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 … More Psalm 41: A double shout of holy affirmation
John Piper exults with King David in Psalm 40. Here, from 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 a new … More Piper: Do we crave God like a drowning boy craves air?
“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. —Psalm 39:7 ESV 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 will live when all … More Nothing will be able to stand but that which has the lasting element of faith in God to cement it.
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 right away from the creature to the sovereign Lord … More Spurgeon: Wait and hope in God
The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand. —Psalm 37:23-24 ESV C. H. Spurgeon comments in “The Treasury of David,”: Condescendingly, with his own hand, God upholds … More Where grace does not keep from going down, it shall save from keeping down.
From a sermon titled, “Battling the Unbelief of Envy” by John Piper: Now the other reason this Psalm [37] is so great is because it gives so many reasons why we shouldn’t be unbelieving. It tells us why we should be totally restful and confident that God is for us. It tells us that he’s … More Piper: Six reasons for not being in the grip of unbelief
Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Psalm … More Spurgeon: How do we measure the mercy of God?
Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation. All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?” Psalm 35:9-10 Charles H. Spurgeon writes in the Treasury of David: As the tongue … More Spurgeon: David makes every limb vocal
Sam Storms asks: What does it mean to seek after God? How does one pursue the Almighty? Let’s explore Psalm 34 and take note of how David did it. There are six things I want you to consider as essential in pursuing God. He outlines the six things at EnjoyingGodMinistries.com and posted here are just the highlights … More Sam Storms: 6 Essentials in Pursuing God
For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. —Psalm 33:4 ESV Charles Spurgeon, in The Treasury of David: Whatever God has ordained must be good, and just, and excellent. There are no anomalies in God’s universe, except what sin has made; his word of command … More God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand which never fails.
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