Praise the LORD, O my soul….He stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of His upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds His chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. He makes winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants. (Psalm 104:1-4) This continues: “Celebrating the Lord Using Psalm 104.” You can …
Jesus-like Love (Part 1)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. …
Celebrating the Lord Using Psalm 104 (Part 4)
Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. The LORD wraps Himself in light as with a garment….Jesus says: I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. (Psalm 104:1-2; John 8:12) This continues: …
Celebrating the Lord Using Psalm 104 (Part 3)
Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. The LORD wraps Himself in light as with a garment. (Psalm 104:1-2) This continues: “Celebrating the Lord Using Psalm 104.” You can read Part 1 and Part 2 here. Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) was an American writer. His mother died …
Celebrating the Lord Using Psalm 104 (Part 2)
Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. (Psalm 104:1) This continues “Celebrating the Lord Using Psalm 104.” You may read Part 1. David Egner tells of a children’s pastor who introduced two girls and two boys (aged 6-8) and brought them up to the church platform …
Celebrating the Lord Using Psalm 104 (Part 1)
Praise the LORD, O my soul….I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. May my meditation be pleasing to Him, as I rejoice in the Lord. But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the Lord, my soul. Praise the Lord …
God Designs the Detours
Joseph (son of Jacob) told his brothers, “Listen, I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” When he told his father as well, Jacob rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the …
God’s Wonderful Gift (Part 2)
Praise be to the Lord, for He showed me the wonders of His love….What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all–how will He not also, along with Him (Christ), graciously give us all things? …
God’s Wonderful Gift (Part 1)
Thanks be to God for His Gift (Jesus Christ), precious beyond words, indescribable, inexpressible!…For the sin of the one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater and overflowing is God’s wonderful grace and His gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ. (2 Cor 9:15; Rom 5:15) I re-told Billy Joel’s true story again to …
Did Christ Descend into Hell?
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree [the cross].” He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the …