Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Psalms

Where Sin Did Abound, Grace Did More

PSALM 65:1-3 – Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed. O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come. When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions.” THEME OF THE DAY: WHERE SIN DID ABOUND, GRACE DID MORE.  Ever feel like David in today’s Psalm? There are many moving…

A Thirst For God

PSALM 63:1 – O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” THEME OF THE DAY: A THIRST FOR GOD.    Donald Whitney wrote a wonderful book titled Ten Questions To Diagnose Your Spiritual Health. It is 131 pages long,…

He Trains Us For War

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: HE TRAINS US FOR WAR.    How deep is our understanding of…

Sometimes All We Can Do Is Cry

PSALM 137:1 – By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.”   THEME OF THE DAY: SOMETIMES ALL WE CAN DO IS CRY.  Today’s scripture is the opening verse in a short but moving Psalm.  Derek Kidner, in his excellent commentary on the Psalm, wrote “Every line is alive with pain, whose intensity grows with…