Perfectly Imperfect Together

In Psalm 43, 44, & 45, the descendants of Korah express their praise and worship of the Lord as the sweet sunrise reminds them of God's Light and Truth. God's goodness and mercy follow us all of our days and His Light and Truth lead us. They faced a huge defeat and cry out to God honestly and openly giving every emotion to God and trusting Him with the outcome. Even in this storm of de...

In Psalm 40, 41, & 42, David sings of God's great rescue and redemption and points us directly to Jesus and His saving mercy and grace. He trusts in God and His great saving power. He trusts in God's unfailing love and faithfulness. He knows "the Lord is Great" and shouts it out passionately for all to hear. He praises God in gratitude - even in the midst of the storm. More t...

In Psalm 38 & 39, David repents brokenheartedly before the Lord. He was honest with himself and God and laid it all before Him. He was really sick and walking through some huge struggles and sufferings. He even admits the writhing pain before God. When we face struggles and pains in life, we can focus on ourselves and experience sin's painfulness, we can focus on others and experience sin&...

Jesus loves us no matter what and always will - forever! The world around us tries to tell us lies about who we are and Whose we are. It's more important than ever to know what God says about who we are. He's the One who created us so He is the only One who should be allowed to define us.

In Psalm 36 & 37, David ponders God's world, praises God's character, and prays for God's protection and justice. He worshiped God and took personal responsibility for obedience to God. He focused his attention and energy to God's great glory, His faithfulness, His love, His mercy, and His grace. He worshiped and served God in the confidence of who God is. Rather than worrying...

In Psalm 34 & 35, David knows the Lord redeems those who serve Him wholeheartedly. He knows the Lord answers our prayers, provides all that we need, and delivers us from evil. He knows the Lord protects us from danger and turns our fears into faith. He cries out to God and praises Him with reverent fear and awe of who God is and God answers. God is our Creator and He cares for us. He redeems u...

In Psalm 31, 32, & 33, David is in deep distress and deep grief. He is being ridiculed and the enemy is pursuing him on every side. He feels forgotten and attacked. In spite of all this, in spite of all the circumstances surrounding him, he chose to look up. He chose to trust in the Lord. He chose to praise the Lord in the storm. He chose to glorify God regardless of every circumstance. He cho...

In Psalm 28, 29, & 30, David expresses praise to God in gratitude and thanksgiving. In spite of the evil all around him, he chooses to worship and praise God and trusts His goodness, His mercy, and His strength. He expresses the glory of God and magnifies God's great Name. He humbly came to God with a heart of repentance realizing life is not about him, but about how he can glory God in th...

God is everything. Everything we've ever needed, do need now, or will need is given by God. He created us for Him, to be sustained through Him - to bring His glory to the earth. God created us to show what He can do with less when less is wholeheartedly dependent on Him than with more when more is in rebellion against Him. This is God's world, designed God's way, for God's glory an...

Forgiveness is God's greatest gift because it meets our greatest need. Our faith can impact a person's eternal destiny if we are willing to put our faith into action. We don't just know Jesus saved our lives, we are called to live as if Jesus saved our lives. (Mark 2:1-12)

In Psalm 25, 26, & 27, David was walking through a really difficult time in life. He had enemies chasing him trying to take his life. In spite of his circumstances, God was still his focus. He wasn't perfect or sinless, but he was repentant and humble and chose to seek God's face. The one thing he asked of God above all else was to live in the House of the Lord all his days. He was sin...

In Psalm 23 & 24, David attributes the Lord to be the Great Shepherd who cares for His sheep and prepares them for ministry as well as the Chief Shepherd who is returning for His sheep. Jesus cares for us and He is returning in all His glory. We are to worship Him wholeheartedly as we live the lives He has given in gratitude and to glorify Him. This is God's World and He created us and pla...

In Psalm 20, 21, & 22, David cries out to God praying for victory in the battle ahead. He confidently prays to the Lord knowing it is God who fights every battle and boasts in God and God alone giving Him all the glory. He then praises God for the victory and exalts the Lord for all He has brought them through. Then he beautifully takes us straight to the cross as he cries out again to God. He...

In Psalm 18 & 19, David raises praises of thanksgiving to the Lord for His mighty victory and stands in awe of God and His great glory. When you catch a glimpse of God and who He is, it changes you. When the Word of God moves from your hand and head to your heart, it changes you. He delivers when we call on Him, He rewards when we humbly repent from our selfishness and offer Him our lives in o...

In Psalm 15, 16, & 17, David outlines the patterns of the Lord passionately and sincerely and how living blamelessly, pursuing God's holiness, living the Word of God from our hearts no matter the cost, not speaking ill of others or telling lies, reverently fearing and standing in awe of God, not taking advantage of others for selfish gains or bribes will result in living a righteous life i...

In Psalm 11, 12, 13, & 14, David sees a lot of evil going on around him and is being attacked at every side. The pressures of life were real and evident. Through every storm, he was honest with God and in constant communication with Him. He brought every emotion to the Lord and trusted Him with the circumstances around him as well as with the outcome. He chose to view the situations he faced t...

In Psalm 8, 9, & 10, David beautifully writes of the awe and wonder of our Almighty God who created everything we see. God in His greatness chooses to use us in our weakness to reveal His glorious greatness on earth. It strikes David with humble reverent awe of God that He is so big and mighty yet loves each of us so incomprehensibly much and it should us as well. He further calls out to God a...

In Psalm 6 & 7, David cries out honestly and sincerely to the Lord. David experiences his emotions and brings every single one to the Lord. He trusts God wholeheartedly and knows He is trustworthy and faithful. He brings every pain to God and every joy as well. He talks with God all day every day humbly and submissively. He doesn't try to take matters of his enemies into his own hands. Ins...

In Psalm 3, 4, & 5, David cries out honestly before God. He is wholeheartedly devoted to God, glorifies God in all things, and trusts God's character. He admits his struggles and troubles honestly, trusts in God completely, and knows God is on the throne and will handle everything perfectly. No matter what circumstances he faces or how bad they look, He trusts God through it all. He was in...

It was an uncounted young boy who held the 2 fish and 5 loaves that provided the materials needed for the miracle that fed roughly 20,000 people. The miracle came forth with the breaking of the bread. Jesus broke Himself as the perfect and final Miracle for each of us. Jesus never asks us to look for what we don't have or compare ourselves to others. He's put all we need in our hands to li...

In Psalm 1 & 2, we see a contrast of choosing Jesus vs rebelling against Him and the results that come because of both choices. Those that delight in the Lord and His Word - loving and pursuing Him heart and soul- are blessed. Those who refuse are condemned to the chains of sin and death. "For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.&qu...

In Esther 9 & 10, a vast number of Haman's followers rise up and try to take out the Jewish nation. But God. God give them victory. Because of the 2nd decree, they were able to defend themselves and God moved mightily in their defense. God's plan will come forth. God brought forth His Son, Jesus did come to earth, and through this nation, we all have the opportunity to hear, see, and l...

In Esther 8, the first decree could not be changed or taken away, but a 2nd decree was issued overturning the first. Just like sin hanging over humanity today, the 1st decree issued declared that we are destined to condemnation and death. The 2nd decree issued points us to the saving mercy and grace of Jesus. Only by responding to Jesus can the first decree be overturned. The 2nd decree cries out...

In Esther 7, the masks fall. Haman, in his pride, thinks he is invincible. He quickly learns he is not. The king learns his wife is Jewish, Haman is actually the enemy, and he inadvertently allowed a decree that would end his wife's life as well as the life of the man who had previously saved his own life. Haman ends up dying on the gallows he intended to use to kill Mordecai out of pure hatre...

In Esther 6, the king can't sleep and asked for his history to be read. The event of Mordecai saving his life is read and it is brought to his attention Mordecai was never honored or rewarded for saving the king's life. Haman comes along and is asked what a proper honor would be for someone who pleases the king. In his pride, Haman thinks he's talking about him so he spills out this el...