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”…

TRUST IN, DELIGHT IN AND COMMIT YOUR WAYS TO THE LORD Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. —Psalm 37:1-6 The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he…

TAKING REFUGE IN HIS STEADFAST LOVE! How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. —Psalm 36:7             How amazing is it that our Lord God Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, loves us?  How amazing is it that our Lord God Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, loves us so much that He left the glorious heaven to come to this sin infested planet.  Not only come here, but then He allowed, in His plan, his own Creation to insult Him, spit on Him, beat Him, scourge Him, press a crown of thorns on His head, make Him…

CALLED TO BE SERVANTS! Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, “Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!” —Psalm 35:27             What is our attitude and action toward others who are living for our Lord?  Do we delight in them?  Do we shout for joy because of them?  Are we glad for them?  Do we say because of them— “Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!” and do we see them as servants?             Think about this.  When was the last time we thought of a follower of Jesus like this? …

TURN— REPENT— AND FOLLOW JESUS! Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it. —Ezekiel 16:49-50 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? —Ezekiel 18:23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyedxYR05Es There are many characteristics that are revealed in those who are living wicked lives, according to the Lord.  The wicked show themselves by being— Prideful Having excess food Living…