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: Great is the LORD and I praise Him greatly.
Today’s Scripture: A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain, Psalm 47:1 ESV In the preceding Psalms David was relying on his hope in God. In this section he takes us from hoping to knowing. David tells us that God set him free and he tells us how. We can learn from ... 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 »
Affirmation of God: The LORD speaks to my soul.
Today’s Scripture: Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, "I am your salvation!" Psalm 35:3 ESV Not what we say to the LORD but what He says to us. David was dealing with contention here in Psalm 35. His words remind us to trust the LORD with conflicts. We must also ask the LORD to speak into our souls and be reminded ... Continue Reading »
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