TEACH US TO PRAY “And it came to pass, that, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” (Luke 11:1) As we enter a New Year I, as this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
HAPPINESS Happiness, what a fulfilling and filledfull grace to start the New Year, what a glorifying grace to the witness of our Father. Happy is the man in Psalm 1: the blessed or happy man negatively lives in a world such as ours and with a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
PAUL’S JOY IN CHRIST Though we, as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, are to despise hypocrisy, there is a genuine gladness and gaiety in the Christian spirit that ought to be manifested. I delight in Christ, in what I have in Christ and what...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
PROFITING FROM THE SCRIPTURES “All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable …” II Timothy 3:16 When you are reading or listening to the Word of God taught or preached what is your objective? Many have varying reasons and for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
DAVID’S SWEET CONSOLATION Psalm 3:5-8 “I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who set themselves against me all around. Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God! For You have...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD I’m reading from Psalm 3 and verse 3 where David uses three relative clauses to describe his Lord. The first one is “But Thou, O LORD, art a shield for me.” The word shield in the Hebrew means more than shield, David...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
TROUBLES IN BUNCHES Family trouble is the worst of troubles, in Psalm 3 David flees from Absalom his son. “And Absalom sent for Ahithophel, (David’s counselor/advisor), while he offered sacrifices, and the conspiracy was strong; for the people...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
MESSIAH THE PRINCE IN PSALM 2 Psalm 2 is prophetic of Messiah the Prince; a Psalm of grace, for it sings of the Lord’s anointed. Verses 1-3, “Why do the nations rage and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CONTRAST IN CHARACTER “The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, or sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE FOOTSTEPS OF A GODLY MAN What orders the footsteps of the godly man? The Word! “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Psalm 119:105). “For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction...[ abbreviated | read entire ]