prayer

  • Psalms

Psalm 46

Psalm 46 - The statements made in Psalm 46 are common knowledge to those who've walked with God. We sing…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 43

Psalm 43 - What hurts more than the abandonment and rejection of our peers? It's the feeling we have been…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 40

Psalm 40 - Gratefulness. Some days it seems to escape us. Our day starts off on the wrong foot and…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 39

Psalm 39 - Let's track this psalm from the beginning. The psalmist opens with tremendous grief. There seems to be…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 37

Psalm 37 - It is sometimes difficult to understand why the evil continues to prosper. We struggle to reconcile how…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 35

Psalm 35 - Years ago, while working for Youth for Christ, my wife and I become close friends with a…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 31

Psalm 31 - How do we move from anguish and sorrow to trust and assurance? People have smeared your name.…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 26

Psalm 26 - The key to Psalm 26, as Hank has written, is the second verse. If you read through…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 25

Psalm 25 - Have you ever wondered why David prayed so regularly for his enemies to be routed? So far,…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 21

Psalm 21 - There is a theme of kingship within this psalm. It's likely it was originally composed for recital…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 20

Psalm 20 - Already, but not yet. What a difficult attitude to have. How do you move from crying out…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 19

Psalm 19 - One of the issues addressed in this psalm is hidden sin. I'm not talking about sins you…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 17

Psalm 17 - We face critical situations all the time. These trials batter our hearts and our minds. They trample…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 16

Psalm 16 - Inheritance is something that's found extensively in Scripture. David writes of this inheritance in verse 5. The…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 13

Psalm 13 - This psalm is general enough to speak to anyone going through a crisis but specific enough to…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 9

Psalm 9 - According to Spurgeon, the title of this Psalm is, “A Psalm on the death of the son,”…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 7

Psalm 7 - As I read Psalm 7, I found myself asking if God was not righteous, would I pray…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 6

Psalm 6 - This is the first of the Penitential Psalms. Most believe this piece would have begun with a…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 5

Psalm 5 - In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 4

Psalm 4 - A major NT theme for believers is the concept of perseverance. This is something David articulated well.…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 3

Psalm 3 - When studying the Psalms, you can generally classify them into three different categories of petition, thanksgiving, and…

3 years ago
  • Psalms

Psalm 2

Psalm 2 - This royal psalm was a familiar one, as it was recited often by God's followers. We read…

3 years ago
  • Mark

Mark 11

Mark 11 - The Pharisees were reeling. Jesus had just cleansed the Temple and done it with supreme authority. Aside…

3 years ago
  • Mark

Mark 7

Mark 7 - Judaism during Jesus' time not only put an emphasis on the written law (the Old Testament) but…

3 years ago
  • Mark

Mark 1

Mark 1 - It's fascinating to identify the different writing styles of the Gospel authors. Matthew began with genealogy. His…

3 years ago
  • Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 29

Deuteronomy 29 - When I was younger, I used to think it was enough to "keep my oath" with God.…

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  • Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 23

Deuteronomy 23 - As we've written many times in Deuteronomy, these laws can seem foreign to us. In some ways,…

3 years ago
  • Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 18

Deuteronomy 18 - "God said..." It's a phrase that has permeated our Christian culture. It's a statement that flies out…

3 years ago
  • Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 12

Deuteronomy 12 - What separated the people of God from the pagans around them was their total allegiance to the…

3 years ago
  • Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 9

Deuteronomy 9 - Today know this: GOD, your God, is crossing the river ahead of you—he's a consuming fire. He…

3 years ago
  • Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 5

Deuteronomy 5 - False teachers love to cherry-pick verses and twist the context to their liking. A perfect example of…

3 years ago
  • Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 11

Ecclesiastes 11 - This is the shortest chapter in the book. The theme here is dealing with risk as we…

3 years ago
  • Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 5

Ecclesiastes 5 - Fear God. Not exactly a popular message these days. You don't hear many sermons on the fear…

3 years ago
  • Numbers

Numbers 28

Numbers 28 - God was teaching the Israelites what it meant to have a heart full of love for Him.…

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  • Numbers

Numbers 27

Numbers 27 - Don't gloss over this chapter too quickly or you will miss a moment that is very rare…

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  • Numbers

Numbers 20

Numbers 20 - So... do you want the bad news or the worse news? Well, the bad news is that…

3 years ago
  • Numbers

Numbers 17

Numbers 17 - But the LORD said to Moses, "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony to be…

3 years ago
  • Numbers

Numbers 16

Numbers 16 - Numbers 16 is part of a much bigger picture of Moses' leadership of Israel. This rollercoaster of…

3 years ago
  • Numbers

Numbers 9

Numbers 9 - What an amazing scene! Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloud covered the…

3 years ago
  • Numbers

Numbers 7

Numbers 7 - This chapter is a bit repetitive and long. OK, let's just be honest - it's boring. Each of…

3 years ago
  • Numbers

Numbers 6

Numbers 6 - People are probably surprised to learn that this famous prayer of blessing comes from the book of…

3 years ago
  • Numbers

Numbers 2

Numbers 2 - You really need a visual for Numbers 2. It describes the arrangement of the camps around the…

3 years ago
  • Luke

Luke 18

Luke 18 - Have you ever uttered these phrases? “Well, I’m not really that bad.” “I’m not as bad as…

3 years ago
  • Luke

Luke 5

Luke 5 - But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. Luke 5:16 NASB On the…

3 years ago
  • Ezekiel

Ezekiel 46

Ezekiel 46 - First, this is a tough chapter to reconcile with our modernized Christian worldview. Second, there are many…

4 years ago
  • Ezekiel

Ezekiel 40

Ezekiel 40 - Ezekiel's ministry began with a vision of God. The last 9 chapters end with a vision for…

4 years ago