory is who we serve! There is none other like Him. He is the King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 17:14; 19:16). Every knee will bow to…

EVIDENCE ABOUNDS FOR GOD The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. —Psalm 19:1 People who deny that God is Creator is calling Him a liar and will not accept the testimony of His hands— the very creation itself. We look up during the day and ponder the Sun, clouds and moon with its pill-white appearance. We ponder the moon and stars at night. These are a clear declarations of God’s glory and of His handiwork. And people still say “There is no God.” The heavens and sky “speak” each and every day. The heavens and sky “proclaim the work of his hands.”…

WE WILL BE LIKE JESUS When I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness. —Psalm 17:`5 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. —I John 3:2 Here’s the hope that we have as followers of Jesus. We have eternal life, but this tent needs to be packed away some day (II Corinthians 5:1) and we will receive a new body —“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord…

ACCUSERS OF GOD “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!” —Job 40:2 Then the Lord spoke — “Would you condemn me to justify yourself? —Job 40:6, 8 How often do people “condemn” God “to justify” themselves? One day people that accuse God will answer to Him. People say, “Well, if God was a good God He would not let such and such happen.” They accuse God of wrong-doing and of not being good. Yes, they will answer to Him one day whether they think they will or not. Too many people think they are just and right in their own…

IN BONDAGE Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? —Job 38:2 In our world there are so many “words without knowledge.” People do not really know what they are talking about. They come up with their own ideas and think they know. The Apostle Paul said, “My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:2-3). In Jesus is “hidden all the treasures of wisdom and…

LISTEN AND APPLY! “God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?” —Job 36:22 There is none like the Lord God Almighty… none! He is all powerful— just look at the magnitude of the universe He created. “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world” (Psalm 19:1-4). The testimony about God’s existence is so evident through…

FORGIVEN! “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you: “ ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish, for I am going to do something in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’” —Acts 13:38-41 “Justified, acquitted and declared not guilty! Treated as if we were righteous and as if we had not offended and are free from the guilt…