Jul 11, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JULY 11, 2025 Psalm 100:1-2 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing. When Messiah went preaching throughout the Galilee and Judea, He often encountered and confronted the religious elite of whom He said, “They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will […]
Jul 10, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JULY 10, 2025 Psalm 100 A Psalm of Thanksgiving. This last in a series of eleven psalms said to have been composed by Moses is introduced to us as a psalm of thanksgiving. Tradition says that this particular psalm was sung in the Temple when worshipers would come before the Lord with a korban todah […]
Jul 8, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JULY 8, 2025 Psalm 99:7 He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; they kept His testimonies and the ordinance He gave them. In this verse, the psalmist obviously refers to the unique and powerful way God made His Presence known among His people as they journeyed through the wilderness, and how He communicated with them […]
Jul 7, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JULY 7, 2025 Psalm 99:6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called upon His name; they called upon the Lord, and He answered them. It is abundantly clear that, in the beginning of Israel’s call to be a kingdom of priests and holy nation, Moses and Aaron stand out as […]
Jul 6, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JULY 6, 2025 Psalm 99:4 The King’s strength also loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. Among men, those who wield great power have a tendency to regard themselves as being above the law. History is, in fact, replete with examples of those who lived by the philosophy […]
Jul 5, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JULY 5, 2025 Psalm 99:2-3 The Lord is great in Zion, and He is high above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy. The Hebrew word translated as “high above” (also rendered as “exalted”) refers to an elevated object, such as a bird that soars in the heavens and is thus completely removed from the earth. […]
Jul 4, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JULY 4, 2025 Psalm 99:1-2 The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; let the earth be moved! The Lord is great in Zion. When you think about it, the redemption of God’s people is almost always connected to a cataclysmic event. In fact, the word cataclysm is derived from a Greek term that means “deluge” or “flood,” referring […]
Jul 3, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JULY 3, 2025 Psalm 98:7-9 Let the sea roar, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell in it; let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills be joyful together before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth. with righteousness He shall judge the world, and the peoples with equity. This psalm ends […]
Jul 2, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JULY 2, 2025 Psalm 98:2-3 The Lord has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the nations. He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. To those who follow Messiah, it […]
Jul 1, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JULY 1, 2025 Psalm 98:1 Sing to the Lord a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory. In the previous devotion, we highlighted the important symbolism of God’s right hand, specifically that this phrase is a Hebrew idiomatic expression meant to point us to the […]
Jun 30, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JUNE 30, 2025 Psalm 98:1 Sing to the Lord a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory. In the Scripture, references to God’s right hand typically signifies His power, authority, and ability to do great and marvelous things on behalf of His people. This is acknowledged […]
Jun 29, 2025 | Daily Devotion
JUNE 29, 2025 Psalm 97:11-12 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. Whatever is sown, we should expect to reap. That is, in fact, a universal law ordained by the Creator and so it is written, […]
