In The Word Psalm 86-87 A Psalm of Supplication and Trust. A Prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me; For I am afflicted and needy. Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man; O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You. Be gracious to me, O Lord, For to You I cry all day long. Make glad […]
Author: Kevin Brock
PEACE FROM GOD’S PATH
In The Word Psalm 85 Prayer for God’s Mercy upon the Nation. For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. O Lord, You showed favor to Your land; You restored the captivity of Jacob. You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah. You withdrew all Your fury; You turned away from Your burning anger. Restore us, […]
DON’T USE GOD, LOVE HIM
In The Word Psalm 78:40-72 How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the desert! Again and again they tempted God, And pained the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power, The day when He redeemed them from the adversary, When He performed His signs in Egypt And His marvels in the field of Zoan, And turned their rivers […]
JUDGMENT OF EGYPT
In The Word Ezekiel 29-30 Judgment of Egypt In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the Lordcame to me saying, “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh […]
DON’T TAKE PLEASURE IN ANOTHER’S REBUKE
In The Word Ezekiel 25-26 Judgment on Gentile Nations—Ammon And the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them, and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God, “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it […]
DON’T STRAY
In The Word Ezekiel 2:1-3:21 The Prophet’s Call Then He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet that I may speak with you!” As He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me. Then He said to me, “Son of […]
IT’S NOT ABOUT US
In The Word Philippians 3:1-11 The Goal of Life Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you. Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; for we are the true circumcision, who […]
FOR CHRIST’S SAKE
In The Word Philippians 1:12-26 The Gospel Is Preached Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else, and that most of […]
YAHWEH HAS THE LAST WORD
In The Word Lamentations 5 A Prayer for Mercy Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach! Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens. We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows. We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood […]
TO KNOW HIM IS TO TRUST HIM
In The Word Lamentations 4 Distress of the Siege Described How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street. The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter’s […]