Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

It's all there in Ps119. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but not much. When you struggle with temptation... When you sit in the dust... When your soul melts for sorrow... When you have forgotten your way... In all of this, Psalm 119 has something to say.  Join me there please. and Subscribe on YouTube and ApplePodcasts and Spotify, etc. https://youtu.be/U96F2-zNxR4

We might scream every once in a while, "I don't care what God thinks!" Easy there tiger. Today let's use  Psalm 139 as the antidote to such foolishness.  In it, God will call us CLOSE.  He'll awe us in CREATION. He'll concern us with CONVICTION and use it to pique CURIOSITY in us.  Join me for 7 minutes in Ps 139 https://youtu.be/3XqwxS-Q4hA

You might wonder what makes God happy.  If you look for it, it is on every page of the Bible; Old Testament and New. The real question practically is: Do I agree with God? Does what makes Him happy make ME happy?  Please consider this thought for 7 minutes with me today. Then subscribe on Youtube.  https://youtu.be/Q2XxShjpdUA

Today, we'll review what is NOT the best question in the Bible, but it is a pretty good one. Then we'll wonder if we are "smarter than a door" Finally, we'll wonder if spiritual waiting is like regular waiting.  Join me for 7 minutes to get our thinking right. https://youtu.be/FbUCV2Z4VMI

Join me for a humble look at a psalm that was very important to Jesus.  He quoted it. He quoted it at His most difficult moment, twice. It starts with a feeling (forsakenness) and ends with a fact (it is finished). In between, we'll see whether the Father leans in or out.  Subscribe to the Youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/Ol9dJcVWtWs

Join me as we look to 3 psalms to see practical ways God helps us.   If you love nature. If you are broken hearted. If are frustrated that "you are dust" Then join me for these 7 ½ minutes to hear how God helps us. subscribe and tell me what you think:  https://youtu.be/4MT4SinIbH8

What happens if I forget spiritual pearls that I learned previously? Does that make me a knucklehead, or does it make me NORMAL? Here's one: If you cannot (yet) serve the Lord with gladness , then serve along side someone who is serving the Lord with gladness.  They will teach you how to be glad. Where do I find these people? You will find them in the bowels of the church serving the so-calle...

Remember with me today how NOT to be a "sheep-emergency".  We'll let the wisdom and comfort and challenge of Psalm 23 wash over us. The Lord is my Shepherd.  He has not come unarmed to His job. That is why we can be comforted. Then we'll turn to Psalm 73 and hear about a guy who ALMOST gets it wrong. His feet had ALMOST stumbled by admiring the wrong kind of people. He almost t...

"Just BREATHE." You hear it all the time in the advice of media experts.  Join me for the last psalm of the Book, and the last of the "Psalms of my Friends" to  get some better advice.  Rather than, "just breathe",  "Let everything that has breath PRAISE THE LORD." Join me, as if this is our only day left of breathing to do the essential thing.  Subscribe in...

Getting a heart of wisdom requires some MATH.  We are to number our days. ( I have 1648 days left, according to Psalm 90) Doing so affords us something precious: a soul that has the skill, aptitudes and ability to apply knowledge. Lots of things fade as the years go forward, wisdom is not supposed to be one of them. The AWARENESS of the days will increase the VALUE of those days. Start with the ne...

We weren't created to be finite. We are infinite, eternal beings...just not here in this life.  Someday, death will be no more. Meantime, Psalm 90 teaches us how long a typical life is.  It is important, because there is stuff to do before the final bell tolls.  Join me for 7 minutes today, at -3F, to find out how long you are going to live.  https://youtu.be/FPSXEfLvHP4

Oh, if we could just make it to heaven by comparison . One of the great offenses of the gospel is that none of us is "good enough". We all fall short. The Bible notes that everybody, even our own beloved mothers, don't earn heaven by being "good enough."  So is God thwarted in His desire that none should perish? Nope. He makes a way thru Jesus that gives access to all to c...

The ancient Egyptians had a mythology that visually describes the big  point today from Psalm 53: they believed that at the moment judgement, if the cumulative bad deeds of one’s life, w eighed more than a FEATHER, you were condemned and then instantly devoured, consumed by this evil creature that stood at the ready for such a moment.  How many of us make it to heaven based on our own merits.  Lis...

You will need these 7 minutes.  Perhaps not today, but soon.  I know that some big difficult circumstance i s hurling towards you. A lot will be asked of you on that day, so my humble suggestion is to be ready. As we discussed yesterday, one of the challenges will be: Do I trust God? Today, we'll look on the foundation that this trust sits upon. It is this: Do I know that GOD IS FOR ME? If so...

The interior spiritual work of trusting God is for many, the hardest thing they will ever do. In fact, the struggle will be so difficult,  that tears will be shed over it.  So what happens to those tears? Psalm 56 tells us.  You might not believe it is in the Bible. I certainly didn't.  Subscribe if you are surprised to. https://youtu.be/KvRzKbr98sU

The US dollar, which you might be carrying in your back pocket SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU. Literally.  It declares something about you that Psalm 56 reinforces. What does the dollar say about you? The dollar says you trust in God. It says that WHEN you are afraid, you trust in God. And then, that trust ultimately results in not being afraid. What does the dollar say about you? The dollar says you tr...

When you cannot control the OUTCOME, what will you do with your OUTLOOK? When you cannot determine the CONCLUSION, what will you do with your CONDUCT? On the day when there are no rainbows, how will you respond to the Lord? Look with me at a real moment, with a real guy, who is at real risk. Join me for 7 minutes in Psalm 56.  It will be the most important 7 minutes of your day. https://youtu.be/h...

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Ps 118: 24    Here's the truth about those days: Eventually, either the days are gone, or we are gone from the days. Who is sovereign over my days? Why did that guy have to die "so soon"? Who is in charge over the number of the days? What if I am grumpy about the whole topic?  If so, these 6 ½ minutes of this...

To praise is to throw back to the Lord the fastballs of revelation that He has thrown at you. This commitment to be proclaiming hallelujahs is done in the context of some great questions: Is the Lord on your side? what can man do to me? Will I bless the Lord? Join me for the answer of Psalm 118.   https://youtu.be/VQP2YzmXfaM

Psalm 127 has something to say about whether you should have children and how many children you should have. Only God creates life.  We are blessed to be inheritors and stewards of the life He makes in children. I so admire the courage of young families. They are doing a nobel, God-ordained, God-rewarded, future-enhancing, self-protecting, generationally-supportive, fruit-making activity. Like and...

There is such a thing as laboring in vain .  It means doing work, but having no lasting output.  It is not that God is opposed to effort.  God is opposed to earning. The way to prevent efforts that END in the wrong place is to avoid efforts that start in the wrong place.  Join me for 7 minutes today, and tomorrow by subscribing to this channel so your efforts will not be in vain. https://youtu.be/...

If God's GREATNESS is "unsearchable", what happens next? Unsearchable doesn’t mean we DO NOT SEARCH.  Unsearchable means that when we are done with our search, there is still more greatness to find. Just because the number is high, doesn't mean that we do not start the count, and count as hight as we can.   Search with me today. Let's account for His greatness as best we c...

If God is not kind, we are all up a spiritual creek without a paddle.  God's kindness is what connects his GREATNESS to us.   God's kindness is the DELIVERY SYSTEM He uses to make His infinite greatness of particular use to us. You'll be needing both the unsearchable greatness of God and the tender kindness of God.  Listen as I deliver one of the above in 6 minutes.  Please subscrib...

After going on a "greatness hunt", David concludes that God's greatness is unsearchable. It doesn't mean he shouldn't search.  It means that after such a spiritual accounting, there is still more greatness to discover.  As he does, he recommends a few things:  speak with yourself about what you find speak with others about what you find speak with God about what you find....

If God has been active and kind to you in designing and implementing a rescue plan for you over many generations, you might want to take notice.  Psalm 105 helps us do just that.   It is a declaration of all that God has done in Israel to set the stage to save the world at Christmas. (and Easter.) Read and appreciate it with me today.  We'll be telling God, "You did a good job." htt...