Posts with the category “pastor-s-thoughts”

We’ve been looking at David crawling out of a hole. The ladder leading out is found in the two verse stanzas in Psalm 13. First, we find his desolation, then we find his prayer, and today we see his s...  Read More

Yesterday we looked at David’s desolation, but watch as he begins to climb out of that snuggle. The second stanza is found in Psalm 13:3-4,“Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, les...  Read More

Have you ever felt alone? Have you ever felt abandoned? We often hide those feelings…especially if they are spiritual. I mean, we hide it if we think God has abandoned us. Spurgeon spoke of the Psalms...  Read More

As you study Psalm 11 the psalmist gives us two options. We saw the first one yesterday…we can run. But today, let’s consider the second option which is to stand strong. Notice how David opens the Psa...  Read More

David asked, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” I often wonder what the Founding Fathers would think about the nation they birthed 250 years ago. In many ways they would be...  Read More

Seeking first the Kingdom of God......  Read More

On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. With sweeping legislation, the president ended slavery in the United States of America, but regardless of the declaration—it...  Read More

My favorite book in the Bible is the Psalms and I often read them along with a Proverb chapter every day. Of all the chapters, Proverbs 16 is my favorite.“The plans of the heart belong to man, but the...  Read More

Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:33 fascinate me,“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”Let’s settle in there for a moment. “But,” is a conjuncti...  Read More

I was in line at the grocery store Saturday and was watching the lady scan item after item. With the exception of a few pieces of fruit and some vegetables, not one item was picked up and looked at…ju...  Read More

I was showing my grandsons pictures from Kenya the other day this picture popped up. This is a younger version of myself with one of my favorite people in the world, Geoffrey. Geoffrey was a pastor fr...  Read More

This week we’ve been letting Jesus teaching us about watching out for greed. He gave us two situational signs: gloating and worry; two psychological signs: security and beauty; and two practical signs...  Read More

My focus this Finally, Jesus gives us two practical signs. This will show you if it is too important to you. The first sign is that you run after it. (verse 30) When you run after something you are dr...  Read More

Yesterday we considered Jesus’ two situational signs…gloating and worry, but let’s let Tim Keller helps us with two more signs from Jesus as we try to see if we have Money Sickness or Greed.Jesus also...  Read More

I closed yesterday with this statement, “Greed happens when money is too important—too central to you. Where do we draw the line—when does it become too important? You will always draw the line too fa...  Read More

On Friday’s post I wrote about greed and said that one of the problems is that blindness to the condition is an intrinsic part of the condition. Jesus deals with greed in Luke 12 and in verse 15 He sa...  Read More

In verses 5-7 we find a third fact about Jesus—He is King, He is Priest, and He is the King Returning. Verses 1-3 speak of His exaltation, verse 4 speaks of His ministry, but in the last section we mo...  Read More

As we come to verse 4 of Psalm 110, we see Jesus is the Priest Ministering.“The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind,“You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”“The LORD has swor...  Read More

Psalm 110 is the most quoted Psalms in the NT and it is totally about Jesus. Some of the Psalms we have studied point us to Jesus while also referencing the king of that particular time, but this Psal...  Read More

In Psalm 13 we find David’s desperation and David’s song, but there is one more thing in the last two verses, David’s Song,“But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your sa...  Read More

Yesterday we looked at Psalm 13:1-2 and saw David’s Desperation…today in verses 3-4 we find David’s Prayer. When we despair, we must turn to prayer…Paul said, pray without ceasing.“Consider and answer...  Read More

In Psalm 13 the first thing we find is David’s Desolation,“How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorr...  Read More

“Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous error!— that a spring was breaking out in my heart. I said: Along which secret aqueduct, Oh water, are you coming to me, water of a new life that I ha...  Read More

Today we come to the last stanza where we find the Psalmist moves from worshiping, offering, and now waiting for the King. The King came to the earth He created to save His creation, He ascended back ...  Read More

In Psalm 96 we’ve seen the what and the why of worship in verses 1-6, but but in the next section we find the psalmist calling us to make offerings to the King. Look at verses 7-9,“Ascribe to the LORD...  Read More

Yesterday we saw the What of worship, but this morning let’s look at the Why. Psalm 96:4-6 gives us a clue…first, look at the attributes of God in verse 4,“For great is the LORD and greatly to be prai...  Read More

In Psalm 96:1-6 we find the call leading us in worshiping the King. Two things about worship here…we will look at the first one today.First, we find the what of worship. Sing, sing, sing…sing a new so...  Read More