Monthly Archives: July 2011

Because this is so late, I’ll try to be brief and brilliant. 🙂 Today’s psalms are largely musings about the wicked — good food for thought even when we’re trying to follow Jesus, since the basic reasons that men are … Continue reading →

The psalms in today’s reading is chock full of great stuff, so let’s dive right in… Wealth is vanity (Psalm 49) — One of the most deceiving things that Satan has devised to allure mankind from God has been the … Continue reading →

Today’s readings are full of praise for the one true and living God. They loudly proclaim His power, His authority, His nearness to us in trouble, and the wonder of His blessings to His people. It is full of praise … Continue reading →

So many of our petitions to God boil down to this one word, “Help”. In view of that, a couple of today’s psalms will sound pretty familiar. David’s Psalm 43 is clearly asking for God to be on the side … Continue reading →

 Waiting patiently (40:1) — Patiently? We all know that we have to sometimes wait for God to act; we’ve all endured. But patiently? Suffering is hard. Suffering for a length of time is harder. Suffering for an indefinite period of … Continue reading →

The psalms we read today cover a pretty wide range of situations from wise teachings, to the pains of conscience, to the confusion about the right thing to do. The one thing they have in common is that they are … Continue reading →

First of all, happy July 4th to my American readers. But to all my readers, I hope your Lord’s Day yesterday was a great one of praise to our Lord and encouragement to and from brethren. I’m back from Gander … Continue reading →

One of the impressions one cannot escape in reading through the region of the Psalms we’ve been in lately is that life is difficult especially for those trying to do right. Psalm 31 tells of the many enemies, terrors, slanders, … Continue reading →

Here’s (Psa 28) a plaintiff cry that we can all identify with. “Hear me Lord! Please!” We’ve all felt desperate and like God was not listening. A common question I receive is how to pray effectively, pray so that God … Continue reading →

Although these psalms are really full and rich with a lot of great spiritual insights, the one theme that struck me in today’s reading was the certain kind of fearlessness that the psalmists wrote about. Psalm 25 starts off with … Continue reading →