Author: Michael Moran

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Psalm 84 is one of my favorites.  This verse delights and encourages – …

Good morning! Text:  2 Kings 8-11; Psalm 88 Wading through the messy business of eliminating the house of Ahab, this …

Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 5-7; Psalm 87 In 2 Kings 6, the Lord supernaturally enables Elisha to advise the …

Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 1-4; Psalm 86   You may recall that the Lord instructed Elijah to find and …

Good morning! Text:  Philemon; Psalm 85 Philemon is a book we seldom study.  Like all Scripture, however, it is rich …

Good morning! Text:  Jonah; Psalm 84 What glorious passages we have today!  I have read and studied Jonah in depth …

Good morning! Text:  1 Kings 20-22; Psalm 83 In 1 Kings 20 we read about aggression by Ben-hadad the king …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day.  Enjoy! The story of Elijah is compelling.  When he has his showdown with …

Good morning! Text:  1 Kings 16-19; Psalm 82 The story of Elijah’s showdown on Mount Carmel with the prophets of …

Good morning! Text:  1 Kings 13-15; Psalm 81 The kings of Israel and Judah we are reading about have “issues.” …

Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 10-12; Psalm 80 In Psalm 80, three verses say the same thing (v3, 7 and 19): …

Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 7-9; Psalm 79 King Solomon builds the temple in Jerusalem.  In 1 Kings 8 we …

Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 4-7; Psalm 78:40-72 Solomon has the wonderful privilege to preside over the building of the …

Good morning! Text:  1 Kings 1-3; Psalm 78:1-39 After Solomon’s demonstration of wisdom when the two mothers quarrel over the …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Yesterday we read Colossians.  A verse close to my heart is 1:17. “And he …

Good morning! Text:  Colossians; Psalm 77 Colossians is a rich yet compact treatise on our Christian life.  One challenging gemstone …

Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 21-24; Psalm 76. In 2 Samuel 24, David takes a census of the people, an …

Good morning! Text:  2 Samuel 18-20; Psalm 75 Violence and sorrow fill these pages of 2 Samuel.  David’s sin with …

Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 14-17; Psalm 74 As Absalom pursues his rebellious course against his father, King David, he …

Good morning! Text:  2 Samuel 11-13; Psalm 73 After David sins with Bathsheba and kills her husband Uriah, he is confronted by …

Good morning! Text:  2 Samuel 8-10; Psalm 72 In 2 Samuel 9 we see David reconnect with his covenant relationship …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. When I meet with couples before they marry, we spend much of our …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Perhaps you have fallen behind in your reading.  Good news!  There are no …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. When the ark of the covenant is brought into Jerusalem, there is great …

Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 4-7; Proverbs 31 After David is established as king, he turns his attention to the …

Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 1-3; Proverbs 30 As 2 Samuel opens, we find a story of sad vengeance.  Abner, …

Good morning! Text:  Philippians; Proverbs 29:15-27 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one …

Good morning! Text: 1 Samuel 29-31; Proverbs 29:1-14 In 1 Samuel 30 there is the account of how, while David …

Good morning! Text: 1 Samuel 26-28; Proverbs 28:15-28 In 1 Samuel 28 we read how King Saul, frustrated by warfare …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 23-25; Proverbs 28:1-14 In 1 Samuel 25 we find the story of David, Nabal and Abigail.  …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 20-22; Proverbs 27:15-27 In 1 Samuel 20-22 we read of the deepening enmity Saul has for …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. When David faces Goliath, the giant threatens him, to which he replies: “You …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 16-19; Proverbs 27:1-14 Every time I read these words, I smile: Whoever blesses his neighbor …

Good morning! Text: 1 Samuel 13-15; Proverbs 26:17-28. The developing story of King Saul shows some clear patterns.  Saul struggles …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 10-12; Proverbs 26:1-16 One of the miracles of our life with God is that He …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 7-9; Proverbs 25:15-28 Every time we sing “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” and come …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 4-6; Proverbs 25:1-14 In 1 Samuel 4-6 we read the story of the loss and …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 1-2; Proverbs 24:23-34 1 Samuel opens with the story of Samuel’s mother, Hannah.  She has been …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. When I open the Word, I ask the Lord to speak to my …

Good morning! Text:  Ephesians 4-6; Proverbs 24:1-22 These three chapters in Ephesians are a great synopsis of what the Christian …

Good morning! Text: Ephesians 1-3; Proverbs 23:19-35 Ephesians Chapter 3 includes a prayer by the author, Paul, for the people …

Good morning! Text:  Ruth; Proverbs 23:1-18 Ruth is a powerful and sweet story of unconditional love, redemption and also is …

Good morning! Text: Romans 14-16; Proverbs 22:17-29. In chapters 15 and 16 of Romans, an expression repeats itself; “…the God …

Good morning! Text:  Romans 12-13; Proverbs 22:1-16. Wow!  So much content here from God’s Word. Romans 13:12 is my catch of the …

Good morning! Text:  Romans 9-11; Proverbs 21:17-31 A key verse in these passages of Romans is 10:9: …if you confess …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Romans 1:16 says this:  …I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it …

Good morning! Text:  Romans 6-8; Proverbs 21:1-16 After making the case for the awful plight of all humans – lost …

Good Morning! Text:  Romans 4-5 and Proverbs 20:16-30 The opening verses of Romans 5 are a beautiful summary portrait of …

Good morning! Text: Romans 1-3; Proverbs 20:1-15 Romans is a very important book of the Bible, rich in the doctrine …

Good morning! Text:  Judges 19-21; Proverbs 19:15-29 While we have been reading the wild stories of Judges, we have also …