Ezekiel 34 “The Shepherds” From Genesis to Revelation, God has revealed His Son, the Good Shepherd. In Psalm 23, He is “my” Shepherd who will take us to the green pastures beside the still waters. In John 10, He is the “Good” Shepherd who searches for His sheep; and knows them by name! However, just […]
Isaiah 38-39, 2Kings 20 Trials Hezekiah faced the trial of his life; how to handle an enemy sitting at the door of Jerusalem. When we face those trials, what do we do? Some of us scream and shout. Some of us weep. Some of us sit and pray. Some of us wring our hands and […]
Prov 15 Words come easily to us because God has made us a people of language. We use it to heal but also, at times to hurt. Prov 15:4 Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit. Job remarked that his heart was broken after hearing all of […]
Psalm 140 The power of prayer Do you believe in the power of prayer and especially so when you face the plans of the wicked? In Psalm 140, the author describes the wicked: They are violent, plan ways to harm men, and stir up conflict not once but are consumed with it all day long! […]
Ps 129-132,2 Cor. 4:4 Since its inception, Israel has been hated because our enemy, Satan, blinds the minds lest they see the glory of Christ. Believers, too, face this same hatred and its source is the same. So how do we face it? The psalmist reminds us that we remember that the love of Christ […]
Ps 124-128 The Power of a Praying Leader The author of these psalms sees himself as the prayer warrior for his generation, the generation that has just passed, and the generations to come. Both he and Job are examples of their lives as praying men of God. A: Adoration: Ps 125:1 “those who trust in […]
Ps 111 His precepts are sure. John MacArthur writes: Two polar opposite views of God’s will can cause Christians to have faulty understandings of prayer and the accomplishing of God’s purposes. The same can be said for how people view the character of God. On the one hand, some believe the words of the song […]
Psalm 81 and Romans 1 What a mixed-up world we live in. Our nation has lost its compass. They glorify sin and want us to join them. The psalmist and the Apostle Paul hit the nail on the head: it boils down to this: stubbornness of heart. So God gave them over to their stubborn […]
Ps 58 & 59 “Please God!” One of the difficulties many of us have when we read the psalms of David is his cry for vengeance. For a long time, this has been a thorn in our understanding of these types of imprecatory psalms. However, one thing we should note is that David relied upon […]
The rest of that praise song is what Job was singing; I want to see you high and lifted up shining in all of y our glory… Job 41-42; Psalm 1 Psalm 1: The one who is blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked. Job is an example because […]
