God has spoken in his holiness: (From our Bible reading passage today, Psalm 60:6) Spurgeon, in The Treasury of David: Faith is never happier than when it can fall back upon the promise of God. She sets this over against all discouraging circumstances; let outward providences say what they will, the voice of a … More Faith regards the promise not as fiction but fact
In our reading in Psalm 59, David prays (1-2), complains (3-4), prays more (5) and then breaks into song. That is just in the first five verses. We see this repeated again as he complains (6-7), declares his confidence in God (8-10) and prays again (11-15) and ends with singing aloud God’s praises (16-17). I … More The foreseeing grace of heaven
March 12 Psalm 59 (ESV) Deliver Me from My Enemies To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam [1] of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him. 59:1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me; 2 deliver me from those … More March 12 Psalm 59
Today, we come to Romans 7 in our read-through-the-Bible plan. We come to an important question, which can have some very practical consequences in our lives. Is Paul writing this description of his life and experience before he became a Christian? Or does it describe his present struggles as a Christian? You could find advocates of … More No Christian lives in continual victory over sin
The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.” —Psalm 58:10-11 Imprecatory psalms are difficult to understand. We come to one in Psalm 58 … More Joy in God’s justice and glory
March 11 Psalm 58 (ESV) God Who Judges the Earth To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam [1] of David. 58:1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? [2] Do you judge the children of man uprightly? 2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth. 3 The wicked are … More March 11 Psalm 58
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! —Psalm 57:9-11 Charles H. Spurgeon writes … More Spurgeon on Psalm 57:As the air surrounds all nature, so let thy praises gird the earth with a zone of song.
March 10 Psalm 57 (ESV) et Your Glory Be over All the Earth To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam [1] of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. 57:1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings … More March 10 Psalm 57
March 9 Psalm 56 (ESV) In God I Trust To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam [1] of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. 56:1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; 2 my enemies trample on me all day long, … More March 9 Psalm 56
But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me. Psalm 55:16-18, our reading for today Spurgeon, with some … More He redeems my soul in safety
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