Praising Is Pleasing

Scripture He takes no pleasure in the strength of a horse or in human might. No, the LORD ’s delight is in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love.  Psalm 147:10-11, NLT  Quote Seven Days without worship makes one weak. ~Allen Varlett   The Hebrew word châphêts which is translated delight in…

Perpetual Praise

Scripture  The LORD is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.  ~Psalm 145:9, NLT Quote No matter how difficult the day may be, there is always something for which we can praise the LORD. ~W. W. Wiersbe Psalm 145 is a Psalm of praise. Although the Psalms are filled with praise to…

The Brevity of Life

Scripture LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them? They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.  ~Psalm 144:3-4, NLT Quote It is not the years in our life that matters most; it is the life in our years. ~Anonymous While I was…

Praise God!

Scripture Come quickly, LORD, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die. ~Psalm 143:7, NLT Quote The Lord uses difficult situations and abrasive people to hone and polish us, not to punish us. ~Wiersbe/Bailey This is the last of seven penitential Psalms [6,32,38,51,102,130,143] and was written by David…

Feelings And Foes

Scripture I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me. ~Psalm 142:4, NLT Quote Feeling are wonderful at times but they are fickle in nature and cannot be trusted. ~Ya’akov Psalm 142 was…

Supplication

Scripture O LORD, I am calling to You. Please hurry! Listen when I cry to You for help! ~Psalm 141:1, NLT Quote No Christian or Christian Ministry will ever rise above the level of it’s praying. ~Jack Taylor As we have stated before: David was not a perfect man but he was a praying man.…

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…

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

Scripture You scrutinize my path and my lying down,  And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. ~Psalm 139:3, NASB Quote Your strength lies in your intimacy with Christ. ~Anonymous The Hebrew word for ‘scrutinize’ is zä·rä,’ a term that refers to winnowing grain. To separate the grain from the chaff, they spread the grain on a…

Wonderfully Complex

Scripture Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. ~Psalm 139:14, NLT Quote “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything to stop them.” ~Albert Einstein I am not a doctor and so I am…