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Pastor Mike Impact Ministries
A daily chat with Pastor Mike and other resources to encourage listeners to connect with the Word of God and grow in their faith.
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Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 81:6-16 - "If You Will Listen to Me"
From the title we know a man named Asaph wrote Psalm 81. From the contents we know it wrote it specifically for the nation of Israel calling them to worship…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 81:1-5 - A Call to Worship
Today is Sunday, the “first day” of the week, a day that has been recognized for centuries by Christians as a special day of week that has been set aside to…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 80:8-19 - "Revive Us..."
Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself. Then we will not turn back from You; Revive us, and we…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 80:1-7 - "Come and Save Us"
It is possible that Psalm 80 is a prayer of Asaph pleading with the LORD to save and restore Israel during the time of Isaiah and King Hezekiah and the…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 80 - The Restore Psalm
Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!” Today, we will begin to look at Psalm 80. But before we do, let me share a personal prayer…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 79:9-13 - "We Will Show Forth Your Praise"
But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.” The Asaph who wrote…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 79:9-11 - "Deliver Us, and Provide Atonement..."
“Help us, O God of our salvation, For the glory of Your name; And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, For Your name's sake! Why should the nations…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 79:5-8 - The Long-term Consequences of Our Sins
From the title we know that a man named Asaph wrote Psalm 79. He most likely lived in the time of Jeremiah the prophet when the Babylonians captured the city…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 79:1-4 - "We Have Become a Reproach..."
The Asaph who wrote Psalm 79 most likely lived in the time of Jeremiah the prophet when the Babylonians captured the city of Jerusalem and destroyed it. His…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 78:65-72 - Our Desperate Need for a Shepherd
Today we will finish our chat on Psalm 78. This Psalm is a maschil of Asaph, a Psalm of instruction, covering Israel's history from Egypt to the time of David…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 78:40-64 - Deliverance, Disobedience and Discipline
Three words sum up Psalms 78, Deliverance, Disobedience and Discipline! Asaph is teaching a history lesson to the nation of Israel during a dark time when…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 78:33-39 - Consumed in Futility and Fear
Psalm 78 is called a “History Psalm” that gives us the story of the failures of the nation of Israel over many years. Asaph is writing this Psalm during a dark…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 78:8-39 - “They Refused to Walk in His Law, And Forgot…”
Psalm 78 is called a “History Psalm” that gives us the story of the failures of the nation of Israel over the centuries. Asaph is writing this Psalm during a…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 78:1-11 - "That They Might Set Their Hope in God..."
That they may arise and declare them to their children, That they may set their hope in God..." Psalm 78 is called a “History Psalm” that gives us the story of…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 78:1-11 - "And Our Fathers Have Told Us..."
Psalm 78 has 72 verses and is the second longest Psalm in the book of Psalms, with Psalm 119 being the longest with 176 verses. Psalm 78 is called a “History…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 77:13-20 - "Who Is So Great a God as Our God"
“Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; Who is so great a God as our God? You are the God who does wonders; You have declared Your strength among the peoples…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 77:1-12 - "I Will Remember Your Wonders..."
Psalm 77 was written by a man named Asaph who lived in the time of Jeremiah. The Babylonians, who sometimes are called Chaldeans in the Old Testament, had…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 77:1-9 - Questions in the Night
Psalm 77 appears to be a companion Psalm to 74, which also lamented the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of Israel. Both deal with the Lord's…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 76:7-12 - God Wants Us to Obey Him
From this Psalm we learn several things that God wants us to do. God wants us to know Him (vv. 1-3). God wants us to trust Him (vv. 4-6). God wants us to fear…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 76:7-12 - God Wants Us to Fear Him
The story behind Psalm 76 is most likely God's judgment of the Assyrian army as recorded in Isaiah 37-38 and 2 Kings 18-19. The armies of the Assyrian King…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 76:1-6 - God Wants Us to Trust Him
When we remember the historical background to Psalm 76, it will come alive with meaning to us! The story behind this Psalm is probably God's judgment of the…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 76:1-3 - God Wants Us to Know Him
Today as we begin to our study and meditate on Psalm 76, we are now beginning our journey through the second half of the 150 Psalms. First let me say how…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 75:1-10 - Jesus Drank the Cup of Our Judgment
But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another. For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, And the wine is red; It is fully mixed, and He pours it…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 75:1-10 - "When I Choose the Proper Time..."
Psalm 75 was written by Asaph to be a song of praise, of thanksgiving and celebration for how the Lord had miraculously delivered Jerusalem from the powerful…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 75:1-10 - "We Give Thanks to You, O God..."
We have arrived at Psalm 75, which means we will be half-way through the Book of Psalms when we finish our chats on this chapter! What an amazing journey so…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 74:18-23 - Never Cast Out
In Psalm 73, the Asaph of David’s time had a personal problem in his thinking as he looked at the prosperity of the wicked and the suffering of the godly. It…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 74:12-17 - "You Have Made Summer and Winter"
We believe that the writer of Psalm 74 is a descendant of the Asaph that David had appointed to lead the worship in the tabernacle during his reign, which was…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 74:1-11 - "O God, Why Have You Cast Us Off..."
“O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? .... O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 73:23-28 - "My Desire is God Himself..."
"And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. For indeed…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 73:15-22 - A Tribute to a Special Friend
This morning I woke up a little after 3am with a dear friend of many years on my mind and immediately I began praying for her and her family. Tim and Tammy…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 73:1-14 - "When I Saw the Prosperity..."
Psalm 73 was written by Asaph who was one of the three chief musicians appointed by David to preside over the worship and music services of the sanctuary (1…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 73:1-2 - "Truly God is Good..."
Psalm 73 is the first chapter of Book Three of Psalms. We will notice that these Psalms deal mostly with the sanctuary and worship there. From the title we…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 72:15-20 - "And Blessed Be His Glorious Name Forever!"
Today we are going to complete our thoughts on Psalm 72, as we look at these last six verses. Historically, this Psalm is about King Solomon and his rule and…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 72:8-14 - "He Shall Have Dominion..."
Over the years I have often said that most of the Bible needs no interpretation, it basically means what it says. I’m not sure when I heard this quote, but it…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesProverbs 14:34 - "Righteousness Exalts A Nation..."
“Righteousness Exalts a Nation” Psalm 72:1-7 “Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king's Son. He will judge Your people with…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 72:1-7 - The King of Righteousness
There are many interesting aspects Psalm 72. This Psalm is the last one in Book Two of the Book of Psalms. This chapter ends with: "The prayers of David the…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 71:22-24 - Praising and Rejoicing all the Day Long
Today is Sunday, the Lord’s Day, and I trust that you woke up with rejoicing in your heart aa you remember “this the day that the LORD has made, and we will…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 71:14-21 - "But I Will Hope Continually..."
In the first four verses the psalmist declared that the LORD was presently helping him. He knew he could trust the LORD because the “LORD had given the…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 71:5-13 - Count Your Many Blessings
We are not sure who wrote this Psalm, but whoever he was, we can assume from what he wrote, that he was facing old age, he had gone through hard times, he had…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 71:1-4 - The Prayer of the Aged Believer
Psalm 71 does not have a title that tells us who is the human writer. We have already studied five other previous Psalms without a title, which are…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 70:1-5 - "Make Haste, O God..."
“Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O LORD! Let them be ashamed and confounded Who seek my life; Let them be turned back and confused Who…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 69:30-36 - "And Those Who Love His Name..."
And those who love His name shall dwell in it.” As I have read the Psalms over the years, I have noticed a pattern that is quite evident in many of David’s…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 69:19-28 - The Coming Day of God's Wrath
Psalm 69 is both an imprecatory Psalm and a Messianic Psalm. As an imprecatory Psalm, David is praying for God to take vengeance upon his enemies. David knows…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 69:13-18 - The Tender Mercies of the LORD
When you read Psalm 69 you immediately get the idea of a man who is in tremendous distress. A man who is overwhelmed with despair and one who feels like…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 69:6-12 - For Jesus Sake
If you watched the video for our pastor’s chat today, you might have noticed my black VBS Friendly Community Church t-shirt. This is where I’m currently the…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 69:1-5 - "Save Me, O God!"
For the next few days, we will be meditating and looking at Psalm 69. From the title we learn that is another of David’s Psalms. Again, he wrote it to the…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 68:28-35 - "O God, You Are More Awesome..."
Today, we will finish our meditations and chats on Psalm 68. We need to remember that this Psalm is a great celebration and praise song written by David to be…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 68:18-27 - The Worship of a Unified Church
Today we want to look at verses 18-27, that we find right in the middle of Psalm 68. The theme of this passage is the unity that God blesses His people with…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 68:9-18 - "You, O God, Provided from Your Goodness..."
Psalm 68 is a Psalm of praise and celebration. When the God of creation comes down to us and dwells and abides in the midst of His people, we have great reason…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 68:6-10 - "You, O God, Sent a Plentiful Rain..."
It is possible that David wrote Psalm 68 as he was remembering the time and occasion when he took the Ark of the Covenant from the house of Obed-edom, and he…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 68:1-6 - "A Father to the Fatherless..."
Happy Father’s Day! It is amazing how this Psalm and these first six verses of it coincide with the day that we celebrate fathers. No doubt, many of us had…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 67-1-7 - "God Shall Bless Us..."
“God, our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us!” As I prepared to do today’s chat, the old invitation hymn “Trust and Obey” came to my mind. The first…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 67:1-5 - "Let All the Peoples Praise You"
I’m convinced that true worship comes from a heart full of the Word of God, and the purest worship is when we read or sing God’s own words of praise back to…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 67 - God's Face Shining Upon Us
Psalm 67 is a beautiful Psalm of Praise! Except for verses 1 and 6, each verse in this brief psalm mentions "all nations" or "all peoples," and in that respect…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 66:13-20 - "I Will Declare What He Has Done..."
Today, we are going to complete our chat on Psalm 66. Whoever the palmist is, he is encouraging us to join with “all the earth” to “make a joyful shout to…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 66:8-15 - "You, O God, Have Tested Us"
We might not know whether it was King David or King Hezekiah who wrote this Psalm after a great deliverance and victory over their enemy, but we know this…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 66:1-8 - Praising God with Shout and Song
Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! Sing out the honor of His name; Make His praise glorious. Say to God, "How awesome are Your works! Through the…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 66 - The Invitation Psalm
For years I have called Psalm 66, “The Invitation Psalm”. In verse 5 we are invited to “come and see the works of God”. In verse 16, we are again invited to…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 65:9-13 - "The River of God is Full..."
You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it. I don’t know…
Pastor Mike Impact MinistriesPsalm 65:1-8 - "You Will Provide Atonement for Them..."
Iniquities prevail against me; As for our transgressions, You will provide atonement for them. Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That…