Successful Living

Scripture  How blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in His ways. ~Psalm 128:1, NASB Quote “If I had to die like an animal and there be no hereafter, I would still choose to be a Christian, for of all lives that can be lived, there is none that can compare with this.”…

Forging A Family Of Faith

Scripture Unless the LORD builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the LORD protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. Quote No amount of human sacrifice and toil will accomplish much without the LORD’s blessing. ~Warren W. Wiersbe Solomon wrote Psalm 127 and it is a masterpiece.…

Like A Dream

Scripture When the LORD brought back his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream!  We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy. And the other nations said, “What amazing things the LORD has done for them.”  ~Psalm 126:1-2, NLT Quote God can do more in five minutes than man can do in ten…

Eternal Security

Scripture Those who trust in the LORD are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever. ~Psalm 125:1, NLT Quote Faith puts God between us and our circumstances. ~Daniel Webster Wiersbe says this Psalm speaks of three kinds of people: [1] THE FAITHFUL–those who trust the LORD, [2] THE…

Omnipotent Protection

Scripture What if the LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us?  They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger. ~Psalm 124:2-3, NLT Quote Every child of God has an omnipotent guardian, and God will sooner empty heaven of angels as to leave a saint unguarded. ~Charles H. Spurgeon Psalm 124…

Faith Leading To Mercy

Scripture We keep looking to the LORD our God for His mercy, just as servants keep their eyes on their master. ~Psalm 123:2, NLT Quote Faith is the spiritual vision of the believing soul that looks beyond this present reality and circumstances. ~Steven J. Lawson Faith is looking up to God. It is seeing beyond…

Celebrative Worship

Scripture I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” ~Psalm 122:1, NLT Quote There is nothing more unchristian than a solitary Christian. ~John Wesley This is the third of 15 Ascent Psalms and the first of three that David wrote. The first Ascent Psalm [120] pictured…

Help!

Scripture “My help comes from the LORD who made heaven and earth.” ~Psalm 121:2, NLT Quote It would be inconceivable for the omnipotent One who created heaven and earth to be impotent when it comes to guarding and keeping His children. ~Max Anders Psalm 121 is the second of 15 Ascent Psalms. It was my…

Pilgrims: Not Settlers

Scripture “I am tired of living among people who hate peace.” ~Psalm 120:6, NLT Quote Singing praises to God, with other like minded believers, makes the journey sweeter. ~Ya’akov Traveling conditions have improved drastically since this Psalm was written. We ride in comfortable automobiles with heated seats, AC, Bluetooth, and guidance control systems–the Jewish Pilgrims,…

Praise

Scripture I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight. Let me live that I may praise you. ~Psalm 119:174-75, NRSV Quote Let every breath, all that I am, never cease to Praise HIM {Jesus}. ~Darlene Zschech {Edited slightly, one word, don’t think Darlene will mind} This is it, after 22 blogs…