Scripture: Psalm 90: 4-5

⁴ For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours. ⁵ You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

Scripture Commentary:

These verses are a perfect description of our life. Moses reminds us that a thousand years are like a day to God. Our time is limited. At the beginning of our lives we need protection and guidance. As we mature, we grow strong both physically and mentally. We feel we have all the time in the world, but we do not.

In contrast, God is not limited by time or space. God gives each of us an allotment of time. The question is what are each of us doing with that allotment? Are we living just for ourselves or are we living for God?

Our life on earth is limited; in God’s kingdom we will have no limit. Realizing that life is short should help us use the little time we have wisely. Ask Jesus to direct you in the way He wants you to go.

John 14:14 says, “Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!” Go ahead – ask before your allotted time runs out.

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Psalm 90

John 14

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Have Mercy on Me, O Lord

Come to Jesus’ Banquet Table

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5: 1, 7

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ⁷ (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Scripture Commentary:

The earthly house that we call a body is only temporary; we will stay here for a limited time. This earthly world is only a stopping station for our trip to our permanent home, which is either God’s Kingdom or Satan’s hell.

We have a choice and a chance to choose which place we will spend eternity.

God gave us this earth of live on and to prepare ourselves. We are not here by accident or by a fluke of nature. God has a purpose for each of us.

Paul tells us that God has a place not made of human hands. Jesus says in part, “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself…” (John 14: 2-3).

Paul clearly states that our present bodies make us groan but when we die, we will not be spirits without bodies. We will have new bodies that will be perfect, without sickness, disease and pain. The wicked will cease and the weary will be given a place of rest.

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2 Corinthians 5

John 14

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God’s Grace Is Sufficient For Your Needs

Are You Confirming Scripture or Conforming It?

Scripture: Psalm 6: 1-4

¹ O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage. ² Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak.     Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. ³ I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me? ⁴ Return, O Lord, and rescue me. Save me because of your unfailing love.

Scripture Commentary: God shows compassion and mercy on us.

David went to God knowing he had sinned. He knew that if God punished him the way he should be punished, he would be doomed. But God has compassion and is a loving and forgiving God.

Think about your actions in life. If God truly gave you what you deserved, would you still be here? David went to God, ready to accept his punishment, but he begged God to have compassion on him and not punish him in anger.

God has compassion on us according to His great and unfailing love.

Likewise, Jeremiah asked God to correct him with compassion (see Jeremiah 10: 24). Both Jeremiah and David knew if God punished them with justice only and no mercy, they would be wiped out by God’s wrath.

When we ask for God’s mercy, we should include not only ourselves but also our family, friends and foes. Go to God in honesty. He knows us completely and wants the best for each of us.

Throughout the Bible we read how God’s love has taken people through hardships and despair. God saved them because He loved him, just as He loves each of us.

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Psalm 6

Jeremiah 10

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Lead and Teach Me Your Ways, O Lord

God Discards the Record of Our Transgressions

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What Message Does God Have For You?