Peace for all mankind. It’s something that we all want and hope for, isn’t it? But no matter how hard we humans try, we never really seem to get close to achieving it do we? Psalm 72 points us to the reality of that peace by pointing us directly to its source: The coming righteous…
How important is it that you actively pursue God and His blessings, and then actively praise Him FOR His blessings? In Psalm 67, we discover that what is a very personal aspect of our relationship with God, at the same time has an incredibly huge impact to people all around us.
Psalm 51 is a story that reveals the repentant heart of David after he had committed sin. The truth is David isn’t the only one who messes up. We all do. And so his repentance can help us in our repentance, and his restoration can help us to to trust in God’s abundant mercy and…
Psalm 48 is one of the psalms that talks about the City of the King, the place where he lives and reigns from, and where he displays his power as well as his kindness to his people. In this psalm, we’re going to see how this city points to an even greater city, that if…
In Psalm 46, we see how God is our refuge and fortress. In this psalm, the writer uses the name Elohim to describe how God sustains us as our refuge. What does that name mean? And how does it show us how we can find refuge in Him?
In the second book of Psalms, we see the royal purple storyline of the King and His people in how He provides for and protects the people who are under his care. We also see the crimson thread of redemption in the redeeming grace of the coming King’s care.
In Psalm 30, David describes two ways in which God rescues him. His rescue comes from God’s faithfulness and his holiness. What did God rescue him from? And from David’s testimony, how can you and I see God’s rescue in our lives?
In the sixth and final verse of Psalm 23, the sheep, having looked back on the gentle care of his good shepherd, looks ahead into his future, full of hope and confidence in being with his shepherd forever.
The fifth verse of Psalm 23 reveals two ways that the shepherd cares for the sheep during the summer season on the high mountain pastures, and it illustrates how you and I are cared for by Jesus, OUR good shepherd.
In the fourth verse of Psalm 23, we discover two great transitions in how the Good Shepherd cares for his sheep. The first is a change of location in the sheep’s life, and the second is a change in the relationship of the sheep and his Shepherd. What do these transitions look like in the…
