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As I was running this morning, I noticed worms everywhere on the sidewalk. I thought, “Y’all gonna die! That’s not your path, that’s mine.” While I’ve seen this before, but today it hit me, “If we are not on the right path, we’re going to die as well.” Birds and a hot sun and bound…
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Pastors: 10% of people will love and support you no matter what. Thank God for them. They are friends and family. Less than 1% of people (probably one or two over many years) will question everything you do and never befriend you. Their spiritual gift to you is being your thorn. They probably don’t even…
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Someone once asked me, “Why do you think David continually asked the Lord to deliver him and judge his enemies?” The best answer I could come up with was, “David was reminding himself to give it over to God instead of foolishly trying to take care of it himself.” There’s nothing like trouble, tragedy, and…
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Have you ever stopped to think about all the Lord does? If you do for any length of time, it will cause you to praise His name. Psalm 68 is a psalm of David that does just that – remembrance and praise! It is good and necessary that we recall the blessings and activities of…
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Why do you want God to bless you? What does “blessed” really mean? Why do you desire His favor? What will you do with the grace He gives you? Psalm 67 is a psalm of blessing. Verse one references Numbers 6:24-26, “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face shine…
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The rejoicing of others should cause rejoicing in you. When God moves in a great way in someone else, do you rejoice with them? Does it cause you to reflect and discover reasons to also rejoice? Does everything praiseworthy have to originate in your life or can it start with others and move you to…
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God is our provider both spiritually and physically and for this we give Him praise. This is the theme of Psalm 65. We praise Him for His salvation and forgiveness (vv. 1-4). We praise Him for His power over everything everywhere (vv. 5-8). We praise Him for provision and compassion (vv. 9-13). As David began…
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The introduction to Psalm 63 tells us David wrote it when he was hiding in the desert of Judah. This happened when he was running from Saul (1 Samuel 23:14-29) and Absalom (2 Samuel 15:13-37). In both cases, David was running from family that was trying to kill him. Uprooted from his home in the…
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“Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.” -Galatians 6:1 NIV Let’s break it down: “Bothers and sisters” – family of God “If someone” – your family “Caught in a sin” – rescue…
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When we find ourselves as Christians suffering for the cause of Christ and His mission and Kingdom, we must remember Jesus is our righteous example. In 1 Peter 2:21-25, Peter wrote to dispersed believers to remind them to view themselves as citizens of heaven and aliens in a foreign land. As Christians, we are sojourners…
stephen R Harrison 