There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 115 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: May the LORD cause you to flourish, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. [Psalm 115:14-15] Some people send their kids to the best schools, so that they can succeed. Some people give their children all…
even the wind and the waves
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 114 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back… Why was it, sea, that you fled? Why, Jordan, did you turn back? [Psalm 114:3,5] The psalmist thinks back to the time when God rescued His people from Egypt, from the Red Sea, from the wilderness and the…
the weak, the poor, the lowly
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 113 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens. Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? [Psalm 113:4-6] To appreciate these words, we have to…
what a saved person looks like
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 112 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous. Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice. [Psalm 112:4-5] The psalmist is comparing the life of the upright with the…
praise You Lord!
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 111 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Praise the LORD. I will extol the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly. [Psalm 111:1] God inspires us to extol His Name in public by the amazing ways He works in our lives. We cannot help ourselves, “He…
my Lord and my God
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 110 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The LORD says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” [Psalm 110:1] This is a royal psalm, where David celebrates God’s grace in appointing his family line to the throne of God’s kingdom. But who is…
the criteria for judgment day
SCRIPTURE: Joel 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side. [Joel 3:12] Joel’s prophecy shows how God will punish His people, if they do not repent. He will use the neighbouring nations to punish His people, but…
Spirit transformation
SCRIPTURE: Joel 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” [Joel 2:12] Joel announces the impending judgment that hangs over Israel’s head, but then adds that there is still the opportunity to repent and experience God’s grace and mercy. Repent, return to the Lord, and…
declare a holy celebration!
SCRIPTURE: Joel 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. [Joel 1:14] Joel is speaking against the people of Judah and Jerusalem, telling them of the serious crisis that is coming…
if…
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Hosea 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots; his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. People will dwell again in his shade; they will flourish like the grain, they will…