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’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 …
Returning Home to God
Come, let us return to the Lord; for He has torn us, that He may heal us; He has struck us down, and He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live before Him. Let us know; let us press on to know the …
Christ is My Helper (Part 3)
Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your Shield and Helper and your Glorious Sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights….Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (Deuteronomy …
Christ is My Helper (Part 2)
The Lord is with me; He is my Helper. I look in triumph on my enemies…..Be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my Helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” (Psalm 118:7; Hebrews …
Christ is My Helper (Part 1)
You, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the Helper of the fatherless….If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of …