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…

MY TIMES ARE IN MY LORD GOD’S HANDS AND I DEPEND ON HIM! But I trust in you, Lord; I say, “You are my God.”  My times are in your hands. —Psalm 31:14-15             Who are you trusting with your life?  I will trust in the Lord God Almighty.  My times are in His hands.  He has marked out when I would live and where I would live (Acts 17:26). Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath… —Job 7:7 “Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we…

PRAISE HIS NAME! Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people; praise his holy name. —Psalm 30:4             Do you have a song in your heart this morning?  Oh, you who are faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ, lift up your voice and “praise his holy name.”  We should be the most joyful, hopeful, thankful people on the planet.  There is nothing greater than knowing Him now, serving Him now and then to be with Him forever.  Wow… we have much to sing about.  So let us do so! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6xxWGWpaUQ    Yes, Dear Father, may we lift Your Name up in praise by the power of Your Holy Spirit…

I DEPEND ON YOU LORD FOR MY STRENGTH AND PEACE! The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. —Psalm 29:11             People may think they have strength, but we do not have much.  The only strength we have comes from our Lord, Creator of all— “The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1).  The strength that our Lord gives is beyond physical strength.  Physical strength wanes— “Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures” (Psalm 90:10).  But the strength our Lord gives leads to eternal life, a strength that will never wane— “I give them…

BE A CHEERFUL GIVER! Everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work… 35:21 All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the LORD freewill offerings for all the work the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do. —Exodus 35:29 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. —II Corinthians 9:7             When we give toward our Lord’s work that He has commanded us to do, we are to do so willingly what we have decided in our…