Sep 03
Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You (Psalm 56:3). Is it hard for you to admit that you are afraid or fearful of something?
Jul 24
Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God (Psalm 62:11). We cannot watch the clock and at the same time worship the Lord.
May 29
I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts (Psalm 119:45). Do find yourself currently in some form of captivity?
Apr 04
Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling (Psalm 2:11). The only safe place from the wrath of God is in God.
Apr 02
Jesus, right before he died on the Cross, quoted Psalm 51- “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”
He took on our sins as the Righteous Father turned His head, then Jesus in his death, defeated death.
Because of what Christ did today, on Good Friday, no one need ever ask that question again.
If anyone [...]
Mar 24
With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! Psalm 119:145
I witnessed a small child’s angst in a very public place. We all have at one time or another, right? Maybe with our own kids.
Something in this child, maybe hunger or tiredness or frustration, triggered it to stomp its tiny foot, sit down in [...]
Mar 22
Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves. Psalm 126:7
Did you ever grow seed in a Styrofoam cup at school? No one could see the seeds in that mound of dirt, but you watched everyday because you knew they were there. You put the cup in a place where it [...]
Mar 02
Psalm 62:1 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
My mother always told me patience is a virtue. I just was not born with much of it. I’m a doer, a fixer. I can’t stand to sit around and wait. Instead, I must keep busy. That actually helps to calm [...]
Feb 25
Psalm 59:14- 15 Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. They wander about for food and growl if they do not get their fill.
Where we live there is a coyote problem. The winter weather and population growth has forced them into the suburbs to roam the neighborhood streets [...]
Feb 22
Psalm 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God . . .
What is it about the olive tree that would make David want to be like one? Olive trees are fire and drought resistant. They live hundreds of years and are evergreen. They can grow up to 50 feet [...]