"A psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!" (Psalm 100:1-2 ESV)"Is anyone suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing." (James 5:13 ESV)I was scrolling...
Ouch !After once again trying to wear my new -- but too tight -- pair ofslippers, I retreated to my comfortable, well-worn ones, thankful forthe bit of support that they still had. As I pondered the new, rarelyworn, rather tight, plush pair, I reluctantly considered...
"Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!" (Psalm 17:1 ESV)Roy Minich tells of a strange discovery he made as he was walking along a country lane near his summer camp. In a weedy fence corner, he noticed a large...
On Monday, we looked at the lessons we can learn from David in Psalm 5:1-3. This devotional will focus on one more lesson from these same verses:“Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In...
“Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.” (Psalm 5:1-2 NIV)I love this verse. It shows me that David spent time talking with his Heavenly Father. And if David, a man loved by God’s own heart...
No matter how often we’re told otherwise, it’s easy to slip back into the thinking that God only loves us if we do a really, really good job of loving him back.All the time.‘If we’re really bad,’ we think, ‘he won’t forgive us.’ ‘If we miss the mark, have an off...
On Monday, in Lessons From the Classroom, Part 18, I told the story how God guided me to the position of interim French Consultant for my school board, and as September of that school year approached, I became excited for my new job.You see, I had been contemplating...
