Sep 30, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just; for the righteous God tests the hearts and minds. My defense is of God, who saves the upright in heart. (Psalm 7:9-10) In concert with issues we discussed in the previous devotion, notice...
Sep 29, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded! (Psalm 7:6) When one considers all the psalms said to be written by David and then observe how many times he prayed for God to act...
Sep 28, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; save me from all those who persecute me; and deliver me, lest they tear me like a lion, rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver. (Psalm 7:1-2) Reading through the psalms ascribed to David, it doesn’t take long...
Sep 27, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears. My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. (Psalm 6:6-8) According to Jewish...
Sep 26, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
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...
Sep 25, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
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.”...
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