Revival And Prayer

Scripture Revive us so we can call on Your name once more. Psalm 80:18, NLT Quote When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication. ~Jonathan Edwards Psalm 80 was also written by one of Asap’s descendants and most likely he is alluding to the fall of Samaria…

Mayhem

Scripture Help us, O God of our salvation! Help us for the glory of Your name. Save us and forgive our sins for the honor of Your name.  ~Psalm 79:8, NLT Quote I ask neither for health nor for sickness, for life or for death; but they You may dispose of my health and my sickness,…

The History Psalm

Scripture Yet they tested the Most High God, and rebelled against him. They did not observe his decrees, but turned away and were faithless like their ancestors; they twisted like a treacherous bow. ~Psalm 78:56-57, NRSV Quote The one thing we learn from history is that we do not learn anything from history. ~Hegel Wiersbe calls…

Questions

Scripture When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted.  ~Psalm 77:2, NLT Quote Even when we have followed Christ for a life time; we can still wrestle with doubt which is the raw side of honesty. ~Erwin…

Yahoo Or Yaray

Scripture But you indeed are awesome! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused? From the heavens you uttered judgment; the earth feared and was still. ~Psalms 76:7-8 NRSV Quote No one can know the true grace of God who has not first known the fear of God. ~A.W. Tozer Psalm 76 is…

Providence

Scripture It is God alone who judges; He decides who will rise and who will fall. ~Psalms 75:7, NLT Quote “Providence is like a curious piece of tapestry made of a thousand shreds, which, single, appear useless, but put together, they represent a beautiful history to the eye.” ~John Flavel Louis Berkhof defined providence as…

Suffering Defeat

Scripture  We do not see our emblems; there is no longer any prophet, and there is no one among us who knows how long. How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile Your name forever?  Quote God’s wounds are better than Satan’s salves. ~John Trapp Few ordeals are more excruciating…

An Eternal Perspective

Scripture  Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; He is mine forever.  ~Psalm 73:25-26, NLT Quote It is not possible for a person to see and rely on the eternal…

The Perfect King

Scripture Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. ~Psalm 72:1-2, NRSV Quote Pharaohs, Caesars, Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin: what do they have in common–They are relics of a fading history. They…

Finish Strong

Scripture Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength is spent.  ~Psalm 71:9, NRSV Quote If would be a good thing if young people were wise and old folks were strong; but God had other ideas. ~Martin Luther Age is not an excuse to quit…