REDEEMED! No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough—so that they should live on forever and not see decay. —Psalm 49:7-9 This is truly an amazing statement about the value of a person. No payment is ever enough. No man can ever pay the price to redeem the life of another man. That is how costly a person’s life is. Not all the wealth of this whole world is enough to redeem one single person. Nor would the wealth of the entire universe be enough. If a person owned all of…

KING JESUS You are my King and my God… In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever. —Psalm 44:4, 8 Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy. —Psalm 45:6-7 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” —Psalm 46:10 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God;…

TALK ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES! As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.” —Acts 24:25 Isn’t interesting how Felix responded as Paul talked with him “about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come?” He “was afraid” and he did not want to listen anymore at that time. He told Paul, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.” I wonder what Felix’s final decision about Jesus was. Hopefully he came to trust Him. Paul surely planted and…

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.” —Psalm 39:4-5 How fleeting life is! Six decades have passed me now. It is really hard to believe that I am at this age and that my youngest son, Ben, will be married next month. And if that is not hard enough for me to fathom it is even hard yet to fathom that I have six grand-daughters and…

RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before their eyes. In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin. The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good. Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong. —Psalm 36:1-4 How sad this is! People were created and designed to have a relationship with their Creator and enjoy life now and forever. Yet, there are so…

EXALT HIM! Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. —Psalm 34:3 Let us do so today with our actions and words. May those around us know there is a God in Heaven and His Son’s Name is Jesus! May I glorify Your Name today by the way I live and speak. May it be so in the authority of Jesus and by the power of Your Holy Spirit.

BE ON GUARD! Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears. —-Acts 20:28-31 We need to be watchful shepherds over ourselves (leadership) and over all the…

MY SHEPHERD The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. —Psalm 23:1 Is the Lord my Shepherd? If my answer is yes then I will not lack anything I NEED! He will provide me with food and drink, He will minister to my soul, He will guide me, He will take fear away by His presence, He will comfort me, He will bless me and cause my cup to overflow even among my enemies, His goodness and love will be with me life-long and I will dwell in His house forever! He will give you and me what we need. He knows what is best and we can trust Him…

OUR SOVEREIGN LORD JESUS “At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place. Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back. God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’ So that everyone he has made may know his work,…

THE ETERNAL TERROR FOR REJECTING JESUS …you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life… —Acts 13:46 As a follower of Jesus I shudder at the thought of any who this saying above applies to. They will not be having a party in hell with their friends. Hell… I do not understand only what I read in God’s Word and what I read of hell is horrifying. Those who flippantly speak of it do not understand it. Listen! The demons understand that torment in hell is going to take place and they tremble (Matthew 8:29; James 2:19). This is such a serious and sobering consideration. I hope no…