SCRIPTURE: Psalm 25 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. [Psalm 25:4-5] Five times David talks about “the way”; once He refers to his own rebellious ways [Psalm 25:7], and the…
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the Jesus Rant
This guy gets to the point, a bit edgy though. But even though some may not like how he says it, what he says seems valid. What do you think of his rant?
Jesus, my king!
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. [Psalm 24:9] There is only one real God, and that God is the glorious King of the universe. God is King, whether we accept it or not. Unfortunately, because of the blindness…
children see, children do
Wow, what a challenging and convicting video. An important reminder that children are watching, children are learning. Reminds me of a prayer in the form of a song I once heard years ago. It was a Promise Keepers song, a father praying in regards to his son: “Lord I want to be just like you,…
eternal living now
September 16, 2009 SCRIPTURE: Psalm 23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. [Psalm 23:6] There is so much meat in this little psalm. I could spend weeks digging into its profound depths. It is a beautiful, much-loved expression…
how is God beautiful?
“One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.” [Psalm 27:4] Does anyone have an idea what it means for David when…
God’s growing family
SCRIPTURE: Ruth 3-4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then Naomi took the child, laid him in her lap and cared for him. The women living there said, “Naomi has a son.” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. [Ruth 4:16-17] Ruth is a love story within a love story. On the surface we…
why me?
SCRIPTURE: Ruth 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She exclaimed, “Why have I found such favour in your eyes that you notice me–a foreigner?” [Ruth 2:10] The book of Ruth is a teaching story, and God uses the main character to show His people the kind of humility, love and…
afraid?
The LORD is my light and my salvation– whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life– of whom shall I be afraid? When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my…
no greater love
SCRIPTURE: Ruth 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May…