REDEMPTION JOY! The joy of the LORD is your strength. —Nehemiah 8:10 Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice, that he should live on forever and never see the pit… But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah —Psalm 49:7-8, 15             What joy in our Lord we have when we understand that He has done what no man can do!  The price to redeem us could not be paid by man.  Even if every person who has ever lived gave themselves…

MY KING IS THE MOST HIGH For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth… For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!  God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. —Psalm 47:2, 7-8             Brother and sister, fellow follower of Jesus, do we have the proper perspective of who our Lord is?  He is the Most High.  Nothing and nobody are greater than He.  He is to be feared as the “great king over all the earth.”  Let us sing praises to Him.  He reigns over the nations as He sits on…

WARNING!  WARNING!  WARNING! “The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.” —Ezra 8:22 “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 …he utters his voice, the earth melts. —Psalm 46:6             Let it be known that individuals, peoples, and nations who are against the Lord will know the power of His wrath.  And, our Lord will be exalted among the nations.  That will come to pass.  He will be exalted in the earth.  That is happening today,…

NO GREATER LOVE! Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness; you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions. —Psalm 45:6-7 But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.” —Hebrews 1:8-9             Jesus “is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by…

HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU! —AND EVERYONE ELSE For he knows the secrets of the heart. —Psalm 44::21 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. —Hebrews 4:13                What is in your heart right now that you don’t want anyone to know?  God knows!  Have you talk with Him about it?  What did He say?  What will you do?                We might be able to hide things from people or hide from people, but God knows all about what you are hiding already.  So, why not talk with Him about it? …

HOPE IN GOD! Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. —Psalm 43:5              What do you do in those times when you might be discouraged?  Do you keep looking at your circumstances that are causing the depression?  Or, do you place your hope in God?  He never changes— “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:7).  He never changes His loving care toward us!  So, why are you cast down?  Why are you experiencing turmoil on the inside?  It is because your focus…

THIRST As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?” —Psalm 42:1-3             Do I long after God?  Do you?  Do you and I thirst after Him as a panting deer does for much needed water?  Do we see our need for God like that?  Or are other things more important?  Do we truly have a desire to go and appear before God?  Listen to what the…

A NEW HEART— NEW ATTITUDES! And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh… Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations. —Ezekiel 36:26, 31 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! —Psalm 40:4 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who…

HOME IS FAST APPROACHING! O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah  Surely a man goes about as a shadow!… surely all mankind is a mere breath!  —Psalm 39:4-6, 10             Do you realize this?  Are thinking about “the measure of your days” and how “fleeting” they are?  Look at your hand with your palm up.  Roughly, across your palm is a handbreadth.  Our lives are a few measurements across our…

HAVE A PROPER PERSPECTIVE OF YOURSELF Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. —Ezekiel 28:17             Pride… I is right in the middle of the word.  Pride is self-centered and selfish.  Pride is all about “I.”  This was Satan’s sin and it is also the sin of man that brings the problems of mankind.  How many are those who are proud because of their beauty?  Satan, when he was the guardian angel of God, allowed his beauty to cause him to be prideful.  Oh, how that is the issue of so many people today.  So many of the “glamorous”…