Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

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

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-called-unlovely. Subscribe and comment :  https://youtu.be/ksoUzAo2fXo

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 trades the precious for the passing. Whom have I in heaven but YOU?https://youtu.be/KqfBnVEF1bA

"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 case the Lord gives us another day.https://youtu.be/MSk27bBQR0o

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 next 7 minutes by clicking here.https://youtu.be/7PMnx5DlBL8

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 call on Him. Our "earning" is discarded for His accomplishment.  Join me for 7 minutes to see if being "better than Hitler" is enough. https://youtu.be/wTO84eP0V4s

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, weighed 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.  Listen 7 minutes to find out!  Subscribe. Like and Comment.https://youtu.be/SgxDdZKN_AY

You will need these 7 minutes.  Perhaps not today, but soon.  I know that some big difficult circumstance is 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, it changes everything. KNOWING THAT GOD IS FOR YOU, will help you turn your HARDEST DAY to your finest day.https://youtu.be/HpzTJPEJb30

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 trust in God. Now go and do so!https://youtu.be/JXLBJD28NdA

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/h5ACdzTxupg

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 particular day, will be of good use to you.https://youtu.be/6lTKMl3XTNo

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 share. Come back tomorrow:https://youtu.be/0A5G-pI-DrY

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/xgd9aVFvTVE

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 can.  Come back tomorrow too by subscribing: https://youtu.be/ozog9xHOf5c

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 subscribe. https://youtu.be/mWWMZhK03dY

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 findspeak with others about what you findspeak with God about what you find.Search with me today and tomorrow: https://youtu.be/U6Wz8ikJ5Fc

Recently, I met some people who literally had calluses on their foreheads. Now this is a very strange thing, unless you figure out why they're there.Why would a person habitually use his forehead as a weight-bearing body part frequently enough to end up with a callus there?  watch for 7 minutes with me as we think about HABITS.Perhaps you too should have such a callus.Subscribe on Youtube if you want to see the mornings.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNijvDWAn2Wv2KFun2AnvCAHere's the video link to today's thought: https://youtu.be/FEuRXBjPG_I

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."

Can a Christian walk with integrity when he faces circumstances he does not prefer? How about if the situation is so bad that he finds himself wearing "a collar of iron"? Is that the day to curse God?Or, like our enslaved hero, Joseph, do we endure despite the horrors of mankind? Do we faithfully walk amidst circumstances that we do not prefer? Look with me for 7 minutes for truth that touches our world. Subscribe, like, etc:

If you have a complaint for God, what exactly should you do with it.  Ps 102 does not sugar coat the circumstances that some face: when you are eating ashes; when you are drinking your own tears and when it is a day of loud groaning.These are the days of particular opportunity. The Lord has pity on those in the dust if we let Him. In the surety of Him is the security of me. I invite you to think for 6 minutes with me about what to do in very difficult times.Subscribe if you find it a helphttps://youtu.be/2h8i4LkdqbQ

What if today is a real day of distress for you? How will you respond?Turn with me toward real truth from a real guy from a few years back. There is something here for you if affliction visits you today.Repeat after me: Have pity on my dust. If you've only got one breath left: HAVE PITY ON MY DUST. Like and subscribe: https://youtu.be/h8uWdRUOFxM

Happy New year.  I have a new year's prayer for you: I wish you the joy of His presence. In Psalm 21, David is pretty excited that the Lord shows up for the faithful national leader. He also warns what happens to those who "make mischief" against Him. Let's just say it isn't pretty.  It is like getting shot in the face with an arrow. All the punishment and wrath is so unnecessary. As the year starts, I recommend the joy of His presence.  Start the year right with a watch now, and another tomorrow. https://youtu.be/-ovLRzt42No

"God save the King" is in the Bible, Psalm 20 specifically.  It is a good prayer for him, or her if you have a Queen.  Who wouldn't want their national leader to have access to the wisdom of the Lord of the universe? This psalm teaches us how to pray for our President or King or Prime Minister.  Our vote is optional, but our prayers are not. Some trust in chariots and some in horses (or tanks) but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Subscribe and share: https://youtu.be/vX1zO-QSADE

David writes a psalm to remind everyone to pray for the king who happens to be David. Similarly, we should pray for our President and our leaders and our government.As goes The success of the president; so goes the success of a nationAs goes the success of a government, so goes the success of a nation.Our prayers are not optional for our President.No matter your political bent, Subscribe for more: https://youtu.be/8kUk722yg9k

I can be calm because of what He controlsI can be quieted because of what He has already stilledI can be quieted because of what He currently holds I can be quieted because of what He will someday conquerPsalm 131 is worth 35 seconds of your consideration.Subscribe and share.https://youtu.be/IYkDID-mp7g

One of my favorite things is to watch a thunderstorm roll in and then jump into the safety of a strong building.  One of my least favorite things is to endure a thunderstorm while in a tent.Ps 29 is all about the Thunderstorm Power of God. Ironically, it is from this earth-shaking power that our PEACE with God comes from.  It is only because the Lord kindly shares His POWER with us, that we can enjoy PEACE with Him. Join me for 7 minutes in the storm, then comment.https://youtu.be/v6cpqSxNP24

Psalm 63 gives us permission to use our spiritual imaginations for a great purpose. It is to "place ourselves" in the shadow of His wings.It is a most beautiful image that puts us under His protection and care.May the Lord grow our spiritual imagination.Let's use our spiritual ‘magination to put ourselves right where God wants us: in the shadow of His wings.Subscribe if this is a place you'd like to be tomorrow: https://youtu.be/EL9PjQlXA4w

David tells us about something that is "BETTER THAN LIFE". He comes up with a valuation that declares this particular "thing", God's faithful relationship with people, is WORTH MORE than life itself.It is an an audacious e-value-ation. See if you agree with David: God's steadfast love to humans is more valuable than LIFE ITSELF. Join me for 6 minutes in Psalm 63: https://youtu.be/fmps48w1pyM

This might be the craziest Christmas Podcast of all time.Christ comes to give us some of Himself. To be a Christian is to seek and thirst and faint for God.IRONY of those who find God.When you sign up to be a Christian, you sign up for longing for MORE of HimTo be a Chrisitan is to forever long for more of Him, until you get all of Him in heaven.And in this way: Yes, true believers Envy the walking dead.Subscribe if I haven't scared you away.https://youtu.be/6FbEMMeSgtM

David has a superpower. He is able to say, "I'm a sinner. Please forgive. Please help." We have a lot to learn from him.God has made a way for us, the unholy, to have a relationship with Him, the holy. It involves first recognition and verbalizing the real state of affairs.  This is where we do relatively poorly. We squirm at our sin and don't even want to use the word.If God had to find some sin in your life, where would you encourage Him to look? Under what rock would you tell Him to look? Now we are getting somewhere...Subscribe if you find any: https://youtu.be/iaOJ5vdmtrs

If you knew that you were in the mind of God, what would change?Your prayers would change. Your Actions would change. Everything would change.If I knew that I AM IN THE MIND OF GOD then I'd fill my mind more of God. Here is the BIG CALL for today: Incline yourself towards HIM, because He's Inclined Himself toward youLean on Him because He leans towads youStretch towards Him because He has stretched toward you. 2nd big call: subscribe and share.https://youtu.be/OfOeW9z39mk

In our previous video, we left with a beautiful image of jumping on the bed for 1 ½ hours straight.  Today, we have another vision worth considering: "Offer yourself freely to God."God does not compel belief.  He offers us the opportunity to offer ourselves. If we do so, on the day of His power and wrath, we will find ourselves jumping on the bed. Watch. Share. Enjoy. https://youtu.be/bGeqM4J14DM

First you may ask, "What does the DEW OF YOUTH look like"? You will have to talk to my favorite 2 ½ year old.  He'll most clearly show you what it means by jumping on his bed for 1 ½ hours straight. Good for him, and good for us too.  For this is the vigor and strength that the Lord promises to renew for us in the "womb of the morning". Join me as we admire the dew of youth that we might enjoy again if we join God's team.  subscribe if you don't currently have the dew of youth: https://youtu.be/tdjrMYOjiOQ

Good stuff awaits in psalm 61:Lead me to the Rock that is higher than IYou have been my refugeyou are my Strong TowerYou hide me under the shelter of Your wingsLead me to the ROCK! If you might plan on heading to the Rock tomorrow, subscribe now: https://youtu.be/pNJ6X1_SaZw

It is a privilege to get old.  Gray hair is a crown, not a curse.Psalm 71 says: If you have gray hair, find somebody in your church without gray hair to be conspicuous toward. Lord, revive ME, so I can revive THEM. This is one of the great purposes of the wisdom years. This is how you live forever. Listen 7 minutes. subscribe if you're not dead yet. https://youtu.be/mE8Cs1JLr8A

What does the good Lord have to say to those with GRAY HAIR?If I have made you, I will carry youyou are NOT FORSAKEN, even when your strength is almost spentI've got stuff for you to show to the NEXT GENI have purpose for you until the endFind a younger person to show all this to!Subscribe and share please.:https://youtu.be/hGbvT0OlPgk

When you feel like you are forgotten forever, I've got a 50 second remedy for you.  David writes a little gem of a song called Psalm 13. He sings of his feelings and then lands solidly on the facts. He does some big spiritual work: I rejoice. I trust. I sing and remember. None of that is easy.  When you feel like you are hidden from God, turn to Psalm 13.But first, subscribe and like and share: https://youtu.be/5qNhPeMPmAI

Welcome to the "Little Psalm that Could", with a nod to the Little Engine That Could. It is a 50 SECOND psalm. Oh, but it packs a punch. First, David has a few complaints: He feels forgotten, hidden, alone, and stomped on.  This is the psalm when you feel like your are forgotten forever.This is for the day when you find that you cannot find God…It is worth 50 seconds of your time.https://youtu.be/QU52mG8bjRc