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, […]
NOVEMBER 2, 2023 Psalm 14 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on the Lord? There they are in great fear, for God is with the generation of the righteous. After noting that God observes the children of men from heaven, David now asks the question: Do […]
NOVEMBER 1, 2023 Psalm 14:2-3 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God. They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is none who does good, no, not one. In his letter to the Romans, Paul made the argument that no […]
OCTOBER 31, 2023 Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” Have you ever noticed that those who proclaim to be atheists have to constantly remind themselves of this position? Not only that, but many of them feel compelled to make it their live’s mission to convince everyone else of their fallacy. […]