Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me,for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25:4,5 (NIV) Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths! Guide me into your truth and...
Continue ReadingMay he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. Psalm 20:4 (NIV) May he grant your heart’s desire; may he bring all your plans to pass! Lord, the psalmist is praying for two things this morning: (1) “May he grant your hear...
Continue ReadingMay the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 (NIV) May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my protector and my defender. The psalmist is makin...
Continue ReadingKeep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression. Psalm 19:13 (NIV) Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be bl...
Continue ReadingWho can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Psalm 19:12 (NIV) Who can avoid sinning? Please do not punish my unintentional sins. The psalmist begins with a question: “Who can avoid sinning?” No one! “For all have sinned and fall short...
Continue ReadingThe law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the untrained. The Lord’s precepts are fair and make one happy. The Lord’s commands are pure and give moral insight. The psalmi...
Continue ReadingProtect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings! The psalmist has two requests: “Protect me” and “Hide me.” (1) “Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye” and (2) “Hide me in the shadow...
Continue ReadingYou have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful. What a tremendous testimony! (1) “You have scrutinized my inner motives”—t...
Continue ReadingYou lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight. Lord, what three wonderful things You do for us, according to the psalmist: (1) “You lead me in the path of life”—“ The path of the righ...
Continue ReadingThe word for today is authority. “These things Jesus spoke; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify Thy Son, that the Son may glorify Thee, even as Thou gavest Him authority over all mankind, that to all whom Th...
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