Introduction: All of life isn’t ‘beer and skittles’, joy without any problems, as we saw yesterday! Valleys have to be crossed, all life isn’t a ‘mountain top experience’! Judgement is a part of life! But the end as God has planned it and tells us today, and tomorrow, has delightfully positive times! 1 The wildernessContinue reading “Isaiah 35: 1-7….The Ransomed shall return!”
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Psalm 71; 17-24….A prayer for all ages!
17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.18 So even to old age and grey hairs,O God, do not forsake me,until I proclaim your might to another generation,your power to all those to come. – Comment: I find, with hair long ago having lost its greyness andContinue reading “Psalm 71; 17-24….A prayer for all ages!”
Psalm 70: 1-5….Now! Now, Please!
1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me!O LORD, make haste to help me!2 Let them be put to shame and confusionwho seek my life!Let them be turned back and brought to dishonourwho delight in my hurt!3 Let them turn back because of their shamewho say, “Aha, Aha!”4 May all who seek yourejoice and beContinue reading “Psalm 70: 1-5….Now! Now, Please!”
Isaiah 26: 11-21….A Promised Future.
11 O LORD, your hand is lifted up,but they do not see it.Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.12 O LORD, you will ordain peace for us,for you have indeed done for us all our works.13 O LORD our God,other lords besides you haveContinue reading “Isaiah 26: 11-21….A Promised Future.”
Psalm 59: 1-10….David, ‘A man after God’s own heart’!
The Introduction written above the Psalm: TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO DO NOT DESTROY. A MIKTAM OF DAVID, WHEN SAUL SENT MEN TO WATCH HIS HOUSE IN ORDER TO KILL 1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;protect me from those who rise up against me;2 deliver me from those who work evil,and saveContinue reading “Psalm 59: 1-10….David, ‘A man after God’s own heart’!”
Psalm 56: 1-13….How to deal with Pressure!
Introduction: ‘In God I Trust’ is the title of this Psalm. It was written at least in his mind and prayer-life when he was acting ‘insanely’ to protect himself from an enemy amongst whom he was living. They couldn’t help but remember his fighting ability from past encounters with him! The story is told 1Continue reading “Psalm 56: 1-13….How to deal with Pressure!”
Micah 2: 1-13….The Reason for Christmas!
1 Woe to those who devise wickednessand work evil on their beds!When the morning dawns, they perform it,because it is in the power of their hand.2 They covet fields and seize them,and houses, and take them away;they oppress a man and his house,a man and his inheritance.3 Therefore thus says the LORD:behold, against this familyContinue reading “Micah 2: 1-13….The Reason for Christmas!”
Rev 21: 22-22:5….Wonder follows Wonder
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk,Continue reading “Rev 21: 22-22:5….Wonder follows Wonder”
Psalms 69: 9-18….Despair turns to Humble Pleading.
For zeal for your house has consumed me,and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkardsContinue reading “Psalms 69: 9-18….Despair turns to Humble Pleading.”