“Lord, how my foes increase! There are many who attack me. Many say about me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah But You, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts up my head. I cry aloud to the Lord, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah I lie down and sleep; I wake again because the Lord sustains me. I am not afraid of the thousands of people who have taken th...  Read More

“Lord, how my foes increase! There are many who attack me. Many say about me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah But You, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts up my head. I cry aloud to the Lord, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah I lie down and sleep; I wake again because the Lord sustains me. I am not afraid of the thousands of people who have taken th...  Read More

“Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in...  Read More

“How happy is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path of sinners or join a group of mockers! Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. He is like a tree planted beside streams of water that bears its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. The wicked are not like this; instead, they are ...  Read More

Great Bible Study is HabitualWe become what we repeatedly do. – Sean CoveyWhether we know it or not, our lives are based around our habits. What we eat, how we react to stress, whether or not we snooze the alarm – these are all dictated by the habits we have allowed into our lives.Author Charles Duhigg writes that approximately 45% of everything we do in a day, every day, is habitual. If you have ...  Read More

    Job 42:10-17The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD increased all that Job had twofold.  Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of m...  Read More

Sure Of What’s To ComeWell, here we are, dear friend, the final verse of Psalm 23. On our journey through this psalm, we have come to know God as our beloved Shepherd.What we have seen is that our Shepherd is the one who protects us and provides for us; He leads us into rest and safety; He is with us in the darkest valleys; and He sets a table for us in the presence of our enemies.As we read over ...  Read More

Anointed & OverflowingDear friend, allow me to refresh you on the context of these words of David…Here is David, in the presence of his enemies, yet he’s not running from, fighting with, or hiding from them. No, he’s dining with his beloved God and Host.It now gets even better. David says, ‘You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.’I can picture it in my mind, just as I’m sure David imagined ...  Read More

An Unexpected TableWithout departing from this valley of the shadow of death, David describes another dark scenario… being ‘in the presence of [his] enemies’.Sadly, David was no stranger to being in this situation. For years, he was relentlessly hunted by King Saul and then later on he was also pursued by his own son Absalom!But even though David mentions a scenario that should be dark and scary i...  Read More

Job 42:7-9It came about after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.  Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant J...  Read More

An Unexpected TableWithout departing from this valley of the shadow of death, David describes another dark scenario… being ‘in the presence of [his] enemies’.Sadly, David was no stranger to being in this situation. For years, he was relentlessly hunted by King Saul and then later on he was also pursued by his own son Absalom!But even though David mentions a scenario that should be dark and scary i...  Read More

Your Rod & Staff Comfort MeWhat are the uses of the Shepherd’s rod and staff and how do they comfort the sheep?#1: The Rod Guards And ProtectsSheep by nature are unable to fend for themselves, hence they need a shepherd to protect them from predators, just like how king David fought against the lions and bears in 1 Samuel 17:34-36.Just like how the shepherd protects sheep from predators, God prote...  Read More