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Confidence (Psalm 62)

On December 2, 2010 By

“My soul waits in silence for God only; from Him is my salvation” (Ps. 62:1).

Are you confident of God’s work in your life?  When you find yourself in the midst of challenging times, in whom or what do you trust?  

David was God’s poet and king.  He placed into writing his struggles with [...]

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Clean Heart (Psalm 51)

On September 28, 2010 By

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me” (Ps. 51:10).

David was the king who could have anything he wanted.  He took what he wanted.  Sometimes when man gets what he wants, he discovers he really did not want what he got.

Ovid, the Roman poet, tells the [...]

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Christlikeness (Psalm 17:15)

On September 14, 2010 By

“I will be satisfied with Thy likeness” (Ps. 17:15).

Would your utmost satisfaction be to discover yourself in the likeness of Christ?  Jesus is finer than all others.  His ways are filled with awe and His counsel is the most admirable of all excellencies.  

Mortal man could never go to God because his flesh [...]

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“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord’” (Ps. 122:1).

Are you taken with joy as you consider going to your church on Sunday or as you attend during the week for Bible studies, prayer meetings and other congregational events?  Many churchgoers fail to experience excitement [...]

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“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!” (Ps. 133:1).

Have you ever studied the biblical account of sibling relationships?
↓    Cain murdered Abel
↓    Ishmael hated Isaac
↓    Esau despised Jacob
↓    Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery
↓    Miriam and [...]

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“How blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord” (Ps. 119:1).

Augustine (A. D. 354-430) said of the 119th Psalm that it needed no expositor, only a reader and a listener. This Psalm is a diminutive Bible filled with eternal truth permeating all of Scripture. Matthew Henry [...]

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“Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.  Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits” (Ps. 103:1f.).

Christians have been taught to pray for God’s blessing, but have seldom been taught that God expects them to bless Him.  Blessing God is [...]

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