by Mike Woodruff | Feb 9, 2023 | Friday Update
Happy Friday, Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you...
by Mike Woodruff | Feb 2, 2023 | Friday Update
Happy Friday, But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. Psalm 81:11f When people ask if I think God will judge them – or America, the liberals, Putin, etc. – for this...
by Mike Woodruff | Jan 27, 2023 | Friday Update
Happy Friday, But you, Lord… Psalm 102:12 The first eleven verses of Psalm 102 are too depressing for a dirge. The Psalmist is lonely, depressed, overwhelmed and sleepless. Everything is going wrong and it’s hard to imagine he will ever recover. And then… the clouds...
by Mike Woodruff | Jan 20, 2023 | Friday Update
Happy Friday, He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. Psalm 147:8 The more we learn about something a person designed – e.g. a school board or an electric motor – the more understandable they become. The more...
by Mike Woodruff | Jan 12, 2023 | Friday Update
Happy Friday, “Woe is me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” The prophet Isaiah If we think of the Hebrew prophets as those who...
by Mike Woodruff | Jan 7, 2023 | Friday Update
Happy Friday, Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge. Psalm 119:54 When it comes to daily Bible reading, our goal should be less about information or inspiration than it is about transformation. We do not need quick pick-me-ups nearly as much as...