Fact or Faked

Our Daily Bread
There is a TV show called Fact or Faked that investigates different phenomena that comes to their attention. It is usually some kind of supernatural incident like a haunting or a video of Big Foot or some other monster. The review the facts.  Investigate.  Talk to people.  Come to a conclusion.

Paul went through his own version of Fact or Fiction when he wrote about the resurrection of Jesus in I Corinthians 15:1-11.  He was addressed the doubters, those questioning who this Jesus really was.  Paul went through the same process as the TV show.  He reviewed the facts (the things that Jesus did).  He investigated (he did a lot of that before his conversion!).  He talked to people (over 500 folks saw the resurrected Jesus).  He came to a conclusion -- Jesus is who he said he was and he lives!  Case closed!

Are you questioning today?  Do you know without a doubt that the risen Jesus is working in your life today/  Review the facts.  Investigate.  Talk to people.  Come to a conclusion!

Lord, please help us live each day with a risen Lord Jesus!

Psalm Sunday
Let's look at Psalm 55 today!  I learned something new - maskil.  A maskil is psalm that teaches you something.  I learn something from many of the psalms!  I love the last few verses.  Remember to read this out loud for full meaning.  Read the last few verses out loud several times!

Psalm 55

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David.

1 Listen to my prayer, O God,
    do not ignore my plea;
2     hear me and answer me.
My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
3     because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me
    and assail me in their anger.
4 My heart is in anguish within me;
    the terrors of death have fallen on me.
5 Fear and trembling have beset me;
    horror has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
7 I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;
8 I would hurry to my place of shelter,
    far from the tempest and storm. ”
9 Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,
    for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls;
    malice and abuse are within it.
11 Destructive forces are at work in the city;
    threats and lies never leave its streets.
12 If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship
    at the house of God,
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.
15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,
    for evil finds lodging among them.
16 As for me, I call to God,
    and the Lord saves me.
17 Evening, morning and noon
    I cry out in distress,
    and he hears my voice.
18 He rescues me unharmed
    from the battle waged against me,
    even though many oppose me.
19 God, who is enthroned from of old,
    who does not change—
he will hear them and humble them,
    because they have no fear of God.
20 My companion attacks his friends;
    he violates his covenant.
21 His talk is smooth as butter,
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,
    yet they are drawn swords.
22 Cast your cares on the Lord
    and he will sustain you;
he will never let
    the righteous be shaken.
23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful
    will not live out half their days.
But as for me, I trust in you.


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Let go, my friends!  God will be there to catch you and hold you in his loving arms!