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Psalms

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…

Commit, Cast, And Leave It There

PSALM 37:5 – Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. THEME OF THE DAY. COMMIT, CAST, AND LEAVE IT THERE. There is a verse in the New Testament offering a nice complement to today’s scripture. It is familiar and found in the Apostle Peter’s first letter – casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares…