Read: Psalm 34 Read: I Samuel 21 Read: Matthew 12:1-8 Read: Hosea 6:6 I was a little kid when I realized that I was named after the first sinner in the Bible. I was not happy. I told my dad that I wanted to change my name to David. He was my hero. He’s the […]
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The LORD is My Light and My Salvation | Psalm 27 | by Adam Miller
Read: Psalm 27 Read: Colossians 3 What is the worst experience you have ever been through? Maybe you’re going through it right now. Troubles come and troubles go, but it is one of the hardest things to see the end when you are stuck in the middle. If Psalm 23 was written to encourage us […]
The LORD is My Shepherd | Psalm 23
Read: Psalm 23 Read: John 10:1-18 A few years ago I realized that I was rushing at a pace that was unsustainable. I was working long hours, gaining weight, losing sleep, and worrying about my health. So I decided to take a year to get myself back into shape. I started dieting, hired a personal […]
My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? | Psalm 22
Read: Psalm 22 Read: Matthew 27:1-10, 27-54 Have you ever been angry with God? Have you ever complained to Him? Perhaps the emotions of your circumstances seemed too hard for you to handle, either in its intensity or the duration. I have to admit, I’ve been over this whole pandemic for a while now. Although […]
The Heavens Declare the Glory of God | Psalm 19
Read: Psalm 19 Read: Matthew 6:16-34 One of my favorite things to do is go camping. There are several aspects that are particularly enjoyable for me. First, I love to be in nature and just appreciate all of the wonder of God’s creation. Secondly, it’s important to just stop and look around every once in […]
When the Nations Rage | Psalm 2
Read: Psalm 2 Read: Revelation 5 I think it is safe to say that, as a result of a confluence of crises, tensions are high. Really high. There seems to be a collective concern with what is happening globally. It’s no wonder that there are riots on the streets. The surface tension has broken. You […]
The Righteous Prosper by Adam Miller
Read: Psalm 1 Read: Matthew 5:1-16 Someone once said that if a picture paints a thousand words, then a poem paints a thousand pictures. When we add music to poetry and imagery, it makes it stick inside our soul. Have you ever been driving down the road, listening to the radio, and you hear a […]
Fellowship with God: Believing in the Son
Read: I John 5:1-21 Read: Galatians 5:13-6:6 There are so many problems facing our world today. That might just be the greatest understatement of 2020. I’d wager that nobody imagined how bad things were going to get, and we haven’t even made it to the election in November yet. All I can say is, brace […]
Fellowship with God: Loving One Another
Read: I John 4:11-5:5 Read: John 3:1-21 Imagine you’re driving on the road to get something to eat, you see an ice cream shop and you think to yourself, “I’m going to have to come back to that after dinner.” You could stop and get your dessert first, there’s no judgement here, but it’s probably […]
Fellowship with God: Keeping His Commandments
Read: I John 3:11-4:6 Also Read: Genesis 1:1-5; 4:1-16 From the very beginning there has been a struggle between good and evil. In the creation order, there is an intentional distinction made between the light and the darkness. The first two verses of Genesis are describing a world without light. It is not neutral, as […]
Fellowship with God: Abiding in Christ | by Adam Miller
Read: I John 2:3-3:10 Extra Reading: John 15 Humanity is tribal by nature. We are divided over race, nations, politics, and countless other things. This is not a new problem. It has existed since shortly after the beginning. And, as we will see next week, the root cause of our discord is not the color […]
Fellowship with God: Walk in the Light by Adam Miller
Read: I John 1:1-2:2 Have you ever felt like God was distant? Maybe you had felt particularly close to Him at one point or another, but there have also been moments where He seemed so far away. There is an old illustration that compares God with the sun. We can feel its presence during a […]