Perhaps this coming year is the year to explore the wonder of God’s word in the wonder of how God describes His own people. One of the best has to be from Psalm 16:3. We who believe are called both saints and “excellent ones”. Is that not a wonder? God, through David, calls us His … More אַדִּיר How Does God Describe the Faithful?
Close Reading is available for preorder in the Amazon Kindle app. This is a book that gives 10-30 different plans and projects for every book of the Bible to stimulate your own close reading of the eternally relevant Word of God. For years your pastor has urged you to read the Bible–all of the Bible, … More Available for Pre-Order (Feb. 2, 2025 release)
Read Psalm 15 and 45 Calling the Heart to Worship May you rise with a full heart.May you remember all that you have gained in Christ.Redemption, forgiveness, mercy, destiny, eternal life,the presence and indwelling of the Holy Spirit, having been adopted into the family of God,made a joint heir with Christ, possessor of all the promises of … More Prayers for 40 Days Till Christmas
Covid was a great thing for some of my long term writing projects. I finished first drafts of four manuscripts in the those months of anxiety and insanity. The pictures above are a mock-up of the book cover. The book will be released in early February. Here’s the introduction’s first paragraph: This book is a … More New Book Coming in February
November Prayers (14)Calling the Heart to Worship Read Psalm 14 and 104 1 “Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty,2 covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.” These are the verses that greet … More Thursday Prayers for the Nation
Calling the Heart to Worship Read Psalm 13 and 43 Because of the resurrection, we rise with joy today.Because of all His promises, we have confidence today.So, may the Lord Himself enlighten your eyes.May He help you to see His salvation,so that, like David, you will sing your song to the Lord,knowing that Your trust … More Wednesday Prayers for Fall
Woke up this morning and opened my Bible to Psalm 12 for this 12th day of November. The last verse caught my attention this time through. Maybe it was because my wife and I watched a movie from 1944 and a contemporary TV show last night. the contrast between the two was dramatic. In one, … More Random Thought on Psalm 12
There is nothing in this post about the Supreme’s hit, Stop in the Name of Love, about a philandering husband and his wife’s pleading that he would stay home with her. But when I thought of Psalm 12, for some reason, the song title came into my head. Oh well, maybe somebody else can figure … More Stop, in the Name of Love!
Three prayers, for three “stops” in your day, to give your soul a door into the throne room of God. Start your day, interrupt your day and end your day by giving attention to prayer. May these prayer “stops” jump start your own prayers and saturate your day with thoughts of Christ. November Prayers (11)Calling … More Take a “Prayer Stop” During Your Day
November Prayers (10)Calling the Heart to Worship Read Psalm 10 The sun rises and the Son of God reigns over it.Therefore I will attack this day with confidence,for He who made it has redeemed meand called meand sends me into His world as His ambassador. The Lord is King forever and everand the vindicator of the … More Prayers for the 10th of November
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