PSALM 139:1-12 – O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Psalms
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.” There are three ways to view today’s nugget theme. All are correct and inseparable. The first two though, probably get more attention than the last, but it…
PSALM 121 – A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper;…
PSALM 77:1-15 – I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me. In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah. You hold my eyelids open; I am…
PSALM 73:25: Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.” Take another look at today’s scripture. Remember this is the language of prayer. Asaph, the author of the Psalm, is talking to the Lord. And what a prayer! Right now, in our lives, attitudes, priorities, goals, desires, and pursuits, may we look…
PSALM 69:5 – O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.” So, let’s imagine this happening come 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 stands in front of our brothers and sisters in the Lord.…