“I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.” Psalm 69:3 In Today’s Psalm, David begins by crying out, “Save me, O God” because “Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head”. Here, in Verse 3, we have […]
“From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” Psalm 61:2 David, a man after God’s own heart, was one that every true Christian can identify with. Though anointed by God, filled with the Spirit, champion over Goliath, slayer
“In God, whose word I praise, in God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?” Psalm 56:4 Notice a couple of things from Today’s Verse. He has a High regard for God’s Word! He did not say, whose word I heard, or, whose word I’ve
“And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.” Psalm 51:11b Each year as I go through the Psalms, this is one that I love coming to and linger long on. As most of you know, this is the Song that David composed after his Adultery with Bathsheba and his Murder of Uriah. It is
“We have thought on Your lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Your temple.” Psalm 48:9 As the Psalmist considers the greatness of God, he declares at the beginning of today’s Psalm, “Great is the Lord”! And then, in Today’s Verse, he reflects on God’s Lovingkindness. Consider the context of this verse, “in the midst
“As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God.” Psalm 42:1 Picture an arid and desert land, barren and waste, with very little water. Now picture a deer, searching for water; mouth ajar, breathing hard in desperate need of a drink. That is how the Sons of Korah
Give it a Listen! How Great Thou Art – All Several years ago, I discovered this amazing Album. I can’t remember the exact circumstances, but I was absolutely floored at how Beautiful and Majestic it was! It was the kind of Music you would expect in a John Wayne Movie; those periods of reflection and
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“Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 At first sight, this verse seems to be a blank check for self indulgence; that if I do such and such, then I will get whatever I ask for. But consider the 1st half and how it defines
“How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered!” Psalm 32:1 What makes you Happy? What gives you Contentedness or Satisfaction? What is it that you see in others and inwardly Desire and want? That is how the word “blessed” is used above. David begins the Psalm with this statement, then goes
“One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple.” Psalm 27:4 Just as each Psalm is Unique, sometimes each paragraph or “stanza” is