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Psalms

The Problem With Being Afraid

PSALM 56:3-4;10-11 – When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. 4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? 10 In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise, 11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man…

Courage in Fearful Times

In light of what is unfolding in our world and the associated fear with the presence and spread of the Coronavirus, Christians need to be reminded of who they are and who their God is. These are not to be times of anxiety and fear among believers, but great opportunities for the Gospel and ministry of encouragement to one another. This Lord’s Day, we will seek courage and understanding our proper response to trying times from a Psalm of great courage – Psalm 91.

Simplicity In The Christian Life

PSALM 50:14-15 – Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. THEME OF THE DAY. SIMPLICITY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. The Christian life is not complex. God did not make it difficult to understand. Our Lord is…

A Very Wise Prayer

PSALM 39:4-6 – “O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah. Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing…

In God’s School Of Desperation

PSALM 109:1-4 -Be not silent, O God of my praise! For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. THEME OF THE DAY. IN GOD’S SCHOOL OF DESPERATION. Mention the…

Two Certainties In The Christian Life

PSALM 34:19 – Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all THEME OF THE DAY. TWO CERTAINTIES IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. There are two absolute certainties in today’s scripture. We may rest assured these two things will be true in our lives. As God’s children, they are both realities and promises. The first one…