“Listen to my words, Lord; consider my sighing. Pay attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to You. At daybreak, Lord, You hear my voice; at daybreak I plead my case to You and watch expectantly. For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with You. The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers. You destroy those who tell lies; ...  Read More

“Listen, my sons, to a father’s discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding, for I am giving you good instruction. Don’t abandon my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother, he taught me and said: “Your heart must hold on to my words. Keep my commands and live. Get wisdom, get understanding; don’t forget or turn away from the words of my mout...  Read More

“Answer me when I call, God, who vindicates me. You freed me from affliction; be gracious to me and hear my prayer. How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted? How long will you love what is worthless and pursue a lie?Selah Know that the Lord has set apart the faithful for Himself; the Lord will hear when I call to Him. Be angry and do not sin; on your bed, reflect in your heart and be still...  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

“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