Schadenfreude

Scripture Our Lord, punish the Edomites! Because the day Jerusalem fell, they shouted, “Completely destroy the city! Tear down every building!” ~Psalm 137:7, CEV Quote Winning and losing are both temporary. Gloating over victory or sulking over a loss puts you at a stand still. ~Chuck Knox It seems that I learn something new everyday: I saw a word in…

The Prayer

Scripture O LORD, hear my plea for justice. Listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, for it comes from honest lips.  ~Psalm 17:1, NLT Quote Prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God and a scourge for Satan. ~John Bunyan This is one of five Psalms that is…

Divine Vindication

Scripture Don’t let liars prosper here in our land. ~Psalm 140:11, NLT Quote All believers encounter storms of affliction. These seasons of severe distress can make us either better or bitter. He depends on our response. ~Steve Lawson Psalm 140 is a prayer of David who is praying for vindication in the face of his…

Tongues Like Swords

Scripture Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the scheming of evildoers,  who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, shooting from ambush at the blameless; they shoot suddenly and without fear. ~Psalm 64:2-4, NRSV Quote Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne,— Yet that scaffold sways the future, and,…

Snake Charmers

Scripture Then at last everyone will say, “There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth.” Psalm 58:11, NLT Quote There is an inseparable connection between a person’s character and their conduct: the former is the source of the latter. ~Stephen J.…

Vindication

Scripture Vindicate me, O Lord, my God, according to Your righteousness, and do not let them rejoice over me. ~Psalm 35:24, NRSV Quote Men can be vicious and malicious but faith in Christ vindication is the answer, not retaliation. ~Ya’akov It was not David’s idea to be a king. I doubt that David thought of…

Vindication

Scripture From YOU let my vindication come; let Your eyes see what is right. Psalm 17:2, NRSV Quote Pride’s focus is on ‘who is right.’ Humility’s focus is on ‘what is right.’ ~Ezra T. Benson It is entirely possible for someone to think that their cause is just when it is not. There have been…