Andy Talks

Isaiah wrote hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus. Yet today, we see one of the most beautiful images of what it was that Jesus did upon the cross.  He was beaten, bruised, and died for our sins.  He suffered for the sins of many.  Today, through Jesus, our sins are forgiven.  He has atoned for our sins.  He has paid the price that we could not pay. We are forgiven.  God’s wrath is satisfied.  Never forget what God has done for us on the cross.  Never forget that.  We see in Isaiah, hundreds of years before Jesus, the story of exactly what it is that Jesus does for us. By His wounds, we are healed. 

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Today’s Psalm is a Psalm of active praise. The Psalmist tells us to praise the Lord.  Praise Him with all that we are. With voice, with action, with everything.  Of the best ways that we can increase our praise, increase our thanksgiving, and increase our heart for God is to be active in our praise. Today, name what it is that you are thankful for. Name God’s goodness and mercy. Name what God has done for you. Name it!  And what we find, when we name these things, we find the more we name, the more thankful we are.  Today, actively thank and praise our God. And you will find your heart even more thankful today.

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Read our passage here - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+150&version=NRSVUE

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Happy Thanksgiving!  Today’s Psalm repeats itself over and over again. The steadfast love of the Lord endures forever. I love that this repeats itself so often because, if we are going to be honest, there are times when we forget.  We can forget what is true. We can forget who we are. We can forget who we are. We repeat the truth to ourselves, even when we don’t believe it.  We repeat the truth to ourselves, even when we doubt it. It doesn’t stop being true when we struggle with it. That is why we repeat it. The steadfast love of the Lord endures forever.  Today and each day. You are loved.  Never forget that!

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Read our passage here - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+136&version=NRSVUE

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We are looking today at my favorite Psalm 121. This is a Psalm I just find myself quoting over and over again. It always seems to be on the tip of my tongue.  Part of the reason is because when I was a younger Christian, I found myself singing this Psalm over and over again. I’m including a link to the version I used to sing along to. In that, this Psalm became a part of my deep spiritual life. I love God’s Word. This Psalm reminds me of just how much I love the Bible. Make your home there. Live there. And in that, you will find His grace, His love, His very life. 

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Read our passage here - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+121&version=NRSVUE

Susan Ashton singing Psalm 121 - https://youtu.be/2Pguhv10e3E?si=XebGBdvcVeDaBXWF

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Today we look at Psalm 107. This Psalm has a heading, “Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Many Troubles.”  This Psalm looks at the many troubles that the people have gone through and how it was always God’s steadfast love that delivered them.  It is important for us to remember what the Lord has brought us through. There’s an old Steven Curtis Chapman song - “Remember Your Chains,” that this Psalm reminded me of.  When we remember where the Lord has brought us from, we can be thankful for where we are now. Be thankful for his steadfast love. 

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In our message from November 19, 2023, Andy shares with us from James 1:17.  We are reminded that all good gifts are from above.  If it is in your life and it is a good thing, it is from God. All of these gifts of grace, they point us to the love and salvation of our God. All good things point us to Jesus!     

As we start our week of Thanksgiving, we begin with Psalm 100. This is one of my personal favorites of the Psalms because it tells us this. We are loved by God. But not only are loved by God, but we are worthy of being loved by God because He made us. We are His. We are the sheep of his pasture. He has made us, He has formed us, we are His. We are loved today.  So, we enter His courts with praise because of what He has done for us. Today, give thanks and praise because you are loved by an amazing God.  

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It is easy for us to read the Bible, like ancient history or a fairy tale at worst.  We can forget that these were real people whom God worked through. Paul was just flesh and blood, just like me and you. And the same God that worked through Paul to do such things is the same God who works through you and I, if we will allow.  These are real people with real stories and real life.  This is not make-believe; this is reality.  And a real God was at work in real ways. Then, and He still is today.

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After many hard days, Paul finally made it to Rome. Here is where he will spend the rest of his days teaching, preaching, and sharing the gospel - Jesus is Lord. That is the gospel; that is Good News. Jesus is Lord.  Because of Paul and how God uses him, we see that the Good News will take hold and spread throughout all of Europe.  As Tim Keller has taught us, Christianity is the only religion whose geographic center has shifted.  Our faith is about following Jesus, that's it. And anyone who does is part of our family. 

Join us for our daily reflections with Andy. In 10 short minutes, he'll dig a little deeper into Scripture and help you better understand God's Word.

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Read our passage here - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+28%3A+11-22&version=NRSVUE

You can watch this in video form here - https://revandy.org/blog/

Today, we see they have made it to the island of Malta. It is there, under the kindness of the residents, Paul is by the fire and bitten by a snake. This seemingly tragic incident shows God’s hand of provision and protection upon Paul.  And then as we read this story, it’s a neat thing to look at how this passage goes back to the “longer” ending of the Gospel of Mark. We see how the end of Mark and Acts 28 are very deeply connected. 

Join us for our daily reflections with Andy. In 10 short minutes, he'll dig a little deeper into Scripture and help you better understand God's Word.

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Read our passage here - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+28%3A+1-10&version=NRSVUE

Here's some additional info on the "longer ending" of Mark - https://www.gotquestions.org/Mark-16-9-20.html

You can watch this in video form here - https://revandy.org/blog/