Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Psalms

When We Feel We Are Drowning

PSALM 69:1-3 – Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.”   THEME OF THE…

These Things Will Never Happen

PSALM 66:20 – Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!”   THEME OF THE DAY:  THESE THINGS WILL NEVER HAPPEN.  In today’s scripture, the Psalmist is worshipping the Lord and gives two reasons prompting his desire and action to bless Him.  As we grasp them ourselves, we, too, will find ourselves responding…

Don’t Give In or Give Up

PSALM 55:16-19 – But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me. God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of…

Be Real, Christian

PSALM 55:1–3 – Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!  Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against…