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…
refuge
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…
bloody feet?
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…
how should I pray?
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…
under attack?
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,…
retreat!!!
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…
before He helps me!
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 54 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But God is my helper. The Lord keeps me alive! [Psalms 54:4] David is in hiding from King Saul, who wants to kill him; David prays this prayer after the Ziphites betray him to Saul. Were these the words he prayed after God rescued him, or what he prayed while he was still…
struggling faith
SCRIPTURE: Job 42 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes. [Job 42:5] During his hardship, God seemed absent to Job; everything he believed about God was put to the test. Many of us, like Job, have beliefs about God that do not always fit with life…
God’s leviathon
SCRIPTURE: Job 41 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Nothing on earth is its equal, no other creature so fearless. Of all the creatures, it is the proudest. It is the king of beasts. [Job 41:33-34] In this conversation, God uses the largest beast known at the time [the behemoth or leviathon, Job 40:15, Job 41:1] to show His own greatness and our smallness….
God’s critics?
SCRIPTURE: Job 40 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then the Lord said to Job, “Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?” Then Job replied to the Lord, “I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers? I will cover my mouth with my hand. I have said too…