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UNSHAKEABLE! For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. —Psalm 62:1-2  For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. —Psalm 62:5-6 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. —Psalm 62:8             Who do you trust?  Who can you pour your heart out to?  Who is your refuge?  God alone can be trusted 100% of the time. …

TRUE JOY— JESUS, OTHERS, YOURSELF O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love. —Psalm 59:17 Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength. —Nehemiah 8:10             Joy someone once said is “Jesus, others, yourself.”  JESUS— We are told to ‘“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment” (Matthew 22:37-38).  So, our top priority focus is to be Jesus.  OTHERS— Then we are told to “Love your neighbor as yourself.”  This will be our second…

THE WORD YOU CAN FULLY TRUST… AND IT IS NOT MAN’S! In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? —Psalm 56:4 In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? —Psalm 56:10-11             Let me ask you a question— “In whose word are you trusting?”  “I trusted in the Lord when I said, ‘I am greatly afflicted’; in my alarm I said, ‘Everyone is a liar”’ (Psalm 116:10-11).  Paul repeated this truth when he quoted a Cretan prophet in Titus 1:12—…

FOOLS, FAITH AND THE ONLY SUSTAINABLE FOUNDATION The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. —Psalm 53:1-3  …for I see violence and strife in the city.  Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it; ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace. —Psalm…

PROCLAIM JESUS! 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. —Palm 49:8-9 But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—to whom I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light…

HE REIGNS For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me. —Psalm 44:6 In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. —Psalm 44:8 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. —Psalm 45:6-7 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             Do we put our trust in the reign of men with their military power available to them?  The reign of men is temporal and feeble…

LISTEN AND CALL ON HIS NAME! For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.  He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him. —Acts 24:5-6 After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you.” At the same time he…

FLEETING LIFE— FAITHFUL FOCUS I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. —Psalm 38:18  “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 for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! —Psalm 39:4-6 As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and…

GIVERS AND NOT TAKERS The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives. —Psalm 37:21             This verse out of Psalms is pretty clear.  “The wicked borrows and does not pay back.”  What does this say about our nation?  We are almost $35,000,000,000,000 in debt https://www.usdebtclock.org/ and it is not going down.  The government has an insatiable appetite for tax-payers money and it is not typically spent very well.             We used to teach our children when they were growing up— “Respect other people’s property because the way you treat their property is the way you respect or disrespect the owner.  Now, let me…

PRAISE OUR LORD! Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! —Psalm —34:3             He is to be the greatest in our lives and His Name is to be lifted up.  This is to be done with others as well as individuals.  This can be done through music as we sing praises to Him and it is also done by the way we live our lives and share Him with others.              People share what is truly important to them.  What is most important to you?  Who is most important to you?  It is seen by what you say and what you do.  What do…