In the course of a lifetime, the number of conversations we will have had are enormous. Just take the past week as a sample and the amount of dialogues with people that occurred.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Psalms
1 SAMUEL 23:24-29 – And they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon. And Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told, so he went down to the rock and lived in the wilderness of Maon. And when…
PSALM 37:23-24 – The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.” Failure. It happens to us before we became Christians. It happens to us after we become Christians with one distinction. Failure for the non-Christian is never spiritual failure.…
PSALM 99:1 – The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.” The list of what is unfolding in our world causing many hearts to fail and fears to rise is long. I won’t take up the time and space to make such a list. We know them. We feel them. We hear them.…
PSALM 31:15 – My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors.” It is one of the famous quotes of all times. It comes from Charles Dickens and his book A Tale of Two Cities. More often than not, only the first part is quoted–“It was the best of times, it was the…
PSALM 39:4 – O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am.” He was a dear brother, friend, and deacon in my church and a glowing example of a godly family member to his physical family and church family. He was so loved and he so loved. His reputation…