Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!O Lord, hear my voice!Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul...
Category: Josh’s Thoughts
Centrality of the Church?
Through what lens do you view your walk with Jesus? Do you tend to view your walk with Jesus as a solo endeavor? Or, do you view your walk with Jesus as part of a larger community of people – the local church? When we consider the pattern of the early Christians it seems clear...
Hope from Psalm 93
Psalm 93 is short and full of hope for those who feel overwhelmed. Consider the picture the Psalmist paints in verses 3-4: The waves roar, O LORD, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the LORD sits enthroned in majesty. Psalm...
George Muller Prays
Sunday I mentioned how George Muller spent his life praying for the conversion of 5 individuals. In the moment I could not remember the details, so I wanted to share them here. Muller writes in his own journal. In November 1844, I began to pray for the conversion of five individuals. I prayed every day...
What Do You Value?
Sunday we worked our way through 1 John 2:15-17, considering the command “Do not love the world or the things of the world”. To love the world is to live according to the things the world values. To love the Father is to live according to the things that He values. In the sermon I...
A Few Thoughts on Psalm 73
In Psalm 73 the Psalmist recounts a time when he was fighting against envy. He saw the wicked prospering and grew discouraged. As the Psalm unfolds the author – Asaph – returns to the LORD. In verses 25-26 he provides these powerful lines: Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on...
Caiaphas Is Out of a Job
In Mark 14 we read the record of Jesus “trial” before the Jewish council. For most of the trial Jesus remains silent, but eventually the high priest Caiaphas directly asks Jesus, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” Jesus responds, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the...
God’s Unthwartable Plan
This past year (2023) the Meadowview family worked through Daniel in our Sunday gatherings. One of the repeated take-away’s from Daniel is the truth that God is always working His plan and no one can thwart that plan. King Nebuchadnezzar delivers a summary of this point following his restoration to power. At the end of...
Erratic Faith
This week I have been working on a sermon covering John 18 – Jesus betrayal. John tells of Peter pulling his sword and going for the head of Malcus – good thing he was a fisherman and not a swordsman – though I suppose Jesus could have healed a severed head! Immediately Jesus instructs Peter...
I Confess My Iniquity
In Psalm 38 David is experiencing guilt over his sin. O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,nor discipline me in your wrath!For your arrows have sunk into me,and your hand has come down on me. There is no soundness in my fleshbecause of your indignation;there is no health in my bonesbecause of my sin.For...