Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him… (Psalm 37:7a) The circumstances of life are tying me into a knot. There are all these appointments, news of more cancer and upcoming treatments. How can I find rest in all this? The psalmist tells us two things… First, “rest in the Lord.” The Hebrew word…
But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams… (Isaiah 33:21a) Thirst for water. One of our basic needs. For me, I can’t drink water right now. It is too liquid for my throat and will go down into my lungs. O for a glass of…
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13) Look around. Most of the people we see suffer from one problem: no hope. These people may have causes and crusades, but they are…
“I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope.” (Psalm 130:5) One of the things I had to do most in the hospital was to wait. Waiting for the nurse, for pain medications, for various tests, for healing, for the morning to come, and finally to go home.…
“My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.” (Psalm 31.15) Someone has summed up this verse in the following way: all my life, with its ‘sundry and manifold changes,’ its joys and sorrows, its hopes and conflicts, are not the sport of…
“O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!” (Psalm 34:8) For almost three weeks I have not been able to swallow. That changed this morning. I was able to actually swallow my Orgain nutritional shake. Not only was I able to swallow it, I…
Job 13:15 -Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him… I have just recently received a realignment in my relationship with the God who is my Father and Savior. As I am sitting here typing in pain, unable to swallow yet, waiting for the various swellings from my operation to heal, I have…
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. (Psalm 5:11) “[This psalm] is a prayer of faith, sent up from a heart in which the discernment of God as the shield…
The Lord is thy keeper: The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth,…
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalm 121:3–4) In the midst of our trials and suffering, we can find and acknowledge that God is our wonderful protector. Notice the words keepeth vv. 3-4; keeper v.5;…
“My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121:2) In times like today, we need to lift our eyes to God, that is, we really need to focus upon our God. We can do this because God is our Powerful Helper. The mountains of adversity may seem overwhelming, but our God…
“I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come?” (Psalm 121.1) In times like today, we need to lift our eyes to God, that is, we really need to focus upon our God. But sometimes, all we can see are the mountains. When I was in first grade, we…