Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
- Life Hack: God’s amazing grace follows our genuine repentance
2 Samuel 11-12
- David let his guard down 2 Sam. 11:1
- He commits adultery with Bathsheba 2 Sam. 11:2-5
- He has Uriah the Hittite killed 2 Sam. 11:6-25 Click to add your own note
- David tried to cover it all up 2 Sam. 11:26-27
- Nathan confronts David 2 Sam. 12:1-6
- You are the Man 2 Sam. 12:7-10 Click to add your own note
Psalms 51: 16-17
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. 17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
- God is looking for a genuine heart of repentance
- What does genuine repentance look like?
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- Remind yourself that His grace alone is what cleanses us from sin Click to add your own note
- Remind yourself that His grace alone is what cleanses us from sin
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Psalms 51:1-2
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- Realize that your sin is ultimately against God Click to add your own note
Psalms 51:3-4
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.
- Remember, when God forgives, He chooses to forget
Psalms 51:7-9
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. 9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
- Rejoice and tell others about His amazing grace Click to add your own note
Psalms 51:10-15
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you. 14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. 15 Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.
- No matter how big your sin may be, God’s grace is greater
- Ask God to search your heart right now
Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
Life Hack: God’s got my back
Psalms 91:1-4
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” 3 Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
- Dwells – (Hb- yashab) – to inhabit or remain in a place, not just a visit
- Shelter – secret place – (Hb – sether) – a hidden or concealed place of safety
- The Most High – (Hb – El Elyon) – God’s supreme authority and sovereignty over all of creation; He is the highest power in the universe
- Refuge – place of safety and protection Click to add your own note
Psalms 91:9-12
If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, 10 no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. 11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; 12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
- No harm will overtake you
- His angels will be watching over your life Click to add your own note
God’s Got my back:
Ps. 62:6 God is my rock and my fortress
Ps. 4:8 I can sleep in peace
Ps. 27:4-5 I will be safe in the day of trouble
Ps. 55:22 He will never forsake me
Ps. 16:8 I will not be shaken
Ps. 121:5-8 God will watch over my life
Ps. 9:9-10 He will never forsake me
Ps. 3:3 He is a shield around me
Ps. 18:2 I take refuge in God
Ps. 42:11 I put my trust in God
Ps. 57:1 He covers me with His wings
Ps. 59:8-9 God is my strength in times of trouble
Psalms 91:14-16
“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
- Because you love me, I will….
- Rescue you
- Protect you
- Answer you
- Show you my salvation Click to add your own note
Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
Life Hack: Don’t waste your breath
- This Psalm issues a universal call to every living creature to worship God! Click to add your own note
Ps 150:1-6
1 Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. 2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. 3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, 4 praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe, 5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
- Where should we praise Him? Vs. 1
- Anywhere under His mighty heavens
- Why should we praise Him? Vs. 2
- He alone is worthy of your praise Click to add your own note
- He alone is worthy of your praise
- How should we praise Him? Vs. 3-5
- Make music Ps. 98:4-6
- Shouting Ps. 100:1-2
- Singing Ps. 96:1-2
- Clapping Ps. 46:10
- Lifting your hands Ps. 134:1-2
- Dancing Ps. 149:1-3
- Bowing Ps. 95:6, 1 Cor. 14:25
- Being still Ps. 46:10
- Your whole life Col. 3:17 Click to add your own note
Psalms 145:1-6
1 I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. 2 Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. 4 One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts. 5 They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty— and I will meditate on your wonderful works. 6 They tell of the power of your awesome works— and I will proclaim your great deeds.
Life Hack – Week 2
Psalm 90 – “Teach Us to Number Our Days”
Psalm 90:2 (NIV) Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Psalm 90:10 (NIV) Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures
Psalm 90:12 (NIV) “Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
Today’s life hack isn’t about getting more days.
It’s about getting more from the days you’ve been given.
What Does “Number” Our Days Mean?
Number- (“mana”-Heb.) carries the idea of evaluating, accounting for, or treating as precious.
Matthew 6:27 (NIV) Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV) “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Earthly possessions are temporary but the things we do for the Kingdom of God are eternal.
James 4:14 (NIV) …you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
“What am I doing with the days I’ve been given?”
The Book of Psalms:
- It is the longest book in the Bible
- The book of Psalms has several different authors Click to add your own note
- There are Psalms of Lament and Psalms of Praise
- We get the word “Hallelujah” from the Book of Psalms
Life Hack – There are 2 paths, choose wisely
Psalms 1:1-3
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.
- Blessed – (Hebrew – eser) – the good life belongs to him
- Do not walk in step with the wicked
- Do not stand in the way of sinners
- Do not sit in the seat of mockers Click to add your own note
- Meditate on God’s word day and night
- Tree planted by the edge of a river
- You will be fruitful
- You will be full of life
- You will prosper Click to add your own note
Psalms 1:4-6
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
- The choice is yours, a thriving tree or worthless chaff Click to add your own note
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end, it leads to death.
- Joshua 1:6-9
- Deuteronomy 28
- Deuteronomy 30:19
- Jeremiah 21:8
- Colossians 3:16-17
- James 1:22-25 Click to add your own note
Matthew 7:13-14
13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Choose wisely! Click to add your own note
Wisdom
Proverbs 3:13
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding.
There are no short cuts in building your relationship with God. It takes time.
Proverbs 2:6
For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
God himself offers to instruct us, He offers to teach and counsel us in the way we should go in our lives.
Proverbs 3:19
By wisdom the LORD founded the earth; by understanding he created the heavens.
God is more than capable of speaking to you, IF you give Him your attention.
1. How many of you want to know the Will of God for your life?
2. How many of you know what the Will of God is for your life?
- Spend time with God
2. Spend time in His Word
Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
Want to hear God speak? Read your Bible. Want to hear God speak audibly? Read your Bible out loud! — Justin Peters
The Holy Scriptures tell us what we could never learn any other way: the scriptures tell us what we are, who we are, how we got here, why we are here and what we are required to do while we remain here.- A.W. Tozer
3. Spend time in prayer
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
4. Spend time with Godly council
It has been said that one of the ways to spell love is T-I-M-E. TIME. What we love, we give our time to.
Mathew 22:37,39
Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind…Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Philippians 1:6
Be confident of this, that HE who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
ASK ME ANYTHING: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Can God still be trusted?
Is God really Good?
John 11:1-16
God’s love isn’t measured by His timing.
God’s love has never been measured by the speed of His answer. It’s measured by His character.
John 11:17-37
God is not threatened by your honest questions.
God is good because He is present in our suffering
God is good because He doesn’t remain distant from our suffering. He enters it.
John 11:38-56
God is good because death is not the end of the story.
Your suffering is real but it isn’t final
God is good because of the cross.
Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
If you want to know if God is Good, don’t start with your circumstances. Start with Jesus.
Come to Jesus.
Bring Him your Pain.
Listen to His voice.
Trust His heart.
Look to the Cross.
Ask Me Anything!
Pastor Becky Davis
June 28, 2026
Different is good!
How do I deal with people who think differently than me?
You can’t change people, you can only change yourself.
Do I want to understand them, convince them, or maintain the relationship?
10 PRACTICAL TOOLS
- Listen before responding – James 1:19
- Shift from winning to understanding – Proverbs 18:13
- Practice patience – Col 3:12-13
- Respond gently – Proverbs 15:1
- Speak the truth in love – Ephesians 4:15
- Pursue peace when possible – Romans 12:18
- Avoid argument – 2 Timothy 2:23-24
- Find common ground – Acts 17:22-23
- Remember everyone is valuable – Genesis 1:27
- Pray for them – Luke 6:27-28
As Christians we should respond differently because we have an advantage.
1 Corinthians 3:16 [ESV] – “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?”
Fruit is the result of who you are – you can’t learn fruit
Galatians 5:22-23 [NIV] – 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Kindness = Chesed [Hebrew] = loving-kindness, steadfast love, useful to others
Ephesians 4:32 NKJV – BE kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Romans 2:4 – God’s kindness leads us to repentance.
Where could your kindness lead someone today?
Resources for further study:
Winning with People by John Maxwell
I Beg to Differ by Tim Muehlhoff
The Kindness of God by Nate Pickowicz
Enduring Word online commentary
The Fruit of the Spirit by She Reads Truth, Men and Women’s study guide
Ask Me Anything
June 21, 2026
- Do I really have to forgive?
- Forgiveness is not a side theme of the Bible, it is “The Theme” of the Bible
- We need to be reminded of the scope of God’s forgiveness for our sin Click to add your own note
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Psalms 103:12
Isaiah 43:25
Isaiah 1:18
- Because of God’s forgiveness for us we are expected to forgive others
Ephesians 4:31-32
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Colossians 3:13
Mark 11:25
Matthew 6:12-15
Matthew 18:21-35
- Forgiveness is not about letting them off the hook, it is about protecting you
- Emotionally
- Physically
- Spiritually Click to add your own note
- Layers of Forgiveness
- I forgive you – because I have to
- Matthew 6:15
- This is a decision that is anchored in obedience Click to add your own note
- I forgive you – but I want God to get you
- Romans 12:19-20
- You are still tethered to the situation emotionally Click to add your own note
- I forgive you – now stay away from me
- Proverbs 4:23
- I am creating boundaries for my life Click to add your own note
- I forgive you – and speak the truth in love
- John 21:15-17
- The purpose is not confrontation, it is restoration Click to add your own note
- I forgive you – and I release you
- Colossians 3:13
- I forgive you and let it go Click to add your own note
- I forgive you – and I desire restoration and healing
- Matthew 5:23-24
- My desire is to rebuild what was broken
- What level are you on?
- Ask God to help you move to the next level. Click to add your own note
- Why can’t I seem to overcome my sin?
- Why am I still struggling?
- How do I overcome my sin?
Romans 7:15-19
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do, this I keep on doing.”
You’re fighting a war
Romans 7:22-23
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
What stays hidden stays powerful.
Romans 8:5
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires.
Freedom requires surrender, obedience, and action
Romans 8:13
If by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
Put to death
Recurring sin reveals barriers that need to be removed
What barriers in your life need to be removed for your freedom?
Galatians 5:16
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
True repentance requires action
What steps am I taking?
- Confess Your Sin
- Invite others in
- Remove Access
- Abide in Jesus