Awake My Soul

Scripture Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. ~Psalm 57:8, NIV Quote The elements of prayer, praise, thanksgiving and the desire for God to be exalted will awaken any sleeping soul. ~Warren B. Wiersbe Psalm 57 finds David in the cave of Adullam [I Samuel 22]. David fled to the…

When I Am Afraid

Scripture When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. ~Psalm 56:3, NRSV Quote Faith is living with an unshakable confidence in the word of God. ~Ya’akov Psalm 56:3 is the very first verse my Mother had me memorize. I began thinking about infinity when I was 7-8 years old and I marvel at…

Overwhelmed By My Troubles

Scripture Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved. ~Psalm 55:22, NRSV Quote It is infinitely better to have the whole world as an enemy and God as a friend than to have the whole world as a friend and God as the…

Salvation Is Of God

Scripture I will give thanks to Your name, O LORD, for it is good. {For He has delivered me from every trouble} ~Psalm 54:6-7, NRSV Quote The secret of a successful spiritual life is just to realize two things….I must have absolute confidence in God and absolutely no confidence in myself.” ~D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Psalm…

The Fool

Scripture Have they no knowledge, those evildoers, who eat up My people as they do bread, and do not call upon God? Psalm 53:4, NRSV Quote A fool is anyone who tries to live without God. ~Steven J. Lawson Psalm 53 is almost identical to Psalm 14: both begin by saying, Fools say in their…

A Green Olive Tree

A Green Olive Tree

Scripture But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. ~Psalms 52:8, NRSV Quote “Let us lean on Christ with all our weight. Let us throw ourselves on His faithfulness as we do on our beds, bringing all our weariness…

Our Sin Effacers

Scripture Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. ~Psalm 51:1-2, NRSV Quote The good news of Jesus Christ is that a full forgiveness of sin is offered for all who will…

My Sin

Scripture For I know my transgression and my sin is ever before me. ~Psalms 51:3, NRSV Quote “If you need a guide for your ongoing relationship with God, read Psalms.” ― Jim George Billy Graham reads five Psalms a day and one proverb. He says the Psalms help him relate to God and the Proverbs helps…

Scripture Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. I will not accept a bull from your house, or goats from your folds. ~Psalm 50:8-9, NRSV Quote The dearest idol I have known, whatever that idol be, help me tear it from Thy throne and worship only Thee. ~William…

The Limitations of Wealth

  Scripture Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases; for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them. ~Psalm 49:16-17, NIV Quote It is no sin to have wealth, provided we earn it honestly, spend it wisely, and invest it…