Introduction: My introduction for the very first episode of my devotionals more than 5 years ago read, ‘According to the English proverb a rider can take a horse to water, but cannot make it drink. According to the Ethiopian proverb a horse can take a soldier to war but cannot make him fight. Thinking ofContinue reading “Isaiah 27: 1-13….An index of a book -giving only a brief summary of chapters?”
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Psalm 65: 8-13….Common Grace!
Introduction: This follows from yesterday when we looked at verbs related to God. Those verbs were that He hears, atones, chooses, satisfies, answers, gives hope, strengthens and that He deserves awe or is awe inspiring. This half of yhe Psalm gives multiple reasons why He is awe inspiring! 8 ……so that those who dwell atContinue reading “Psalm 65: 8-13….Common Grace!”
Psalm 65: 1-8a….’Verbalize Your Faith!
1 Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion,and to you shall vows be performed.2 O you who hear prayer,to you shall all flesh come.3 When iniquities prevail against me,you atone for our transgressions.4 Blessed is the one you choose and bring near,to dwell in your courts!We shall be satisfied with the goodness ofContinue reading “Psalm 65: 1-8a….’Verbalize Your Faith!”
Psalm 64: 1-10….A Psalm of honesty and insight! A lament!
1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;preserve my life from dread of the enemy.2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,from the throng of evildoers,3 who whet their tongues like swords,who aim bitter words like arrows,4 shooting from ambush at the blameless,shooting at him suddenly and without fear.5 They hold fastContinue reading “Psalm 64: 1-10….A Psalm of honesty and insight! A lament!”
Psalm 63: 1-11….Put yourself in David’s position!
Introduction: David had fled from King Saul when the King had openly declared his intention to murder David! He was with members of his family and a group of outcasts many with past records! He was evading chasing troops through a deserted rough terrain. He had a tenuous hold on life! All his experiences ofContinue reading “Psalm 63: 1-11….Put yourself in David’s position!”
Psalm 62: 1-12….Simple but Profound!
1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;from him comes my salvation.2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. – David feels secure with God as the source of his salvation, defence and stability!3 How long will all of you attack a manto batter him,like aContinue reading “Psalm 62: 1-12….Simple but Profound!”
Psalm 61: 1-8….How realistic is this?
1 Hear my cry, O God,listen to my prayer;2 from the end of the earth I call to youwhen my heart is faint.Lead me to the rockthat is higher than I,3 for you have been my refuge,a strong tower against the enemy.4 Let me dwell in your tent forever!Let me take refuge under the shelterContinue reading “Psalm 61: 1-8….How realistic is this?”
Isaiah 23: 1-12….God’s Justice demands action.
Introduction: Tyre (also called, presumably because of its ports, the Stronghold of the Sea) and Sidon were separate kingdoms which are now in the country of Lebanon. Both were very significant, wealthy and proud! Shihor (Sihor) was a town in the delta of the Nile, an area which was frequently flooded as the waters cameContinue reading “Isaiah 23: 1-12….God’s Justice demands action.”
Isaiah 22: 12-25….A personal Judgement!
Introduction: This is the rest of Isa 22, a chapter in which the prophecy turns to God’s judgement of His own people. After hearing clearly what God was going to do to them they did not listen. I ended the last devotion by saying, ‘They had not returned to nor sought God who had longContinue reading “Isaiah 22: 12-25….A personal Judgement!”
Psalm 59: 11-17….Should we hate evil doers?
11 Kill them not, lest my people forget;make them totter by your power and bring them down,O Lord, our shield!12 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,let them be trapped in their pride.For the cursing and lies that they utter,13 consume them in wrath;consume them till they are no more,that theyContinue reading “Psalm 59: 11-17….Should we hate evil doers?”
As I read it! 