“Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; let those who love your salvation continually say, ‘God is great!’ I am oppressed and needy; hurry to me, God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay.” Psalm 70:4-5 There is an expectation here, a faith that seeking the Lord […]
“Then said Abishai to David, ‘God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.’ But David said to Abishai, ‘Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the […]
“I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many […]
“Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers, consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.” Psalm 48:12-14 In verse 3 of this psalm is the statement, “God has made himself known as […]
“There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, Destroy. So Israel lived in safety…Happy are you, O Israel! Who […]
“Within her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress.” Psalm 48:3 We are known by the aspects of our character that are evidenced in our behavior. Those around us see how we live our lives, how we react, how we choose to spend our resources and where we invest ourselves. When we make […]
In Pleasant Places 