9/2/2010 Psalm 105:13-25 Mulberry Florida

V13-15 God called His people to a certain place to become a unique people. This was God’s mission for His people. He protected His people and prepared a safe place for them to live. V16-25 God used various methods of teaching and training His children, Israel. Sometimes He used difficulty, But He was always there preparing a way of escape from it. In this historical account of Israel’s beginning, God prepared and used Joseph to be there to strengthen God’s people in a troubled time. Israel became strong and God was with them.

 

Application: God works in a deliberate and special way to establish a people that are recognized as His. God always provides a leader and events to guide His people to stay focused on His mission. The big picture of God’s Will sometimes gets lost in daily life. As a child of God, I am to be unique to the world’s norm. I am to be different so that the world can have a reason to choose Him. I will work at following God’s lead to stay on mission.

9/1/2010 Psalm 105:1-12 Mulberry Florida

V1 God does amazing things for the people who have placed their trust in Him. They are told to express their gratefulness to God in praise. This is how they can reveal to the world what He has done for them. V2 The actions and attitudes toward God are expressed to the world through public praise in music, and testimonies. V3-6 Believers can communicate the awesomeness of God to the world by the way they enjoy God and live for Him in daily living. V7-12 Believers are motivated to do this as they remember His goodness and justice. God keeps His promises. Believers can count on God in every generation. All of God’s promises are guaranteed forever.

 

Application: God’s Word, His credentials and achievements must be distributed throughout the world. He changes lives and His followers must be grateful. I am a changed life. God is wonderful, His works powerful and I have seen them. I am grateful for what He has done in my life.

8/31/2010 Psalm 104:24-35 Mulberry Florida

V24-30 God has provided the seas of the world as a vast resource for food, enjoyment and exploration. God’s marine-creatures are too many to count and all of them depend upon Him to provide what they need to live. God is constantly renewing and sustaining life. V31-32 Not only is God in absolute control of creation; He is happy with it. V33-34 The writer celebrates in God’s work of creation. He is impressed and motivated to please God with his worship. V35 Sinners do not fit in a perfect creation and the writer prays they will be removed. Someday this will happen. That’s why it is vital to convert sinners to Christ.

 

 

Application: God’s wonderful creation is perfectly designed. As a created being man depends on God’s perfect provision in creation just as every other creature does. Creation’s design reveals the greatness of God. I am reminded to be impressed with it, respect it and value it. I live in creation as a grateful citizen.

8/30/2010 Psalm 104:14-23 Mulberry Florida

V14 God supplies everything that living things need to live. V15 He enhances life with small but important amenities or creature comforts. V16-18 He creates and sustains the habitat for the wild kingdom. V19-23 In His elaborate creation God designed seasons to make life interesting. Night and day were designed to facilitate the lives of His creatures.

 

Application: The earth is perfect for sustaining life. God designed it that way. Everything that lives is provided a place to live, food to eat, water to drink and air to breath. I am grateful for life and for God’s perfect environment. Everything I need is here. He will furnish it to me when I need it. I will praise God for everything in His creation.

8/29/2010 Psalm 104:1-13 Mulberry Florida

V1-5 The writer encourages himself with a description of God that he could visualize. He profiles God’s greatness in aspects of creation. The writer depicts God in creation as if He had a body and would use creation for living. He wears the created Sunlight. He uses the sky as a curtain. He uses the clouds for transportation and angels for communication. God’s creation is an awesome place to exist. V5-13 God’s creation provides a life-sustaining water system. It is a world-wide complex system that only God could design.

 

Application: God greatness is cause for encouragement, confidence and faith. Creation by itself would be enough to convince a doubter that God is real. But as one knows Him I can rehearse the Word of God in my mind and build my faith in Him. The Holy Spirit confirms in my soul that God is real and that I belong to Him (Romans 8:16). I am encouraged & my faith is stronger.

 

Application: My ultimate victory over sin and the things that oppose God and the Gospel is granted by my gracious & merciful God. The peace and prosperity that is extended to me from Him is a result of His love. I have experienced His grace & mercy already but I know that truly in light of what is coming, I have not seen anything yet.

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8/27/2010 Micah 6:1-8 Mulberry Florida V1-2 God directs charges of sin and rebellion against Israel. But instead of using human witnesses, God tells Micah to address the mountains with passion. Speaking loudly and strongly to the mountains suggests that passionate preaching would get the message to ...
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8/25/2010 Jonah 4:1-11 Mulberry Florida V1-3 Jonah was angry that God was merciful to Nineveh. Nineveh was a gentile nation and Jonah did not want to be part of their deliverance. This is the real reason for his first refusal to obey God’s will. He knew that God would use him to preach His ...
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8/24/2010 Jonah 3:1-10 Mulberry Florida V1-3 Now that Jonah was surrendered to God’s will, he was ready to serve Him. God had intervened in Jonah’s life to give him the opportunity to do what he was destined to do. God issued to Jonah the orders for the same mission. Jonah immediately ...
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