Category Archives: Psalms
Listening to the Silence
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and … Continue reading
Choose You This Day
You listen to the longings of those who suffer. You offer them hope, and you pay attention to their cries for help. Psalm 10:17 (CEV) I confess to you that yesterday I allowed myself to be wore out by my … Continue reading
Does your God Come with Fire?
[This is Henry again. Jody’s on a heavy schedule, while I’m recovering from the flu and working from the couch! Comfy!] 3Our God comes but he doesn’t keep silent. Fire devours before him, A furious windstorm surrounds him. — Psalm … Continue reading
What is My Outpouring?
Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a man can make him ‘unclean’ by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him … Continue reading
God Gives
The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. The LORD protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he saved me. Psalm 116:5-6 (NIV) To be ‘in need’ means that I am not just ‘in … Continue reading
This is War!
When you go to war against your enemies, and you see horses, chariots, and a people greater than you, don’t be afraid of them, because YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you. … Continue reading
Receive and Give
Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God, you who have done great things. Who, O God, is like you? Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of … Continue reading
Praising God Forward
I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. Psalm 9:1-2 (NIV) This week … Continue reading
Fill me up with the good stuff!
I have hidden your word in my heart, so that I might not sin against you. — Psalm 119:11 I heard a speaker on the radio use this passage. His suggestion was that you find scriptures that relate to particular … Continue reading
I Do – But God Does First!
I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Praise … Continue reading