Tag: trust
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Stillness and Self-Talk
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 I am a father of two children. They often are not still, always moving about. And sometimes that movement tells a story. I remember the days when my wife and I had to remind…
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God Knows Your Secrets
20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, 21would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.–Psalm 44 I used to be an addict and I would hide my addiction from others. I had excuses and rationalizations for my sin, but…
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Your Daily Journey Has a Destination
3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.-Psalm 43
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When was the last time you prayed this?
4As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”–Psalm 41 Here’s what this powerful verse teaches us. A prayer like this should be often for you sin against God often. It maintains a humble, dependent perspective with God and a sobering reality regarding our sins. This is another…
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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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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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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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Is Anyone Like God?
9Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD,exulting in his salvation.10All my bones shall say,“O LORD, who is like you…–Psalm 35 David hadn’t been delivered yet. He was still looking forward to his salvation. He was hoping for help and then proclaiming what he would say. Maybe you are in one of those moments with God where…
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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…
Joel M Bradshaw 