Infinite Pleasures

Scripture The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. ~Psalm 16:4, NIV [1973 edition] Quote The future is your friend when Jesus is your LORD. ~W.W. Wiersbe Psalm 16 is a miktam of David. No one is sure of the meaning of the word “miktam” but in Hebrew it literally means engraving.…

What Is Man?

Scripture What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?  Psalm 8:4, NASB Quote God created us to be Kings but the disobedience of our first parents robbed us of our crown. ~W.W. Wiersbe Psalm 8 is a majestic praise Psalm that speaks of God’s infinite power to create…

Retribution, It’s The Law

Scripture The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.  ~Psalm 7:14, NLT Quote Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding fine. ~Friedrich von Logau R.G. Lee quoted Friedrich von Logau in his famous sermon, “Payday Someday.” The law of retribution is woven into the fabric…

Feeling Vexed

Scripture Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. ~Psalm 6:2, AV Quote Jesus loves YOU and there is nothing you can do about it. ~Junior Hill Psalm 6 is the first of seven penitential Psalms and Dr. Wiersbe thinks the setting is the rebellion of…

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,…

Integrity 101

Scripture I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. ~Psalm 101:2, NASB Quote Our contemporary culture is proficient at producing corrupt people who are skilled at lying, falsifying, distorting and covering the truth. ~Stephen Lawson Evolution, global warming [climate change], the right to privacy: what do these things have in common?…

The Law Of The Harvest

Scripture God will turn the sins of evil people back on them. He will destroy them for their sins. The LORD our God will destroy them. ~Psalm 94:23, NLT Quote Those who reject the hand of God’s mercy {Christ} will not be delivered from the hand of His justice. ~Matthew Henry God is active in…

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…

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…