Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

When you have a Big-Boy-Decision to make, sometimes God addresses you by your Big-Boy-Name. This should get your attention. Perhaps He'll also send an angel.Such is the situation of Joseph, who is asked to change his mind and by so doing, put himself in particular peril.Watch as Joseph stands with Mary as he is pretty sure she has lain with another.God will ask him to change his mind about that too.  Watch. Admire. Consider. Share. Comment.;-)https://youtu.be/7vUJWa9BhnI

Mary betrays Joseph during their betrothal period.  At least Joseph thinks Mary has betrayed him.Joseph has something to say about what happens next.  Shame and stoning are on the menu in response to this great injustice.  But Joseph decides NO. He saves Mary's life and the unborn Jesus' life, 4 months in the womb, by this resolving.We find Joseph is just and is unwilling to put Mary to shame. He saves the life of Mary. He saves the life of Jesus.  In that sense, Joseph saves YOUR LIFE too. Listen! https://youtu.be/Wlyse3ZJqKA

The beatitudes, in a sense, start with a genealogy. For a long time, God has seen the rebellion of humans, even the rebellion of His chosen people. It is all recounted, in a sense, by the recalling in a genealogy. It isn't a pretty picture.  We end with our great need. You have got to help us God! The good news is that He does.  All along He has been the God who sees.  It is a necessary thing.  Join me today to be seen. Help me find you and others by liking, and sharing.https://youtu.be/gOuxD1ebl7E

What are all the sinners doing in the genealogy of Jesus?Well, they are EXACTLY where they should be.  A rescue operation needs knuckleheads to be rescued.Join me for 7 minutes as we look at the sinners in the line of Jesus who need to be rescued themselves. Only God can figure this out!Subscribe to the YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/bz2bO5hVK74

You have got to be kidding me.Who in their right mind starts a gospel and the beatitudes with a genealogy?Isn't that the most boring, most skipped over, the stupidest start of any life story? All a genealogy holds is history, people and scandal.That is the big point. People need a rescue.  Not perfect people, for there are none of them.  Flawed people are the ones He came to save.  Start the beatitudes with me in SCANDAL.Like subscribe and commit to tomorrow.https://youtu.be/34DS_vQUIcs

The psalms stand, as an access point to God for those with great emotions, great questions, and great situations.Today is the last day of 190 days in the Psalms. I'm sad to leave them. I'm grateful for this journey with you.  Who knew they were so great? Why didn't YOU TELL ME?!Why might a person turn to the psalms?do you have a great emotion?do you have a great question?are you facing a great situation?If so, then there is a Psalm for you. https://youtu.be/CtdNbty6IU0

Numbering our days will have benefits for you.The AWARENESS of the days will increase the VALUE of those days.So HOW CAN I get wiser as time goes on? By NUMBERING the days you have left. Wisdom is on offer as we look for 6.5 minutes at Psalm 90.Watch and comment.https://youtu.be/d1GjEjo9UhY

Most people have a high favorability rating for their own mothers.  Will they all go to heaven? Will their wonderfulness be enough to earn a spot next to Jesus?Psalm 53 clarifies the criteria.  It is a little shocking, especially as we throw our dear mothers into the mix. Join me for 7 minutes to assess Mom by the heavenly criteria.  Yikes!https://youtu.be/o4VxzYdElLs

Life is a wonderful experience, but not all the time.  There are days without rainbows.Join me for 7 minutes as we watch a guy in big trouble experience such a season. This is David during some nasty circumstances.  What will he do?  Stick around and find out!Comment if you can when it is over!https://youtu.be/4B_PBsSn8cM

If you want a hit parade of quotability, turn to Ps 118. 6    The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? 22    The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 24    This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.Join me today as we replay these hits! Subscribe, etc.https://youtu.be/Xi7aQKXwfi0

There is no doubt that for most, the pathway to happiness, and the reward being bestowed by God is to get married; to have a quiver full of children.Should I have children?: generally yes yes yes.How many children should I have? A quiver full.If you were to prepare for militarily tough times ahead, how many arrows would you prepare with?Thank you for being here.  Comment, like and subscribe. https://youtu.be/FeJU2wGFCL4

Search with me for what is "unsearchable."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 and  there is more greatness ahead of us than behind.His GREATNESS is unserarchable.Subscribe and let's do it together tomorrow.https://youtu.be/bWQJb7YEMi0

How do you thrive when you are living in circumstances you do not prefer?If only the Bible could guide our steps when it is tough.  Just kidding, the Bible has lots to say about this.Join me for 7 minutes in Psalm 105 and find out how to live gracefully when your neck has a "collar of iron" around it.subscribe. Share. comment.  You might be of some help to others watching and reading this.https://youtu.be/TDARpKcnEiU

If today is a day of sitting in the dust, have I got some help for you.Psalm 102 is for a day without rainbows, when things are really bad. He charges:Pour our your complaint directionallyKnow this is an opportunity Know that the Lord hearsKnow that this will influence those not even born yetOur security is based on the surety of GodThis is how we can EXCEL in the dust. Share and comment to excel even more...https://youtu.be/sYQ1TnZhG34

Your prayers are not optional for your President.Your prayers can be a litmus test. Followers of God are called to pray for those who lead us, whether we agree with them or not. Our ultimate King is the Lord. One of the ways He potentially works is through national leaders. So let's pray that our leaders follow the ultimate Leader, the Lord. "God save the king." Is from psalm 20. Join me there for 6 ½ minutes.https://youtu.be/d5ygSo8QoDU  

Christians a supposed to rest in God. Ps63 says it beautifully: under the shadow of His wings.  What allows such rest?First, His POWER.  It is like a thunderstorm. So says Psalm 29.Second, know He's got not only the power, but also the SECRET THINGS taken care of. So says Psalm 131.I will rest under the shadow of His wings Ps 63.because of the power displayed, ps29, and the power secret to me, ps131.https://youtu.be/_n7N7PgEWVw

To be a Christian is to "long for home". To be a Christian is to seek and thirst and faint for God. To be a Chrisitan is to forever long for more of Him, until you get all of Him, in heaven. Welcome to Psalm 63.The closer you are to heaven, the more enviable your position.  This is exactly as this is supposed to go. This is exactly why you were created.  Subscribe so we might long together tomorrow if He gives us another day. https://youtu.be/nwlWwrXbaJY

Saying I'm Sorry is one of the greatest of life-skills.Our hero/knucklehead David does this regularly before the Lord.  He has the skill, but what is it based on? He understands something about God that gives him access to the throne, over and over and over. Listen.  Comment. See if you agree. https://youtu.be/ncimFPQyDys

Today might be the day when you are running on empty.  If so, cry out, "Lead me to the rock"If today is not that day, and you have got some reserve in your tank, then let's cry out FOR that person.  Pray that the DEW OF YOUTH might be returned to them. Then, on the day whey YOUR tank is empty, they might intercede for you. Subscribe, for that day might be tomorrow.  https://youtu.be/_4AgyZFmBvw

I'm not OLD, but I was born a long time ago.What should I be doing with my older agedness?What is God's relationship with those who were born a long time ago?In short: GET BUSY. Listen to old wisdom for Gray Haired People. If you plan on living a little longer, subscribe: https://youtu.be/qyPHR0kNy20

Pro tip: when you feel "forgotten by God" you will be feeling like it will be forever. Just ask David, as he works through an (inaccurate) season recorded in Psalm 13. He feels like God is hiding His face forever. He is challenged on that day: what do you do on the day when you "cannot find God" He does the right thing and asks that the Lord would give light to his eyes: let me see this situation clearly; with the light of insight that only comes from You. Then with this renewed understanding, he then does the very difficult work of turning his feet and actions in a certain direction.Watch for 7 minutes.  You have 7 minutes. And for tomorrow's 7 minutes: subscribe.https://youtu.be/5QYfvR-qbOQ

God is not mocked.  He knows who is on His team.  He knows who KISSES him and who KICKS Him.But do WE KNOW who is on God's team. Let's look at both PROFESSION and PRACTICE: Who are you setting yourself in fellowship and service with each week? What are you regularly doing to experience AWE in His Word? These are ways you might know if you are kissing or kicking Him.Subscribe and share for another kiss tomorrow. https://youtu.be/CeNH229eQ9Y

What DID you throw at God on your finest day?What DID you throw at God on your worst day?"Praise" literally means to throw. To cast. We might directionally hurl praise, which is to steer correct attributes in His direction.What you are throwing at God? Share.https://youtu.be/KKnPA8AOBX0

Anger is a huge destructive force that can ruin relationships outside of yourself and even inside your own soul.  David realizes this in Ps 39. He has pretty good control of his tongue, but his heart is burning hot.He makes the turn away from anger internally. He is struck by his anger. He realizes this is not what he wants to be doing with his remaining few moments on this earth. Let's imitate this. https://youtu.be/7wrDEvqmklU

The Psalms are of course  a book of WORDS, but they are supposed to be conveying something: ideas, realities.One of the ways it does that most effectively is to paint a physical picture with the words that it uses. Here's one for today the Lord DRAWS US UP. Where? to Himself. How? by bending towards us. Who? to the meek, the bent. So my prayer for us is: May the Lord BEND DOWN to DRAW UP the BENT OVER. subscribe for more Pictures Painted With Words https://youtu.be/JCaVoRrXNoQ

Today will be my mother's favorite verse: “Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:11. But who are we?Ps 8:4: what is man that you are mindful of him? Ps 103:14 He remembers we are dust and yet, God choose to visit the meek. The meek shall inherit the earth Ps37It is the meek, the bent that God chooses to be with. Revelation 21:3  “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. The bent are my favorite kind of people. Subscribe and share.https://youtu.be/SBl7CSUeMPM

What does God think about?  Imagine we could look through the windows of heaven itself.  What would we find Him occupied with mentally?  Well, He tells us in Psalm 8.  His mind is full of YOU.  His mind if full of mankind.If we look carefully to God, we'd find God looking with care at us.Join me for 7 minutes for the best question, and the best answer in all of scripture. Share and comment before you leave.https://youtu.be/0KzsPEiT7p4

I know it sounds mean, but I pray that the Lord's HEAVY HAND of conviction would be upon you. When you need it, nothing could be more welcome.  Though it certainly is hard, it is much more desirable than the Lord's indifference. The wonderful forgiveness of the Lord accessed by the heavy hand of conviction.What does the presence of God feel like?It feels like the heavy hand of conviction upon me.  This is my prayer for you.Please share today with all the needful you might know, which is everybody.https://youtu.be/T5bfI-7KhUw

Join me for 7 minutes as I share the most important life-skill that you could ever know. Watch David move from Murder to Mercy through the difficult work of repentance.  Watch the even more difficult work of the Lord forgiving and forgetting. Watch Him "un-see" sin.This is the most important SurThrival skill you will need for this life.Tomorrow's might not be as good as this one, but subscribe anyway.https://youtu.be/QHPd-oICdy0

I pray the Lord would indeed prosper you; that your feet would be "bathed in butter. "I pray that every favor of this world and the next, can be achieved by you. Why? So that you can be a blessing to your house, and to the house of God.Join me for 7 minutes of prosperity. If it really is valuable, comment and subscribe and even share. thanks.https://youtu.be/qt7iHC8Pmiw

In Christianity, power is unlocked in the strangest way. It is a bit upside-down.Stillness is our SUPERPOWERIt says in Psalm 37:11 The meek shall inherit the earth.We can be still because HE IS NOT STILL.You will never be more powerful than when you are bent before Him         How do I get to be powerful?Be meek. Be curved. Be bent before Him. Subscribe to hear more truth tomorrow:https://youtu.be/2IYL5yDazg8

Here is an amazing characteristic of God:  The Lord is high, but regards the lowly. It is those who bow down that He "bows" all the way down to.The rescue of the Lord is in the context of a relationshiop, not rebellionWe have something to say as to whether the Lord regards us closely, or whether he knows us from afar. Join me to find out how in 7 minutes https://youtu.be/h_B4-NSH_hs

If you do not have a solid spiritual home, know this: God agrees 100% with you that you should.  He notes that even the swallows and the sparrows do.  If they can have a place in the house of God, so can you!We'll address church-hopping. Can you transplant a huge, fruitful tree to a new place? Yes, it is possible, but it should be rare, exceptional and result in greater fruit in the new place.  That is, more fellowship, more service, more giving, etc.Subscribe and watch tomorrow. Meantime, go be planted in a church. https://youtu.be/_NQ1_6JXj8A

Evil has a tendency to not "stay in its' lane". To be in our world is to come face to face with evil on a regular basis.  Psalm 27 asks for the strength to deal with it.Similarly, we also deal with people that are harshly termed: STUPID.  Psalm 92 addresses how we should act when surrounded by the stupid.Join me for some wisdom amidst evil and the stupid. subscribe if it helps. https://youtu.be/uusNz_Xin0w

What page of the Bible should I turn to if:your soul melts away for sorrow?  (Ps119)you are under-serving? (Ps84)you wish to bend heaven toward your difficulty? (Ps18)you wish to be protected from evil? (Ps121)While you are at it subscribe to this page on you tube https://youtu.be/W7Ur_oq3w3Ior buzzsprouthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1304884/episodes

About 100 days ago I did a podcast:“Gold is worth $4000/oz. This is worth more!"Since then, the Financial value of Gold has has quantifiably and dramatically increased $1000 per every Ounce of it. That is a 25% increase. In 100 days! The real question is: Has our affection kept pace with it? Join me for a 7 minute listen. If it has value for you, please subscribe.https://youtu.be/mMLv7VPhmeg

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 139https://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:

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