Daily Bread — Thursday, September 26, 2024
Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake! For in death there is no remembrance of You; in the grave who will give You thanks? (Psalm 6:4-5) According to some commentators, when David wrote this he was very ill and under intense pressure due to...
22 Elul — I Am My Beloved’s
The month of Elul is a time when we are to be looking inwardly, examining our hearts with the intent to weed out those things that are unfruitful and not conducive to life. We are provoked to do this, especially at this time, because we are approaching the time of the...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, September 25, 2024
My soul also is greatly troubled; but You, O Lord—how long? Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake! (Psalm 6:3-4) At one time or another, I'm sure most of us have heard the phrase, “God will not put upon us any more than we can bear.” This...
21 Elul — There Are None Righteous
In the book of Deuteronomy, God told His people that if they were faithful to Him, many blessings would come their way. That promise was juxtaposed against the many curses that would come upon them if they walked in disobedience and broke the covenant. Reading all of...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled. (Psalm 6:1-2) In the previous devotion, we raised the issue of why one beloved of the LORD, such as...
20 Elul — Why Do The Wicked Prosper?
Have you ever wondered why it seems that God’s people struggle and the wicked prosper? Why does it seem that when good people, trying to live right, have to contend with every difficulty that life has to throw at them? At the same time, there are those whose lifestyle...
Daily Bread — Monday, September 23, 2024
Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled. (Psalm 6:1-2) Though written by David to express his feelings in times of distress, it is applicable to...
19 Elul — The Fruit Will Reflect the Seed
It was on this day, in 1941, that aviator, Charles Lindbergh, gave a political speech that was considered by many to be anti-Semitic. During this infamous speech he said: “Large Jewish ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our...
Daily Bread — Sunday, September 22, 2024
Let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You. For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield. (Psalm 5:11-12)...
18 Elul — A Different Spirit
It was on this day that the Amalekites defeated Israel when they attacked their mountain stronghold, in spite of the fact that Moses told them not to do this. This situation came about because the people had listened to the spies’ evil report which provoked God to...
Daily Bread — Saturday, September 21, 2024
I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; in fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple. Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before my face. (Psalm 5:7-8) Messiah taught that the road which...
17 Elul — When the Travail Comes
It was on this day, in 1939, that World War II broke out when the German Wehrmacht invaded Poland. While the Germans were invading Poland from the west, the Soviet Union struck the nation from the east. Previously, these two nations had entered into a pact, agreeing...