Tag: christian
-
My Helper
4Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.–Psalm 54 Today’s psalm came with a notation in the text of when it was written. Here is the context. 1 Samuel 23… 14David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched…
-
How to Turn Back to God
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.–Psalm 51 While his army was away at war, King David once stayed home. And some lonely night he saw a woman privately bathing. He desired her and being the king, he slept with her. Even though he…
-
Two Basic Things
23The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”–Psalm 50 This was an angry psalm of rebuke. And God landed the plane with a little bit of hope and direction. We who study the Bible cling to those things. Here are…
-
God, the Only Hope
7Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,8for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,9that he should live on forever and never see the pit.–Psalm 49 The general understanding was that after death, a person went to Sheol, the underworld, the grave, the place…
-
A Mom’s Joy
1Clap your hands, all peoples!Shout to God with loud songs of joy!–Psalm 47 One of my earliest memories of my mother is her teaching me to clap my hands and singing a song of praise to God. I also have treasured memories of my wife doing the same thing with each of our children. There’s…
-
Be Still
10“Be still, and know that I am God.I will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted in the earth!”–Psalm 46 When I go to a hospital visit I have two verses handy. I recently blogged about one of them. https://joelmbradshaw.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/have-theses-two-verses-at-the-ready/ Today’s verse is the other. In this short psalm, the nation is in trouble…
-
The Lighthouse
3Send out your light and your truth;let them lead me…–Psalm 43 If you were sailing under the stars and saw the lighthouse, you would have two great blessings. The first blessing would be light. Light illuminates the darkness. The second blessing would be clarity. You now would know where the rocky coastline was and could…
-
The Depression Psalm
11Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.-Psalm 42 We don’t know much about the sons of Korah, but they were clearly depressed. Psalm 42 is my goto depression psalm. Take a look at…
-
David’s Hope, Our Hope
11As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!–Psalm 40 David proclaimed two key things here that we can hold onto as well. God doesn’t restrain mercy. We’ve all known people who way they will do something, but then add extra hoops…
-
Prayer Tension
1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me… 21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!–Psalm 38 Psalm 38 was a rough time…
Joel M Bradshaw 