First Things First

Psalms 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. There are two kinds of people in this world. There are those who are focused on place, where they are, and those who...

Noise Does Not Equal Power

Psalm 83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. We live in a very noisy world. In fact, it is probably the noisiest world that has ever existed. We have continual noise wherever we look. That is where we put our attention. Whoever...

A Revival of our Relationship

Psalm 80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. Do you feel spiritual today? It is always a dangerous thing to ask about feelings because feelings can change. I will tell you that there is an ebb and flow in a relationship to...

God Uses the Faithful

Psalm 78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: There once was a boy named Ephraim. He was the son of Joseph, blessed specifically by his grandfather, Jacob. His family, who became a tribe, was later a leader of the nation. His tribe...

Stop Waiting for Happiness

Psalm 74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause… Last week I was near the woods behind one of our buildings on the Bill Rice Ranch. I was looking for a large oak tree that had once been the home of a magnificent tree house. The boys who owned the treehouse had a dad...