The Balm Of Gilead

Scripture Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? ~Jeremiah 8:22, NIV Quote In the quiet echoes of His Word, wounds find their balm, and hearts find their rest. ~Source Unknown I read Psalm 16 last Sunday morning. It was…

Praying The Psalms

Scripture My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? ~Psalm 22:1, NIV Quote The prayers of David were prayed also by Christ. Or better, Christ prayed them through His forerunner David. ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer I don’t remember anyone {Professor, pastor or teacher} telling me the value of using the Psalms in your devotional time as…

I Can’t Fight Esau Alone

Scripture In the course of my life He broke my strength. ~Psalm 102:23, NIV Quote Everything that man leans on, other than Christ, will become a dart that will certainly y pierce his own heart through and through. ~Philip Brooks Jacob was a mama’s boy who learned early on how to manipulate circumstances and people.…

Fleeing Verses Staying Put

Scripture In the Lord I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain.” ~Psalm 11:1, NIV Quote Fleeing is usually an act of self-preservation. It is an attempt to save our own skin at the expense of those around us. ~Ya’akov I am currently reading the NIV…

Helper Of The Helpless

Scripture The helpless put their trust in You. ~Psalm 10:14, NLT Quote Sometimes we are too weak to hold on so we have to let go: that is when we discover that He is holding us completely–body, soul and spirit. ~Ya’akov My Thoughts Some scholars think Psalm nine and ten go together. Both Psalms employ…

The Double Cure

Scripture Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through Him!… For just as through the disobedience of the one man {Adam} the many were made sinners, so also through the obedienceof the one man {Jesus} the many will be made righteous. ~Romans 5:9,…

What’s In A Name?

Scripture Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! ~Psalm 8:1, NIV Quote We often cloak real ourselves–revealing only what we believe will earn acceptance–to be real might cause us to panic. ~Gerald H. Wilson My Thoughts Haw-yaw {hâyâh} is the Hebrew verb for being, simular to our “is” or “are.” When…

Wow! Unbelievable!

Scripture Because ye have suffered the same things that your own countrymen {Christian Jews in Judea} by the Jews who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own Prophets and have driven us out. And they do not please God and are contrary to all mankind. ~I Thessalonians 2:14-15, Geneva Bible Quote There will never…

Standing Before The LORD

Scripture Stand before the LORD in awe, and do not sin against Him. Lie quietly upon your bed in silent meditation. ~Psalms 4:4. TLB Quote Yahweh is free to act or not act as He pleases. Gerald H. Wilson I believe in prayer. I do confess that I am not proficient in prayer but I…

Is There Anything Good About Sin?

Scripture Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be notentangled again with the yoke of bondage. ~Galatians 5:1, NKJV Quote Nothing should be made legitimate that has the power to control us. ~Calvin Miller There are four questions, according to Martyn Lloyd-Jones, that we must ask ourselves whenever we…