Please look with me if you would at this blessed psalm, Psalm 63. I want to read it in its entirety, though we’re just going to focus on the first part of Psalm 63, really just the first three verses. Psalm 63 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O…
Category: Encouragement
The Preeminence of Love
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of…
The Joyful Prophet, Habakkuk Part 7
Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God…
The Praying Prophet, Habakkuk Part 5
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth. O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. ~ Habakkuk 3:1-2 We have come to the…
The Seventh Plague: Hail and Fire
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants…
The Grace of Sin Exposed
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he…
The Good Shepherd Protects His Sheep
As Jeremiah Burroughs said, “We are not our own carvers,” meaning that we are not the determiners or our days. Yet how sweetly King Jesus condescends and helps us to rest in His ways and His will. What a comfort in knowing He will build His church and His will, will be done. Yes, God…
All the Way My Savior Leads Me
This Fanny Crosby hymn has been a real comfort to my soul in recent days. Jesus truly does do all things well. ~ Lee All the way my Savior leads me; What have I to ask beside? Can I doubt His tender mercy, Who through life has been my Guide? Heav’nly peace, divinest comfort, Here…