The Psalmist desperately wants to know God better and to know how to live and be the person God wants him to be. He knows that the only way is he is going to get to heaven is if He is a person who truly trusts in Christ to save Him. He wants to be in the presence...
The Psalmist asked God to bless His special servants and then he made reference to how great God is and all that He has done in that greatness. This is a very appropriate ending to the 15 Psalms (Songs) that were written and which were for singing on the way to...
In the previous verses God said not to associate with sinners and be different from them and He would be our Father and we would be His children. This was spoken to the Corinthians, but God’s standard has not changed. If we are truly His children, we will not be...
As Children of God we not only will have quantity of life one day in heaven, but the promise for us now is great quality of life because He said we will have joy, peace, and abundant life. This includes His understanding to undertake even the most difficult...
This is only one of the first 3 verses in which the Psalmist calls on the people to publicly acknowledge God for His wonderful characteristics of being good, faithful, and merciful. This faithfulness is the word which is used so many times in the Old Testament of...
In Psalm 40, Verse 7 is hard to separate from verses 6 and 8 to show the context. David is speaking of the true requirements of the word of God, what is in the heart. It never was about the keeping of the law (because we never could), it was about the change of...
Verse 11 is speaking of four examples of disobedience mentioned in verses 1-10 and the resulting judgement which came to the Israelites. He goes on to say to the Corinthians and us don’t ever think you are above temptation and can never fail nor fall. Then He gives...
Psalm 50 was written by Asaph and pictures God as the Judge over all. It uses 3 different titles for Him and speaks of Him as the greatest of all judges. He is commanding (summoning) all people to come before Him. One day we will all stand before Him either as one...
King David was confident that God would help him and sustain him just as He had done so many times in the past. When times are tough to whom or where is the first place we look for help? We need to learn if we have not that God is always there for us in all of our...
This is one of four passages about Spiritual gifts. 1 Peter 4, Ephesians 4, Romans 12, and 1 Corinthians 12. Do you know what your spiritual gift is, how to use it and are you using it? I wonder how many people don’t know what their gift is and are not using it...
