“Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD.” Psalm 4:4-5 How often do we ponder our actions, our words, our thoughts and motivations in our own hearts, and be silent—not offering excuses, not looking for ways […]
“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.” Philippians 3:12 Christ Jesus has made me His own. I just want to dwell on this wondrous thought for a few moments. Jesus is the image of […]
“Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding” Proverbs 2:5-6 The fear of the Lord can be a difficult concept to grasp. Consequently, there may be a tendency to minimize it in explanation to make it […]
“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out…And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.” John 6:37, 39 What beautiful, unwavering […]
“As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.” 1 Samuel 17:23 For forty days, this champion emerged and challenged the Israelites to send a man to fight him. […]
“O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water…. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.” Psalm 63:1, 8 There is such intentionality here. Earnest seeking, desperate longing, and […]
“Thus says the LORD: ‘What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?… Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the LORD, for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, […]
In Pleasant Places 