BITE-SIZED RESOURCES FOR SPIRITUAL FITNESS

Articles and other resources that help you move closer to Jesus, experience a transformed life, and become a biblically engaged disciple-maker.

Feb 27, 2019

Two Warnings

Read Psalm 49:14-20 "Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house is increased; for when he dies he shall carry...

Feb 27, 2019

Court Summons

Read Psalm 50:1-6 The psalmist is describing God's arrival at the court He is convening. "From the rising of the sun [the east] to its...

Feb 27, 2019

What God Wants

Read Psalm 50:7-15 "Offer to God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High. Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver...

Feb 27, 2019

Is God Selfish?

Read Psalm 50:16-23 "Whoever offers praise glorifies Me" (v. 23). Today we don't sacrifice bulls and goats and lambs. We don't have a...

Feb 27, 2019

A Reprieve for the Guilty

Read Psalm 50:1-23 This psalm describes God's courtroom and the judgment of His people, who made a covenant with Him by sacrifice. There...

Feb 27, 2019

Restored Fellowship

Psalm 51:1-19 All of us struggle with sin. Human nature pulls us down as gravity does, yet God has made us and saved us to lift us up (I...

Feb 27, 2019

The High Cost of Committing Sin

Read Psalm 51:1,2 The most priceless thing in the universe is the human soul. We see its value at Calvary, because the most costly thing...

Feb 27, 2019

Dirty Windows

Read Psalm 51:3-6 Sin is much more than a word in the dictionary. It is a powerful evil that damages our lives and our world. David...

Feb 27, 2019

What Do You Hear?

Read Psalm 51:7-9 When we sin, it does terrible damage to our spiritual life. David's sin affected his eyes, but it also affected his...

Feb 27, 2019

Good Faucet, Bad Water

Read Psalm 51:10 This verse was David's prayer as he confessed his sins to the Lord. Sin defiles the heart. You may say, "Well, no one...

Feb 27, 2019

The Greatest Loss

Read Psalm 51:11 Many sad consequences occur when a believer sins, but the worst is the loss of close fellowship with the Lord. No wonder...

Feb 27, 2019

Lost Joy

Read Psalm 51:12 David did not lose his salvation when he sinned, but he did lose the joy of his salvation. It's interesting to see how...

Feb 27, 2019

Silenced Witness

Read Psalm 51:13-15 The sins we commit not only affect us, but they affect others-- even the unsaved. David discovered this when he tried...

Feb 27, 2019

What Pleases God?

Read Psalm 51:18,19 We can live to please ourselves. We can live to please others. But above all we should live to please the Lord. David...

Feb 27, 2019

The High Cost of Confession

Read Psalm 51:4,6,10,11 What does it mean to confess sin? It does not mean to admit our sins, for we can hide nothing from God. The word...

Feb 27, 2019

The High Cost of Conquering

Read Psalm 51:18-19 One element of spiritual maturity is realizing the horror of sin. It brings great tragedy. Bishop William Culbertson...

Feb 27, 2019

When People Hate You

Read Psalm 52:1-9 Ahimelech was a priest who assisted David. Because of that, he was considered a traitor, and Saul ordered Ahimelech and...

Feb 27, 2019

Like a Razor

Read Psalm 52:1-4 The tongue is one of the smallest parts of the body, yet it can do the most damage. In these verses David writes about...

Feb 27, 2019

The Last Laugh

Read Psalm 52:5-7 One of the problems with humanistic philosophy is that it causes people to think they are self-sufficient. They think...

Feb 27, 2019

Be an Olive Branch

Read Psalm 52:8-9 If you compared yourself to something in nature, what would you choose? Would you say you are like a mountain, or a...