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Psalms

The Attractiveness Of Christ

Proverbs 3:3-4 – Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. THEME OF THE DAY: THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF CHRIST. There is so much one might say about the attractiveness of the Lord Jesus.  After…

Overcoming Our Hindrance To Worship

PSALM 119:164 – Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules. THEME OF THE DAY. OVERCOMING OUR HINDRANCE TO WORSHIP.  When we became Christians, a whole lot happened to us.  Here are five such happenings. We received forgiveness for our sins, reconciliation with our offended God, adoption into His forever family, a living relationship with the Lord, and the…

Our Greatest Spiritual Foe

PSALM 115:1 – Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! THEME OF THE DAY. OUR GREATEST SPIRITUAL FOE.  In the Christian life, we need to be reminded we are called to a daily war against three formidable foes.  First, there is Satan.  The Apostle Paul…

Yet He Loves Us

PSALM 69:5 – O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you. THEME OF THE DAY. YET HE LOVES US.  So, let’s imagine this happening next Lord’s Day.  Instead of hearing a call to worship, we get a call to exposure.  One by one we line up and each of us stand in front of…

The God Who Acts

PSALM 57:1-3 – Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. 2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. 3 He will send from heaven and save me;…

Nothing Comes Out Of The Blue

PSALM 31:14-15 – But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors! THEME OF THE DAY. NOTHING COMES OUT OF THE BLUE.  I am sure we have heard these words from someone or about someone when a circumstance or situation…