Join The Choir Psalm

Scripture Praise the Lord, all you angels in heaven. Praise him, all you who serve him and do what he wants. Let everything the Lord has made praise him everywhere in his kingdom. ~Psalms 103:21-22 Quote Human voices alone are not sufficient to praise the LORD adequately. ~Artur Weiser I understand that in the mega…

Help For Today And Hope For Tomorrow

Scripture He has removed our sins as far from us     as the east is from the west. ~Psalm 103:12, NLT Quote All human are frail and prone to sin, yet they can be forgiven completely by the compassionate God who treats them like His children. ~Daniel Estes As we studied in Sunday School last week:…

All Come Short

Scripture For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. ~Romans 3:23, NASB Quote Before the holy God all humans fall short, but His grace is greater than our sins. ~Daniel J. Estes I am reading the NIV commentary on Psalms and Daniel Estes writes the second volume. When I read his…

Homecoming

Scripture Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept     as we thought of Jerusalem {home}. ~Psalm 137:1, NLT Quote Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home. ~John Howard Payne I have loved creeks and water since I was a boy. I love canoeing, white water rafting and last Saturday I…

The Refiner’s Fire

Scripture He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. ~Malachi 3:3, CSB Quote It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he…

Here And Hereafter

Scripture Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. ~Revelation 1:19, KJV Quote A good man is never less alone than when he is alone with God. ~Matthew Henry In preparing our message for Sunday, I was studying Mark 6:45-56 where Jesus commands His…

A Man Misunderstood

Scripture “You stiff-necked people!…You are just like your ancestors: Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered Him {Jesus}. ~Acts 7:51-52, NIV Quote “God is dead… and we have killed him” ~Friedrich Nietzsche Stay…

A Leap Of Faith

Scripture Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. ~Hebrews 11:1, NASB Quote There comes a point where the mind takes a leap and comes out on a higher plain of knowledge, but cannot prove how it got there. All great discoveries have involved this leap. ~Albert Einstein The…

A Mob Of Violent Men

Scripture O God, the proud have risen against me, And a mob of violent men have sought my life, And have not set You before them. ~Psalm 86:14, NKJV Quote “Anarchy is not the absence of tyranny, but its most chaotic form.” ~Anonymous Psalm 86 is the only Psalm in book III attributed to David.…

He Hideth My Soul

Scripture And while my glory passeth by, I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with mine hand while I pass by. ~Exodus 33:22, Geneva Bible Quote The grace of God is beautiful; it radiates joy and awakens humor. ~Karl Barth Exodus 33 is an exciting chapter. It tells…