Tag: jesus

• Speak of Your Salvation

  9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.10I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.–Psalm 40…

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  July 7, 2023

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• Wait for Godly Things

  7“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!–Psalm 39 During the quarantine of 2020 I recorded a short podcast series called WAIT. It explored four biblical chapters from the season when David was a fugitive…

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  July 6, 2023

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• How Sin Leads Us

  1Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. 3The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. 4He plots…

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  July 3, 2023

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• Weeping Has an End

  4Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints,and give thanks to his holy name.5For his anger is but for a moment,and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.–Psalm 30, with emphasis In my young adult years, I remember worshipping in church to a praise…

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  June 28, 2023

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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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  June 27, 2023

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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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  June 26, 2023

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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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  June 24, 2023

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• The Delivered Soul

  1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?…16For dogs encompass me;a company of evildoers encircles me;they have pierced my hands and feet—17I can count all my bones—they stare and gloat over me;18they divide my garments among them,and for my clothing they cast lots.19But you, O LORD, do not be far off!O you my help, come…

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  June 23, 2023

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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…

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  June 20, 2023

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• The Glad, Secure Heart

  8I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 9Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. 10For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. 11You make known to me the path…

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  June 18, 2023

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