There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 100 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. [Psalm 100:4] Many are blessed, but not everyone acknowledges it. All of humanity, all of creation, is blessed by God’s love and goodness, but not everyone thanks Him or…
sometimes it makes me tremble
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 99 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake. [Psalms 99:1] When is the last time you trembled at the thought of God? What place does fear or reverence have in your attitude towards God? Have we gotten so comfortable…
have you seen it too?
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 98 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The LORD has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. [Psalm 98:2-3] God’s purpose is not to save only a few, He is not just interested…
His glory veiled
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 97 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. [Psalm 97:4-5] How do you think you would respond if you saw God in all His glory? Moses asked to see…
all creation sings
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 96 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy. [Psalm 96:12] This is a call for everyone and everything to praise God for His greatness and goodness. Sing, proclaim, declare, ascribe, worship, rejoice, resound… do you get…
resting or resisting?
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 95 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the desert [Psalm 95:7-8]. This is a call to praise, and yet it ends with a warning from the history of Israel. They…
wait for it!
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 94 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see? Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge? The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile. [Psalm 94:9-11] The psalmist asks…
Pledge Sunday
[May 15, 2011] Every year we give people an opportunity to pledge their support for the coming year. We present a draft budget and ministry vision, and ask everyone to prayerfully consider how much they are able to commit in support of that vision. For the last few Sundays we have been reviewing our vision,…
He reigns!
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 93 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength; indeed, the world is established, firm and secure. Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity. [Psalm 93:1-2] A psalm celebrating the ‘firm and secure’ authority…
troubled? praise God!
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 92 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. But you, LORD, are forever exalted. [Psalm 92:6-8] The psalmist chooses to sing for joy, even though he sees the wicked…