May 22, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them. By this I know that You are well pleased with me, because my enemy does not triumph over me. (Psalm 41:10-11) At first glance, it seems as if David prayed that God would raise him up from his weakened...
May 21, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
My own familiar friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. (Psalm 41:9) Before moving on to other verses and other issues, there is one other concept embedded within David’s words that is important to address. As we’ve...
May 20, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
My own familiar friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. (Psalm 41:9) As with many of David’s psalms, not only are they expressions of his heart and the emotions evoked by his circumstances, they are also prophetic,...
May 19, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
My own familiar friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. (Psalm 41:9) It is one thing to be assailed by an enemy — it is to be expected — but it is another kind of hurt to be betrayed by someone you have trusted in...
May 18, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Blessed is he who considers the poor; the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be blessed on the earth. (Psalm 41:1-2) In conjunction with previous devotions about our responsibility to care for the less...
May 17, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Blessed is he who considers the poor; the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be blessed on the earth. (Psalm 41:1-2) As was discussed in the previous devotion, the Creator is sensitive to the needs of...
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