He Hears Us

What Do You Think About the Christ?

SCRIPTURE Psalm 110 Sit at My Right Hand A Psalm of David. 110 The Lord says to my Lord:    “Sit at my right hand,until I make your enemies your footstool.” 2 The Lord sends forth from Zion    your mighty scepter.    Rule in the midst of your enemies!3 Your people will offer themselves freely    on the day of your power,    in holy garments;from the womb of the morning,    the dew of your youth will be yours.4 The Lord has sworn    and will not change his mind,“You are a priest forever    after the order of Melchizedek.” 5 The Lord is at your right hand;    he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.6 He will execute…

Stop Eating the Bread of Anxious Toil

SCRIPTURE Psalm 127 A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.  1  Unless the Lord builds the house,  those who build it labor in vain.  Unless the Lord watches over the city,  the watchman stays awake in vain.  2  It is in vain that you rise up early  and go late to rest,  eating the bread of anxious toil;  for he gives to his beloved sleep.  3  Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,  the fruit of the womb a reward. …

You’re Invited to Live with God

SCRIPTURE Psalm 23 A Psalm of David. 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.2     He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside still waters.3     He restores my soul.He leads me in paths of righteousness    for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,    I will fear no evil,for you are with me;    your rod and your staff,    they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me    in the presence of my enemies;you anoint my head with oil;    my cup overflows.6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me    all the days of my life,and I shall dwell in the house…

Why Do The Wicked Prosper?

SCRIPTURE Psalm 73 God Is My Strength and Portion Forever A Psalm of Asaph. 73 Truly God is good to Israel,    to those who are pure in heart.2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,    my steps had nearly slipped.3 For I was envious of the arrogant    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For they have no pangs until death;    their bodies are fat and sleek.5 They are not in trouble as others are;    they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.6 Therefore pride is their necklace;    violence covers them as a garment.7 Their eyes swell…

Bless the LORD

SCRIPTURE Psalm 103 Of David.  1  Bless the Lord, O my soul,  and all that is within me,  bless his holy name!  2  Bless the Lord, O my soul,  and forget not all his benefits,  3  who forgives all your iniquity,  who heals all your diseases,  4  who redeems your life from the pit,  who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,  5  who satisfies you with good  so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.  6  The Lord…

What Do You Do With Your Guilt?

SCRIPTURE Psalm 51 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.  1  Have mercy on me, O God,  according to your steadfast love;  according to your abundant mercy  blot out my transgressions.  2  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,  and cleanse me from my sin!  3  For I know my transgressions,  and my sin is ever before me.  4  Against you, you only, have I sinned  and…

God is with you

SCRIPTURE Psalm 139 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.  1  O Lord, you have searched me and known me!  2  You know when I sit down and when I rise up;  you discern my thoughts from afar.  3  You search out my path and my lying down  and are acquainted with all my ways.  4  Even before a word is on my tongue,  behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.  5  You hem me in, behind and before,  and…

Is Evil Winning?

SCRIPTURE Psalm 10 Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?    Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;    let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,    and the one greedy for gain curses[a] and renounces the Lord.4 In the pride of his face[b] the wicked does not seek him;[c]    all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”5 His ways prosper at all times;    your judgments are on high, out of his sight;    as for all his foes, he puffs at them.6 He says…

Sin and Forgiveness

SCRIPTURE Psalm 32 A Maskil of David.  Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,    whose sin is covered.2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,    and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away    through my groaning all day long.4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;    my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah 5 I acknowledged my sin to you,    and I did not cover my iniquity;I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”    and you forgave…

Go to God

SCRIPTURE Psalm 42-43 To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah.  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?  3  My tears have been my food  day and night,  while they say to me all the day long,  “Where is your God?”  4  These things I remember,  as I pour out my…

Committing to the God of Life and Joy

SCRIPTURE Psalm 16 1  Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.  2  I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;  I have no good apart from you.”  3  As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,  in whom is all my delight.  4  The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;  their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out  or take their names on my lips.  5 …