Category Archives: Psalms

You Are What You Worship

It’s one of those questions that’s been debated for ages . . . “nature or nurture?” Is what you become a function more of how you are wired or how you are reared? Is it the DNA that has greater … Continue reading

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Pleasing Meditations

Yesterday was a good day. On a beach at Kapalua in Maui I witnessed our daughter pledge to join her life to a young man and vow to enter into the mystery of marriage with him “for as long as … Continue reading

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In the Company of Angels

It’s like coming home . . . it’s touching back down on familiar ground. For the thirsty soul, it’s finding the well. For the overflowing soul, it’s finding the words that express the feeling. For the one who has somewhat … Continue reading

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The Living God

Maybe it’s because I never went to Sunday School as a kid that I’ve yet to grow tired of the story of David and Goliath. Maybe if I had heard it a million times as a kid the account’s “awe … Continue reading

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Let Us!

Psalm 95 seems an appropriate reading as I prepare to head into this Easter weekend . . . gathering with the saints tonight to contemplate Calvary’s dark hill and the sacrifice of a Savior . . . and then meeting … Continue reading

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A Sad Psalm

You say, “Psalm 88,” and it’s not likely to spark any thought of remembrance as it would if you said Psalm 1, or Psalm 23, or Psalm 119, or Psalm 139. Not a lot of doctrine here, just a lot … Continue reading

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Shiloh

Think about God’s dwelling place in Israel and you immediately think about Jerusalem. But that wasn’t His first “address.” That isn’t where God, literally, first pitched His tent. No, Joshua 18 reminds me this morning that, after “the land lay … Continue reading

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How to Please God

There may be many things we are not certain about when it comes to the will of God and what pleases Him, but there are some things of which we can be absolutely certain. While there are some portions of … Continue reading

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Purified for His Praise

There’s something about knowing people, or knowing about people, who have been “been there, done that, got the t-shirt.” You know, those folks who have been where you’re now walking. Those who have experienced what you’re experiencing and now have … Continue reading

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A Song Sung in the Shadow

That Psalm 63 is a psalm of praise is unmistakable. All I have to do is sit back and see the number of verses I have underlined with my brown colored pencil. Underline in brown . . . that’s my … Continue reading

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