This song, based off Psalm 30, updated to our relationship with Jesus Christ, God the Son, is a psalm of thanksgiving and praise for all that God has done for us in providing salvation for us from sin through the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, and through his resurrection. He delivered us from … Continue reading Not Be Silent
Christianity
A Lamp Shining
Precious Promises 2 Peter 1:1-4 NASB Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; … Continue reading A Lamp Shining
No Less
On March 19, 2012, I was talking to the Lord about stuff going on in my life. I had just written out my devotions from the book of Amos, chapters 1-2. I was thinking about how Amos was just a shepherd when God called him to be a prophet and to give out his messages. … Continue reading No Less
Those Who Love God
In All Things Romans 8:28-30 NIV And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many … Continue reading Those Who Love God
Never Will I Leave You
On May 11, 2011, I had this horrible headache (from an incoming or outgoing storm) all afternoon. I was sitting on the sofa crying and praying for Jesus (in His name) to heal me. Then He put this song, "Never Will I Leave You," into my heart to write as His message to me to … Continue reading Never Will I Leave You
Nails Were Pounded
On June 4, 2011, one of my granddaughters was about to get her fingernails painted. My husband was watching the neighbors get a new roof put on their house, and so there were lots of nails being discussed. My granddaughter then began singing, "Nails, nails, nails, nails, nails." So, the first five notes of this … Continue reading Nails Were Pounded
The Bragging Liar
Rock of Our Salvation Psalm 95:1-2 NIV Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. Jesus Christ, God the Son, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son … Continue reading The Bragging Liar
Make No Treaty
“The old cross would have no truck with the world. For Adam's proud flesh it meant the end of the journey” (1) A. W. Tozer Destroy Them Totally Deuteronomy 7:1-6 NIV When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations… and when … Continue reading Make No Treaty
Myopic
If these spiritual qualities of goodness, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection and love we possess, by the Spirit, and if they are increasing in measure in our lives, they will keep us from being ineffective or unfruitful in all practical knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ – in all intimacy of relationship, and in … Continue reading Myopic
Unrequited Love
When I was in high school, back in the 1960s, I was “in love” with a guy, and we were friends, but he was not in love with me. He was in love with another girl, who was not in love with him. And, I wrote a poem about that, at that time. So, as … Continue reading Unrequited Love
