Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  I take us back a few weeks.  Actually it was a couple months ago through a daily reading of Scripture that something clicked.  It wasn’t a voice out of the sky.  It wasn’t a bolt of lightening or even wind blowing or lights flickering.  What it was was something that opened my eyes to see something truly beautiful. As I sat on the couch that week day morning the verses of Psalm 103 seemed to come alive more than usually.  There was power in those verses almost like God was sitting on the other end of the couch, and we were having a conversation. Scripture does that.  God does that, and I need it.  How about you? That spun me in to preparing for the sermon series we are currently in at The Community Fellowship as we teach through Psalm 103.  There is nothing super different.  There is nothing earth shattering.  But there is our incredible God that met with King David after of a lifetime of experience and living.  We idolize so...

  Proverbs 1:7  NLT   Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge , but fools despise wisdom and discipline. The fear of the Lord is a powerful and needed truth.  The more we know God, spend time with God and follow God the more we will honor God.  And that honoring, acknowledging and following has some incredible results in our lives. These verses today I shared from yesterday’s message about “a father’s eternal influence” that was based in Psalm 103:13-19 where twice David reminded us that fearing God leads to greater things.  In those verses it says God is compassionate to those who fear Him and the love of Lord remains for those who fear Him. In the following verses we see underlined, like in the verse above, what happens for those who choose to live in the fear of the Lord. Joshua 4:24  NLT   He did this so all the nations of the earth might know that the Lord’s hand is powerful, and so you might fear the Lord your God forever. ” Ps...

  Yesterday we began a new series from Psalm 103.  This is a powerful chapter written by King David who had personal experience and deep love for God.  The challenge is to go deep in the Word of God and let that overflow in your life. Psalm 103:1-2  CSB   My soul, bless the Lord, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 My soul, bless the Lord, and do not forget all his benefits. David’s heart is overwhelmed with praise toward God.  This was real.  This was deep.  From the deepest place in His life.  In fact, he wants to make sure that his soul does not forget all the benefits that have come from Him because of this relationship.  Those benefits are the things that life can’t give us but faith can.  David goes on to give us a short list in verses 3 through 5.  He mentions forgiveness, healing, love and more.  He had experienced God which left His life changed forever. How often do we forget all that the Lord ...