ArchiveJune 2013

The Apple of the Eye

The Apple of the Eye

Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake. Psalms 17:8,15 David had many oppressors who sought to take his life. He...

Pleasures Forever

Pleasures Forever

You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever. Psalms 16:11 People can choose lots of so-called gods. For many, they actually lift up themselves as the Lord of their...

Who is in Who’s Tent?

Who is in Who’s Tent?

O Lord, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart. Psalms 15:1-3 God wants us to live life with Him. Who is allowed? Those who are genuine...

Fools

Fools

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good. The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, who seek...

Bountifully

Bountifully

But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me. Psalms 13:5-6 When we are in trouble, God shows His kindness. Our job is to trust in Him and His...

Loose Lips, Sink Ships

Loose Lips, Sink Ships

The words of the Lord are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. You, O Lord, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever. Psalms 12:6-7 Loose lips, sink ships was a mantra during World War...

Responding with Love

Responding with Love

The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land. You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will...

“Getting” God

“Getting” God

The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity. The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in...

God is God

God is God

Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. When I...

Righteous Cause

Righteous Cause

O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands, If I have rewarded evil to my friend, or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary, Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life down to...

No Sweat

No Sweat

Depart from me, all you who do iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord has heard my supplication, the Lord receives my prayer. All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed; they shall turn back, they will suddenly...

Who Lifts You Up?

Who Lifts You Up?

Many are saying of my soul, “There is no deliverance for him in God.” Selah. But You, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.Psalms 3:2-3 I loved singing this song back in the 80s. We sang it with a King James...

Praise God

Praise God

For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, there were leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God. Nehemiah 12:46 The expression of worship in song has been a part of human experience since ancient times. The...

Build Up

Build Up

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. Jude 1:20-21 Jude’s warns about...

A Source of Joy

A Source of Joy

Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth. I have no greater joy than this, to...

Truth and Love, Related

Truth and Love, Related

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. 2 John 1:6 John equates walking in love with walking in the truth. The truth found in the...

Not a Bummer, at All

Not a Bummer, at All

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 1 John 5:3-4 The first epistle of...

Who Made the First Move?

Who Made the First Move?

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because He first loved us. 1 John 4:18-19 The Bible says that God reached out with His love to us...

Can Others See Him in You?

Can Others See Him in You?

This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He...

Prayers Heard and Heeded

Prayers Heard and Heeded

Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Give heed to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, For to You I will pray. My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up. Psalms 5...

When Disappointment Visits

When Disappointment Visits

Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the Lord. Psalms 4 At some point in our lives we will be mistreated, judged unfairly, and overlooked...

Even Priests Forget

Even Priests Forget

When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him. And a leper came to Him and bowed down before Him, and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I...

What we have in Christ

What we have in Christ

In love, He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:5-6 Oh the riches that a...

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