Psalm 40:1-5 I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog,and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.He put a new song in my
Tree Roots
Psalm 52 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. SelahYou love all words
Are You Blessed?
Psalm 16:1-7 Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You.I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;I have no good besides You.”As for the saints who are in the earth,They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.The sorrows of those who
Simplicity Is a Virtue
Psalm 116:1-9 I love the Lord, because He has heardMy voice and my supplications.Because He has inclined His ear to me,Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. The pains of death surrounded me,And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;I found trouble and sorrow.Then
Pray for Ukraine
Isaiah 65:11-12, 24-25 But you who forsake the Lord, who forget my holy mountain,who set a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny;I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter;because, when
Crooked Falls
Amos 7:1-9 This is what the Lord God showed me: he was forming locusts at the time the latter growth began to sprout (it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings). When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I
Into the Light
Ephesians 4:19-27, 31-32 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed. That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about
The Problem with Vengeance
2 Thessalonians 1:3-12 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. Therefore, among God’s churches
Let’s Pretend That Didn’t Happen
Acts 14:8-20 In Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet and had never walked, for he had been crippled from birth. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. And Paul, looking at him intently
Being Citizens and Being Believers
Exodus 21:23-25 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. New International Version Matthew