Here’s the Scripture Verse, one well worth memorizing I believe …

“To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night …” Psalm 92:2

And to give us a bit of the Context, let’s further notice Verses 1-3 of this beautiful Psalm …

“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: TO SHEW FORTH THY LOVINGKINDNESS IN THE MORNING, AND THY FAITHFULNESS EVERY NIGHT, upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.”

These words obviously are meant to be sung! And with the accompaniment of several instruments at that!

But still, my point tonight remains the same. That “lovingkindness” could be celebrated each morning. And God’s great “faithfulness” could be remembered every night!

All I am saying is this. What would it be like, how would it change my life … IF … in the morning I reminded myself of God’s Lovingkindness? And tomorrow night I chose to ponder God’s Faithfulness?

I mean every morning, every evening!

After all, His “mercies” (a first cousin to “lovingkindness”) are new every morning! And His “steadfastness” is proved every night!

If we could incorporate this thought “pattern” into our daily routines … we would become much more aware of God’s goodness and God’s unchangeableness!

Talk about a mood enhancer … God’s Lovingkindness with my cup of coffee!

Talk about a sleep aid … God’s Faithfulness (including His protection) every night!

If these two attributes of our Heavenly Father are worthy of song … they are certainly worthy of our meditation!

Someone begin his godly habit today … or tonight!

You will thank me when we get to Heaven!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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As a Revival Preacher I often look to the Scriptures for fresh Verses to buttress what I try to do for our Lord. Better yet, I pray, what the Lord does through me.

I recently found one, a “new” Verse to me. And it has blessed my heart this morning here in a motel room in midtown Atlanta, Georgia.

“And they that shall be of Thee shall build the old waste places: Thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and Thou shalt be called, The Repairer of the breach, The Restorer of paths to dwell in.” Isaiah 58:12

To be “of the Lord” one must be born-again. That is evident. But what (according to this Verse) the Believer must then do, or what he will do, is very significant.

He (or she) will “build the old waste places!”

Wow!

Have I allowed formerly precious Truths and habits of life to fall into “trash bin” of my life? To become “waste places?”

If so, I need to “build,” actually to “rebuild!”

That’s called Revival!

Learning how to do such rebuilding … then doing it!

But if I can rebuild those waste places, God will do something! 

He will do several things in fact! 

He will “raise up the foundations.”

And “repair the breach.”

And become a “Restorer” that last Clause says.

Wow!

The first step is mine … “build the old waste places.”

That desire, that effort then unleashes the great Power of God!

And He will … “Raise up the foundations of many generations; and be called, The Repairer of the breach, The Restorer of paths to dwell in.”

Have a little personal Revival there in your heart today.

Follow through on your part of Isaiah 58:12 … IF you are “of the Lord.”

Enough said …

Dr. Mike Bagwell

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I was reading last week, and the author (an old Puritan) compared our thoughts to a blossoming fruit tree! In his illustration, each blossom was a thought. But (as is true in nature) every single blossom did not yield fruit. (Fruit being analogous to our actions, deeds.) But one never knows which blossom will yield fruit and which will not.

The moral of the story … keep every blossom in your life (in your head) wholesome, lovely, fragrant! Because some of them will eventually become fruit; meaning deeds, maybe even habits and lifestyles!

This prompted to consider Genesis 6:5. Where the “blossoms” of this world had all become ugly, sinful! And God was forced (to be true to His Character, a Holy God) to judge the whole world!

“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”

Today check your thought life.

Do not live the Genesis 6:5 paradigm!

Rather, try this …

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, THINK on these things.” Philippians 4:8

Let’s be the right kind of fruit-bearing trees to the Glory of God!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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Yes, the first Line of the 45th Psalm uses that very verb, “inditing.”

But what does it mean?

Here’s the first Sentence in the Verse, King James Version … “My heart is inditing a good matter.”

First, let me mention that the Object of this inditing is the noun “matter.” This is simply spelled “dabar” in Hebrew. It’s a word found 1,439 times in the Bible. and over 800 of those times it is translated “word.” Very often as the “Word” of God!

I really think the Psalmist is referring to the Words that proceed out of the Mouth of God. He has been “inditing” Scripture!

Now to our verb … “inditing” is “rachash” in Hebrew. (Accent the second syllable when pronouncing it.)

To complicate matters, the verb is only used one time in all the Bible, obviously right here!

But its lexicon meaning is … “to keep (something) moving!” Actually “to stir” something. In other words, producing life and vibrancy and enthusiasm!

Let’s put together the verb and its object … “inditing a matter, inditing a word.”

“My heart is inditing a good matter.”

And if this Word is God’s Word, Holy Writ, it is here catalogued as “good!” Amen to that! The GOOD (“tob” in Hebrew) Word of God! (“Wealthy, precious beautiful,” a few of the translations of that term in the King James Version of the Bible!)

And now the subject of the Sentence … the Psalmist himself! His heart, his mind, his soul!

And as he (wisely) ponders, recalls, meditates upon the Word of God … His heart is stirred, his mind is warmed, his soul is refreshed!

Now let’s all stop and immediately go to our Bibles!

Spend some time “in” the Word and see if you are not (also) “stirred!”

Excited!

Invigorated!

Yes, the Bible is indeed a living Book!

Wow!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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I just noticed that on this day in history, August 27, back in the year 1883 … the earth was shaken by what is likely (so far anyway) the greatest explosion she has ever experienced!

Yes, a volcano off the coast of Indonesia erupted with terrific force. Believed to have released as much as 200 megatons of TNT power! It instantly killed 40,000 people or more! The encyclopedias say that 70% of the island on which the volcano was located evaporated that day!

What a detonation, called Krakatoa!

And yet even that pales in comparison to a conflagration the world yet faces! Simon Peter, the Apostle of our Lord, writes … “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” (2nd Peter 3:10)

The elements?

The very building blocks of creation!

Will “melt” when the Lord returns.

In fact, He will create a new earth, to match His new heaven!

And every day we get 24 hours closer to that Event!

My question today …

ARE YOU READY?

Do you have peace with God?

Do you know Jesus Christ God’s Son personally?

If you are wondering “how” … several Bible verses teach us the mechanics of being “saved” by the Grace of God.

Acts 16:30-31 … “Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”

Romans 10:13 … “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

John 1:12 … “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.”

Romans 10:9-10 … “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

And my favorite, because these are the Word of Jesus … John 5:24

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

Amen!

Escape the deadly, catastrophic Fireworks of the future. Trust Jesus today …

Dr. Mike Bagwell

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