Psalms

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ARE YOU FEELING SATISFIED TODAY?

March 20, 2023

“I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer. You satisfy me more than the richest feast. I will praise you with songs of joy” (Psalm 63:4-5 NLT). David wrote of his strong desire to be satisfied and joyful in the Lord. He sought to bear the

SINGING PRAISES TO GOD TO START YOUR DAY 

March 16, 2023

“I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress. O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love” (Psalm

ATHEISM IS NOT A CONDITION OF THE HEAD BUT THE HEART

March 10, 2023

“Only fools say in their hearts, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!” (Psalm 53:1 NLT). The atheist usually lays claim to an intellectual position to support their unbelief. However, the Bible says that atheism is not a condition of the head, but the

MEDITATING ON GOD’S LOVE

March 5, 2023

“O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your Temple” (Psalm 48:9 NLT). Meditation in the Bible is not an emptying of the mind as the Eastern religions teach. Rather, it is a focusing of the mind on God and His Word. Here, the Psalmist focused the thoughts of his mind

LEARN TO ENCOURAGE YOURSELF IN THE LORD

February 27, 2023

“Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!” (Psalm 43:5 NLT). David learned to address his own soul in his prayers to God. Knowing that he was feeling discouraged and sad, he encouraged himself in the

OVERWHELMED WITH GUILT?

February 21, 2023

“My guilt overwhelms me— it is a burden too heavy to bear.” (Psalm 38:4 NLT). David wrote this psalm of despair over the weight of his guilt. He described his sins as having broken his health. He said they were like a burden too heavy for him to bear. He confessed his sin, but was

PUT ON YOUR NEW CLOTHES OF JOY 

February 6, 2023

“You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy” (Psalm 30:11 NLT). When we receive God’s comfort, He not only wipes away our tears, He strengthens our weak knees and sagging spirits, so that our “mourning is turned into dancing.” This comfort flows

OUR CONTENTMENT IN CHRIST 

January 28, 2023

“The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need” (Psalm 23:1 NLT). David, the shepherd-king, knew how sheep trusted their shepherd with every need. As he considered his relationship with God, he wrote of his total dependence and contentment to the Lord as his shepherd. He said that having the Lord as his

THE FORSAKEN MESSIAH

January 26, 2023

“My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help?” (Psalm 22:1 NLT).  This Davidic psalm begins with the question that Jesus cried out from the cross. The NLT chose the word “abandoned” in place of “forsaken,” but it has the same meaning. David surely

HAVE YOU HEARD THE STARS SING?

January 23, 2023

“The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known” (Psalm 19:1-2 NLT). When David looked at the sun and blue sky by day or the moon and stars at night, he did not worship them. No, he saw