Psalm 119 Here is a simple method for reading and pondering the words of scripture. Begin with a series of questions. For example, in the first stanza of 119, there are just eight verses. Try asking, as you read, some or all of these questions. Follow this example: What words are repeated? blessed What attribute […]
2Chron 1, 1Kings 3-4, Ps 72 There is a saying these days: what is on your bucket list or what is on your wish list. Did you ever think God would want to know what is on yours? After a very long day of celebration fitting for a new king, Solomon retired for the night […]
Psalm 119: Many of us have scores of Bibles at our fingertips, bookstores galore, and many different websites that offering different versions of the Bible. But, the early Israelites learned through oral recitation using the memory aid tool: “abecedaries,” just like children today learn their A-B-C’s in a sing-song fashion. All 176 verses of this […]
Psalm 111 to 118: Ps 111 Praising God with our whole heart! Ps 112 Praising God who blesses those who obey Him and take great delight in keeping His commands Ps 113 Praising God you servants, praise His name both now and forevermore Ps 114 Praising God for His care over Israel Ps 115 Praising […]
“The God of Psalm 139 knows you. Do you know Him?” From sunrise to sunset or when time began and is evermore before us, the psalmist reminds us through visual imagery that we serve an omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient God! Throughout scripture, different authors portray God as an eternal being aware of our being. Hagar […]
Ps 108 “Beginning and Ending with God!” How do you begin your day, with or without a time alone with God? How do you end your day? King David was both a morning person and also a night owl. Although busy with kingdom issues, David found time alone with God in reading and prayer. God […]
Psalm 6, 26, 40, 58, 61-62 with emphasis on Psalm 62The author says in vs one, “For God alone, I patiently wait;” which emphasizes that he is in the mode of waiting patiently, and then in vs. five, it is as if he is preaching to himself — “Patiently wait for God alone, my soul!” […]
Psalms 3-4, 12-13, 28, 55 Oh how family members become the ache in our hearts!! We have raised them the best we could, yet they stray so far from the values, beliefs, morals we taught them. When they practice folly, pride, lusts, and evil, our hearts are reminded of our own mistakes and regrets for […]
Psalm 64 Whether a child or an adult, we are easily hurt by another’s words, which aim at the heart. We quote this ditty when challenged: “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me.” But we know that is not true. Words hurt or words edify. David knew this all […]
2Sam 7 & 1Chron 17 What do you do in the quiet of the moment? There is a lull now in the fighting due to the absence of Saul and his sons and David has conquered Jerusalem, making it his home. Like many of us, he sees his life passing before his eyes and realizes […]
