NOVEMBER 14, 2023 Psalm 17:3 You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. As was stated in the previous devotion, God never chooses a perfect person but He always perfects those He chooses which is to say, He puts […]
NOVEMBER 13, 2023 Psalm 17:1-2 Hear a just cause, O Lord, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips. Let my vindication come from Your presence; let Your eyes look on the things that are upright. The more we look at David’s prayers and petitions, the more we realize that, in […]
NOVEMBVER 12, 2023 Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. In the previous devotion, we mentioned that Peter referred to David and this particular psalm as speaking prophetically of the Messiah. Addressing those assembled in Jerusalem for Pentecost, he quoted Psalm 16 extensively […]
NOVEMBER 11, 2023 Psalm 16:9-10 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; my flesh also will rest in hope. For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. All of mankind was formed from the dust of the earth and, at our death, our bodies return […]
NOVEMBER 10, 2023 Psalm 16:7-8 I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; my heart also instructs me in the night seasons. I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. As was mentioned in the previous devotion, the LORD guides those […]
NOVEMBER 9, 2023 Psalm 16:5-6 O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good inheritance. In the secular world, inheritances are distributed to the beneficiaries according to the wishes of the testator. That means that some might receive more […]
NOVEMBER 8, 2023 Psalm 16:1-2 Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust. O my soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, my goodness is nothing apart from You.” In the previous devotion we discussed how, that apart from God, our talents and positive attributes are unable to render blessing and prosperity, at […]
NOVEMBER 7, 2023 Psalm 16:1-2 Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust. O my soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, my goodness is nothing apart from You.” In most Bibles there is a heading above many of the psalms, this being one of them. This psalm is A Michtam of David which […]
NOVEMBER 6, 2023 Psalm 15:1, 4-5 Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? … In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors those who fear the Lord; he who swears to his own hurt and does not change; He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take […]
NOVEMBER 5, 2023 Psalm 15:1, 3 Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? … He who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his friend. As discussed in the previous devotion, those who are permitted to abide in God’s House […]
NOVEMBER 4, 2023 Psalm 15:1-2 Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. Scripture teaches that when David brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, he set it in a tabernacle that he had erected for it. […]
NOVEMBER 3, 2023 Psalm 14:7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord brings back the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad. As David closes this psalm, he conveys a yearning for a time when Israel’s suffering and affliction at the hand of their enemies would come to an end. Speaking prophetically, […]
