“Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.” vs153 I have not forgotten Your precepts and Your commands. The law is the believer’s rule of life, but it is the law of faith (pleasing God by faith,)...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD!I will obey Your statutes.” He calls upon the Lord for obedience. Let this be a key to us: We don’t have the power, but God will give it to us for Christ’s sake! Jesus Christ is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Love is the missing ingredient in so much of our gospel presentation and life. We argue because we don't love. We talk, but we don't show love because it is all talk. The strife in the church over racism, Critical Race Theory, and the other...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.” vs137 God is righteous in all that He does - when He withholds mercy, and when He gives it! He’s righteous to punish or justify the sinner. He’s righteous to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.” vs129 We preach the gospel of God’s grace to the world as commanded, because it is wonderful! It is the gospel that saves the soul, that gives God glory, and it is utter...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.” vs113 We are weak, poor, and helpless sinners, but we love the law of God. Paul says, “In me, that is my flesh, dwells no good thing.” [Rom 7:18] He also says,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The patience of Paul and Peter: How did they not get involved in ethnic strife? Peter and the 12 appointed deacons to make sure everything was handled fairly. Paul said, “Instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines or devote...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you. vs23 Paul proclaimed Jesus and the resurrection....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, and with diligence to preserve the unity of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I’m ashamed of how little attention I paid to love early in my Christian life: it was doctrine, doctrine, doctrine. I did not know how to live for Christ, as I ought, and I didn’t know the importance of overall character. I saw tension...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
