“Do return, O Lord; how long will it be?And be sorry for Your servants.O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us,And the years we have seen evil.Let Your work appear to Your servantsAnd … Continue reading Desiring the Favor of God
Psalms
Don’t Take Life For Granted
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. “For we have been consumed by Your angerAnd by Your wrath we have been dismayed.You have placed our iniquities before You,Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.For all our days have declined in Your fury;We have finished our years like a sigh.As for the days … Continue reading Don’t Take Life For Granted
God, Our Dwelling Place
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.Before the mountains were bornOr You gave birth to the earth and the world,Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.You turn man back into dustAnd say, ‘Return, O children of men.’For a thousand years in Your sightAre … Continue reading God, Our Dwelling Place
The Lord is Compassionate and Gracious
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious,Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.9 He will not always strive with us,Nor will He keep His anger forever.10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,So great is His lovingkindness … Continue reading The Lord is Compassionate and Gracious
The Sheep of His Pasture
“Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.Serve the Lord with gladness;Come before Him with joyful singing.Know that the Lord Himself is God;It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgivingAnd His courts with praise.Give thanks to Him, bless … Continue reading The Sheep of His Pasture
If You Would Hear His Voice
“Today, if you would hear His voice,Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,When your fathers tested Me,They tried Me, though they had seen My work.For forty years I loathed that generation,And said they are a people who err in their heart,And they do not know My … Continue reading If You Would Hear His Voice
Sing for Joy to The Lord
“O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord,Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving,Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.For the Lord is a great GodAnd a great King above all gods,In whose hand are the depths of the earth,The peaks of … Continue reading Sing for Joy to The Lord
The Peoples Devising a Vain Thing
“Why are the nations in an uproarAnd the peoples devising a vain thing?The kings of the earth take their standAnd the rulers take counsel togetherAgainst the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,‘Let us tear their fetters apartAnd cast away their cords from us!’” (Psalm 2:1-3 NASB1995) What does this look like in our world today? … Continue reading The Peoples Devising a Vain Thing
The Way of The Righteous
“How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,Nor stand in the path of sinners,Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!But his delight is in the law of the Lord,And in His law he meditates day and night.He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,Which … Continue reading The Way of The Righteous
Run With It 