"Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God." Psalm 42:5It feels like a curtain of darkness closed within me. I've been overwhelmed by a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works" - Psalm 9:1As is true in many of his psalms, David opens Psalm 9 telling of his open lips of praise to God. If you were to have heard David doing so, you...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18Paul begins his exhortations on some details of Christian living with what some would consider...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit," Titus...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In Tolkien’s works, one of the constant themes throughout the story is seen in the hobbits. They are small, insignificant. They have none amongst the ranks of great heroes or thinkers. Yet, it is a small band of hobbits that successfully...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Lord Jesus Christ said “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” in John 14:6. Far too often we brush past this, not thinking what Christ is actually saying here. Is He saying that if we trust in Him, we will be saved? That He is the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." ~ John...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements – surely, you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? Or what were its bases sunk, or who laid the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
