February 21 Psalm 43 (ESV) Send Out Your Light and Your Truth 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me! 2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of … More February 21 Psalm 43
As a deer pants for flowing streams,so pants my soul for you, O God.My soul thirsts for God,for the living God. Charles H. Spurgeon writes on Psalm 42 (today’s psalm) in the Treasury of David: The next best thing to living in the light of the Lord’s love is to be unhappy till we have … More Spurgeon: Thirst is a perpetual appetite
February 20 Psalm 42 (ESV) Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul? To the choirmaster. A Maskil [1] of the Sons of Korah. 42:1 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? [2] 3 My … More February 20 Psalm 42
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. —Psalm 41:13 C. H Spurgeon comments on this verse at The Treasury of David: Jehovah is the personal name of our God. God of Israel is his covenant title, and shows his special relation to his elect people. From everlasting and to everlasting. The … More Amen and amen
John Piper exults with King David in Psalm 40, our psalm for today, in a sermon “In the Pits With a King” God can deliver from every sort of pit and mire and will deliver his servants from any plight that would destroy their faith. And when he does we will sing. Verse 3: “He put … More Craving him like craving air
February 18 Psalm 40 (ESV) My Help and My Deliverer To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. … More February 18 Psalm 40
“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. —Psalm 39:7 (in our reading plan today) From Charles Spurgeon’s comments on Psalm 39, The Treasury of David: My hope is in thee. The Lord is self existent and true, and therefore worthy of the confidence of men; he … More Spurgeon: He is worthy of our confidence
February 17 Psalm 39 (ESV) What Is the Measure of My Days? To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 39:1 I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” 2 I was mute … More February 17 Psalm 39
From our reading in Psalm 38 today: But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. C. H. Spurgeon on Psalm 38:15 Hope in God’s intervention, and belief in the power of prayer, are two most blessed stays to the soul in time of adversity. Turning … More Wait and hope in God
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