THE SUFFICIENCY OF SCRIPTURE TAKING IT IN The truth in this week’s verse is life-changing and vital to our journey to revival. It poses a challenging question: Do we believe that God’s Word is sufficient to meet every need of the human soul? As a biblical counselor to women,...
Read moreThe Fiery Dart of Slander “The best way to deal with slander is to pray about it: God will either remove it or remove the sting from it.” ~Charles Spurgeon~ Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies. Psalm 119:22 TAKING IT IN I know...
Read moreThe Slide to Pride You rebuke the proud—the cursed, who stray from Your commandments. Psalm 119:21 If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. G.K. Chesterton TAKING IT IN In C.S. Lewis’ book, “The Screwtape Letters” senior demon, Screwtape writes to his...
Read moreMy soul breaks with longing for Your judgments at all times. Psalm 119:20 The longing of the soul can never over-reach its object… “The longing of the soul can never over-reach its object. The cherished desire, therefore, will become the established habit – the element in which the child...
Read moreOpen my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law. Psalm 119:18 We need not so much that God should give us more benefits, as the ability to see what He has given. ~Spurgeon~ TAKING IT IN The Neverending Story, written by the German author Michael Ende,...
Read moreDeal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word. Psalm 119:17 TAKING IT IN Recapping the last eight verses of Psalm 119, the Psalmist prayed as a young man out in the world seeking to live “set apart”, cleansed by the Word of God. In...
Read moreA Word on Psalm 119:16 from Margy I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your Word. Psalm 119:16 TAKING IT IN In 15th-century Germany, it was supposed that the wearers of the “forget me not” would not be forgotten by their lovers. Legend has it...
Read moreFOOD FOR THOUGHT I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate your ways. Psalm 119:15 TAKING IT IN The word “meditate” in the Christian world has taken a hit as it is has been wrongly associated with Eastern religion and mysticism. Both Eastern and “Christian mystical” meditation usually attempt...
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