Author: Norm

There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Psalm 64 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows. [Psalms 64:3] It is said that sticks and stones can break the bones but words can never hurt us… But words can cause great damage, they can pierce like a sword and penetrate…

There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Psalm 63 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power…

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 62 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him. [Psalms 62:1] Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. [Psalms 62:5] I don’t know about you, but the more agitated or angry I become, the more likely I am to spout things from my mouth…

There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Psalm 61 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Let me live forever in your sanctuary, safe beneath the shelter of your wings! [Psalms 61:4] Does David mean this literally – to actually live in the temple every day of His life? My guess is that he is referring to the experience of being in…

There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Psalm 60 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless. With God’s help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes. [Psalms 60:11-12] If God is with us, nothing can stop us; if God is not with us, nothing…

There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Psalm 59 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress. [Psalms 59:16] Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of…

There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Psalm 58 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. [Psalms 58:10] Washing our feet in the blood of the wicked – that is just sick! I try to put myself in David’s ‘shoes’, to imagine…

There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Psalm 57 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth. [Psalms 57:5] David is in trouble, his soul is deeply troubled. He begins his prayer with a prayer for protection,. but soon his theme becomes God’s glory. “May Your reputation…

There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Psalm 56 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: They are always twisting what I say; they spend their days plotting to harm me. They come together to spy on me- watching my every step, eager to kill me. [Psalms 56:5-6] When the leading priests and teachers of religious law heard what Jesus had done,…

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 55 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest! I would fly far away to the quiet of the wilderness. [Psalms 55:6-7] In battle, the word ‘retreat’ is negative; it is seen as giving up, running away. But in spiritual warfare, retreat is a good thing; it…