Posts with the category “psalms”

We always desire to be delivered out of divine judgment (e.g. Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah) but many times the Lord sovereignly decrees we are to be delivered through judgment (10 Egyptian plagues). ...  Read More

It can be helpful to read and pray through the Psalms of Lament when we are feeling discouraged or disillusioned. We realize as we read that we are not alone in our emotional struggles as we walk by f...  Read More

But there are times when we must stop listening to our heart and begin speaking. The dividing line is found in the phrase "cast down" and the word disquieted. The Psalmist is asking a rhetorical not a...  Read More

Here the psalmist gives us a good question to ask ourselves in these unexpected painful moments and even better counsel on what to do in these moments. Asking ourselves "Why are you downcast. oh my so...  Read More

Pursing peace should never devolve into pursuing passivity out of fear of conflict. We can walk in the Lord's victory when men rise up against us despite our best efforts to live in peace because the ...  Read More

We can taste and see the Lord is good every day, all day and so learn to abide in Christ all the time. ...  Read More

The goal is think less about ourselves and more on Christ and His people. The one who truly is the greatest, the Lord Jesus Christ, never boasted in Himself or made attempts to draw attention to Himse...  Read More

The Bible doesn't say we can't ever be angry, which would be quite impossible because anger is an emotion built into us all who are made like God who can be angry....  Read More

The great danger of living in the end times is that we know that there will be cataclysmic events, both man-made, devil-made and God-made. We thus can have a sense of dread instead of a sense of hope ...  Read More

One of the frequent stops along the Highway called Holy is Unfairness University and, sometimes for an advanced degree. We should rejoice because it is a sign of His special favor and future exaltatio...  Read More

“...no matter what happens, we never feel we are standing alone." Chambers this morning perfectly describes the spiritual life with Christ. We must so often stand alone with Christ but we are never al...  Read More