December 2021
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What do you do when a friend betrays you? Psalm 55 tells us. Is it wrong to ask God to listen to your prayers? If so (and it is not), David is in big trouble (and he is not). Psalm 55 is another example of David asking the Lord for deliverance from his enemy. Although
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As I grew up in church, we sang a song called “Just a little talk with Jesus”. One line in there said, “Let us tell Him all about our troubles. He will hear our faintest cry and we will answer by and by.” As a kid, I thought, “I don’t have any troubles to tell
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Although Psalm 53 is Psalm 14 with a couple of minor changes, there is much to be learned and applied. David still believes it is foolish to believe God does not exist. He says, “The fool says in his heart, there is no God” (v. 1a). That’s still true today. Only a fool would not
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It’s one thing to do evil. It’s quite another to be proud and brag about it. In Psalm 52, David calls out Doeg the Edomite and most likely King Saul as well for their evil acts found in 1 Samuel 21-22. With an evil heart, Doeg told King Saul, who was trying to kill David,
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When you are confronted with sin, how do you respond? David was, “A man after God’s own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22). He wrote almost half of the Psalms. With God’s help, he defeated Goliath (1 Samuel 17) and was king over Judah and Israel over forty years (2 Samuel 5:4-5). 1 Kings 15:5
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What is the Christian’s motive when worshipping God? Hopefully, it is to adore God and grow in a relationship with Him. Perhaps others worship out of duty and ritual, not giving much thought to God’s pleasure. Still, others may worship to appear holy and convince potential onlookers. In Psalm 50, Asaph is encouraging proper motive
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Someone once said, “People often spend money don’t have to buy things they don’t need to impress people that they don’t like.” The love for money often brings out the worst in people as it is the root of all kinds of evil (1 Timothy 6:10). That Scripture goes on to say, “Some people, eager
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Jesus is the central figure of Scripture. Even great patriarchs like Moses, David, and Paul are not central figures. They and their stories are present to point us to God. Sometimes, we unintentionally and (God help us) intentionally make ourselves the central figure. When under attack from the enemy, that can be our go-to as
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There is a time to be still (Psalm 46:10) and a time to clap and shout (Psalm 47:1). If Psalm 46 is a psalm about how the Lord saved Judah from the Assyrians, Psalm 47 is the declaration of this victory to all the nations around them. In Psalm 47 we find actions that we
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Even in a tight spot, we must not fear and trust the Lord because He is our refuge and strength (v. 1). When we are surrounded by the enemy, we must be still and know that He is God (v. 10). That’s the theme of worship and thankfulness as Psalm 46 commemorates how God gave
stephen R Harrison 