Today’s Scripture: But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. Psalm 68:3 KJV How do you approach God? Do you rejoice because you are happy or are you happy because you rejoice? Sadly, too many of us are looking for a new answer to happiness. It most likely is not how we approach our problems but ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: O God, You are my God!
Today’s Scripture: A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 ESV God’s glory is far better than I could have imagined when I began this affirmation journey. Five years, over ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: You God are my strength.
Today’s Scripture: You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely. Psalm 59:17 NIV Twice in this fifty-ninth chapter of Psalms the writer called on God to come meet Him. How awesome to know that the God of Creation, the God of Israel will come to meet us. Can you say it out loud? The LORD comes to ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God fulfills His purpose for me.
Today’s Scripture: I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. Psalm 57:2 ESV Are you busy trying to fulfill your purpose or are you trusting it is God who fulfills it? Sometimes I feel I am cornered in a cave as David was by wondering what my next move should be. Here in Psalm 57, David tells us to turn our focus and our ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: This I know, God is for me.
Today’s Scripture: Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. Psalm 56:9 ESV Isn’t it great to know God is for you? You do know don’t you? How can David, how can we be so confident? We know by living constantly in the light and will of God. Looking back over these past few chapters of Psalms we see ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give thanks to Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
Today’s Scripture: With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good. Psalm 54:6 ESV I praise the LORD for His abundant goodness. As I knelt before Him this morning I came to grips with my lack of goodness. But praise be to God, I just “happened” to be going to a stretch of Psalms that in ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I hope in God.
Today’s Scripture: Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. Psalm 43:5 ESV Sometimes we need reminders of where our hope lies. This was a rough stretch for David. Reading several Psalms of David this morning I have captured this affirmation “I hope in ... Continue Reading »
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