Saved By Grace

Scripture How long will you people ruin my reputation? How long will you make groundless accusations? How long will you continue your lies?  ~Psalm 4:2, NLT Quote Slander is worse than cannibalism. ~John Chrysostom The democrats did not invent slander and innuendo; they’ve been around since Satan’s debut in the Garden of Eden. The old adage,…

Real Worship

Scripture  Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD. ~Psalm 150:6, NLT Quote There is nothing boring about true worship. ~Steven Lawson When you read the Psalms you meet joy and sorrow, ecstatic elation and deep depression; you encounter pain and pleasure, trials and triumph. I do not know of any emotion…

Praise Jesus!

Scripture Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.  ~Psalm 148:13, NLT Quote I praise Jesus because though I deserved death and hell, He by grace gave me life and heaven. ~Ya’akov Psalm 148 is another hallelujah Psalm that begins…

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…

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…

Sympathy

Scripture Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem.  ~Psalm 137:1, NLT Quote You who are called Christians, if you be not criers, there is no spiritual life in you. ~John Bunyan Psalm 137 is an account or recollection of the Jewish exile in Babylon. The Psalmist experienced the…

God Is Good

Scripture Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever. ~Psalm 136:1, NLT Quote “God is good beyond all others, indeed, He alone is good in the highest sense of the word: He is the source of good, the good of all good, the sustainer of good, the perfecter of…

A Song In The Night

Scripture Oh, praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, you who serve at night in the house of the LORD. ~Psalm 134:1, NLT Quote Man’s chief work is the praise of God. ~Augustine Psalm 134 is the last of the ascent Psalms and is basically a benediction or a blessing on the pilgrims…

Unity

Scripture Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! ~Psalm 133:1, NASB Quote By sticking together, snow flakes can stop traffic. ~Anonymous This is the fourteenth of ascent Psalms written to encourage unity among God’s people as they journeyed to Jerusalem to celebrate together. It is a wonderful…