In The Word Read: Psalms 19 For the music director. A Psalm of David. 19 The heavens tell of the glory of God; And their expanse declares the work of His hands. 2 Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is not […]
God Will Gird You With Strength
In The Word Read: Psalm 18:31-50 31 For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God, 32 The God who encircles me with strength, And makes my way blameless? 33 He makes my feet like deer’s feet, And sets me up on my high places. 34 He trains my hands for battle, So […]
God Is Your Refuge
In The Word Read: Psalm 18:1-30 The Lord Praised for Rescuing David. For the music director. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of […]
Confident Relationship
In The Word Read: Psalm 17 Prayer for Protection against Oppressors. A Prayer of David. 17 Hear a just cause, Lord, give Your attention to my cry; Listen to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. 2 Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with integrity. 3 You have put my heart […]
Never Be Shaken
In The Word Read: Psalm 15-16 Description of a Citizen of Zion. A Psalm of David. 15 Lord, who may reside in Your tent? Who may settle on Your holy hill? 2 One who walks with integrity, practices righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart. 3 He does not slander with his tongue, Nor do evil to his […]
Just Before The Dawn
In The Word Read: Psalm 13-14 Prayer for Help in Trouble. For the music director. A Psalm of David. 13 How long, Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long am I to feel anxious in my soul, With grief in my heart all the day? How […]
Blessings Of Coming Back
In The Word Read: Hosea 13-14 Ephraim’s Idolatry 13 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, But through Baal he incurred guilt and died. 2 And now they sin more and more, And make for themselves cast metal images, Idols skillfully made from their silver, All of them the work of craftsmen. They […]
Don’t You Remember?
In The Word Read: Hosea 11-12 God Yearns over His People 11 When Israel was a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. 2 The more they called them, The more they went away from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to idols. 3 Yet it is I who […]
Consequences
In The Word Read: Hosea 9-10 Ephraim Punished 9 Do not rejoice, Israel, with jubilation like the nations! For you have been unfaithful, abandoning your God. You have loved the earnings of unfaithfulness on every threshing floor. 2 Threshing floor and wine press will not feed them, And the new wine will fail them. 3 They will not […]
True Repentance
In The Word Read: Hosea 5:15-8:14 15 I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their distress they will search for Me. The Response to God’s Rebuke 6 “Come, let’s return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has […]