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Psalms

We Would See Jesus

JOHN 12:21 – “Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”” THEME OF THE DAY:  WE WOULD SEE JESUS. Today’s scripture is a discovery for us from an unlikely source. Little did the Greeks who requested…

This God Is Our God

PSALM 18:1-2 – “I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” THEME OF THE DAY:  THIS GOD IS OUR GOD. The favorite verse of the great reformer, Martin Luther was Galatians 2:20 –…

What Is Missing?

REVELATION 7:13-17 – “Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. “Therefore…

Looking Over Our Shoulders

PSALM 23 – “A Psalm of David.  The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,…

The Song of a Quiet Soul

1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3 O Israel, hope in the Lord…

Armed And Trained For Battle

PSALM 144:1-2 – “Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me”. THEME OF THE DAY: ARMED AND TRAINED FOR BATTLE.   The 20th century Scottish theologian and…