FEBRUARY 14, 2024 Psalm 28:6-7 Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications! The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him. As was mentioned in the previous devotion, the gods of the nations are nothing […]
FEBRUARY 13, 2024 Psalm 28:1 To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock. As is so often the case, interesting and provocative tidbits that would have been otherwise overlooked when reading Scripture in English, are brought to light when looking at the text in Hebrew. In this instance, let’s look at the Hebrew word translated as […]
FEBRUARY 12, 2024 Psalm 27:13-14 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord! Let me share something with you that you already know — […]
FEBRUARY 11, 2024 Psalm 27:13-14 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord! As was related in the previous devotion, it is important that […]
FEBRUARY 10, 2024 Psalm 27:11-12 Teach me Your way, O Lord, and lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence. It occurs to me that there are a couple of ways we […]
FEBRUARY 9, 2024 Psalm 27:9-10 Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care of me. There is a hint of sadness in David’s words in that he conveyed a sense of feeling totally alone were it not for the […]
FEBRUARY 8, 2024 Psalm 27:8-9 When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help. We live in a day when communication has become extremely convenient, and at the same […]
FEBRUARY 7, 2024 Psalm 27:8-9 When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help. As expressed in this and many other prayers, David was a person focused upon pursuing […]
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 Psalm 27:5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. The Hebrew word translated as “hide” (tzafon) is never used when speaking of something trivial but is almost always connected […]
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 Psalm 27:4 One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple. The desires of men tend to be in a constant state of flus and instability; we […]
