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Psalms

The Greatest Benefit From The Gospel

PSALM 18:1-2 – I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. THEME OF THE DAY. THE GREATEST BENEFIT FROM THE GOSPEL. What would you say to the theme of today’s nugget? Forgiveness of…

Looking Back: God’s Faithfulness

PSALM 100:5 – For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. THEME OF THE DAY. LOOKING BACK: GOD’S FAITHFULNESS. The end of 2020. What a year is to state the obvious! Each of us faced never encountered before challenges, fears, and disruptions in life. On our jobs, in our churches, schools, among our families…

Human Beings Not Human Doings

PSALM 69:20 – Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. THEME OF THE DAY. HUMAN BEINGS NOT HUMAN DOINGS. My wife walked to my desk and said, “Please read this.” It was a Facebook post from someone we did not know. It was…

Life’s Ultimate Purpose

PSALM 27:8 – You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, LORD, do I seek.” THEME OF THE DAY. LIFE’S ULTIMATE PURPOSE. Here is a simple question. It is one which at one point or another in a person’s life will likely be asked. It may come at various times. During seasons of grief, loss, or some…

Overcoming Life’s Many Fears

PSALM 56:3-4 – When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? THEME OF THE DAY. OVERCOMING LIFE’S MANY FEARS. Do we recall the first time the Bible records a human being experiencing the terror of being afraid? It was…

Living Conscious Of God’s Presence

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…