Tag: devo
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Puzzle Box
3Trust in the LORD, and do good;dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.4Delight yourself in the LORD,and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5Commit your way to the LORD;trust in him, and he will act.6He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,and your justice as the noonday. 7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for…
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Truly Blessed
1Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered.2Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity,and in whose spirit there is no deceit.–Psalm 32 Just let those words sink in. Forgiven. Covered. No longer counting the iniquity. For the sinner with no hope of paying his or her eternal bill this is…
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Your Times are in God’s Hand
14But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”15My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!–Psalm 31 We don’t know what specific trouble David faced in this psalm. But David faced many enemies through his life. He had a season being chased…
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Respond Like David
6Blessed be the LORD! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.7The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.–Psalm 28 If you exclusively follow Jesus in faith and are intentional about glorifying God, then…
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Light, Salvation, Stronghold
1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?–Psalm 27 David had enemies and he was afraid. He saw no other answer to his situation than to lean upon his relationship with God. What do you use to light your spiritual darkness? Where is…
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Forever Hope
6…and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.—Psalm 23 I doubt that David had as nuanced of an understanding of the life to come as we do. Most of us grew up with the ‘everlasting life’ of John 3:16. But David seems to proclaim that Yahweh’s house provides both an identity and security. A…
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What Are Your Chariots?
7Some trust in chariots and some in horses,but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.–Psalm 20 Think of chariots with horses as the military tanks of David’s day. The enemy Philistines (Goliath’s people) were known to deploy chariots by the thousands. Some historical resources claim that they even had as many as 30,000 chariots…
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The What and Who
1The heavens declare the glory of God,and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.2Day to day pours out speech,and night to night reveals knowledge.–Psalm 19 When you consider the complexity of creation and the vastness of the universe, these verses give you two categories. WHAT IS BEING COMMUNICATED? A complex design implies an intentional designer. Did all…
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The Humble Need God
27For You save a humble people,but the haughty eyes you bring down.28For it is You who light my lamp;the LORD my God lightens my darkness.–Psalm 18 Fugitive David had been delivered from the hand of King Saul and he wrote this psalm in response. He presents two contrasts. I will list them as 4. 3 are proclaimed…
Joel M Bradshaw 