Our country is in a season of disunity. After the election we just had, we have those who are sure that President-elect Donald Trump somehow rigged the system so he could win. Others are convinced that he will be the destruction of our great land. Others however are pleased that Trump won. To them, the thought of Mrs. Clinton being president is a scary thought indeed. They are convinced she lost fair: the people simply spoke. To them, if she were president, she would be

I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations. Psalm 57:9 HCSB Today is Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful for. Perhaps you have the tradition where everyone in you family goes around and gives thanks for the things of this life. Many will say they are thankful for their home, their family, their jobs, their whatever. I want to give you a challenge this year. State your thankfulness for God, His love, His Son, His Spirit, H

God, we have heard with our ears - our ancestors have told us - the work You accomplished in their days… Psalm 44:1 HCSB I remember going to the church building that my grandparents attended. It would be late on Friday evenings that Grandpa and I would go to clean the building and get it ready for Sunday morning. Often times while we there my grandpa would tell me some new truth about God. I still remember the night he opened a bible and had me read Genesis 1:1. The words

As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:1-2 The scene is a drought. A severe drought. One that is causing animals to desperately look for watering holes. The ones who do not find the water simply die. As the deer longs for water in that scenario, so I long for you God writes the Psalmist. For some reason, the writer feels he has been separated from God. Something ha

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord and do good; so that thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. - Psalm 37:1-4 KJV Have you ever watched an “evil” person prosper? In your heart you know that they do not stand for the th

I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. - Psalm 34:1-3 KJV Reading the Psalms for me has been a great joy. Truth is, though I have read the Psalms many times over the years, I have never set out to read all 150 on such a rigid schedule. I have never written devotions about them, thou

For as long as I can remember, I have sung and loved the old Hymn “Power in the Blood.” Even now as I type I can hear the chorus: “There is power, power, wonder working power, in the blood of the Lamb!” The song is true, there is indeed power in the blood of Jesus. There is enough power to cleanse you and me from all our sins. But the blood of Jesus is not the only source of divine power. There is mighty power in the voice of God. In fact, Psalm 29 tells us that the heaven

David asked a question that we all need to think about. He asked “Lord, who can dwell in Your tent? Who can live on Your holy mountain?” (Psalm 15:1) Then, as though God had given the answer to his heart, he spends the rest of the psalm giving the answer. ​The one who: lives free of blame does what is right does not damage with their talk does no harm to a friend etc. Today we live in the New Testament times. That is the time after Jesus has gone to the cross and risen fro

Pursue - to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.) Over the years their have been many things I have pursued. I have pursued my wife Leslie before we were a couple. I have pursued educational degrees. I have pursued jobs. I have pursued different goals I have set. In fact, most of what I am and have is the result of things I have pursued. The same is true for you as well. Stop for a moment and think about the things you have pursue

Guilt. That single word is able to make some flinch. It brings back a memory of a wrong. It brings back that time when…. It brings back that person you hurt. Guilt is able to make a person physically sick and mentally ill. Guilt is powerful. It leads to many, many, sleepless nights and feelings as though God will never forgive you. Perhaps guilt is best described by David in Psalm 6. This psalm is one of the seven penitential psalms, or “dealing with guilt” psalms. In it