Let us come before him with thanksgiving. —Psalm 95:2 Paul advises us to season our prayers with thanksgiving: “… by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God” (Phil. 4:6). A dominant attitude eliminates a […]
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How great are your works, O Lord. —Psalm 92:5 Today you can complain about the weather, or be grateful that you have shelter. Today you can complain about financial strains, or be grateful that you have food and clothes. Today you can complain
He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. —Psalm 91:2 Do you demand that God meet your expectations, justify your faith, earn your loyalty? In other words, do you dictate the terms of the relationship—what he must do to win your trust? Trust doesn’t dictate
Teach us to number our days. —Psalm 90:12 It’s your choice: you can use your days selfishly or selflessly; you can use them growing bitter or getting better. A glance at the number of pages left on your calendar may signal that it’s too late to train for
The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty, if we have the strength. —Psalm 90:10 When you were a child it seemed like forever from one Christmas to the next. Now it seems that the decorations are barely boxed until it’s time to drag them
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You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. —Psalm 90:8 Wherever and whenever you are reading this, there is scandal in the news. It may involve a big shot
You are great … you alone are God. —Psalm 86:10 Louis XIV ruled France for seventy-two years, and demanded that he be addressed as Louis the Great. He ordered that Notre Dame Cathedral be totally dark during his funeral service, except for one
I thought about the former days, the years of long ago. —Psalm 77:5 The “good old days” weren’t all that great. The paradise that you remember has been embellished by imagination. In any case, those days are long gone. Living one day at a time has much to commend it. That’s all you can
Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure. —Psalm 73:13 Sometimes God’s children get testy when trouble comes. Why doesn’t God deliver the righteous from trouble and dump it on the wicked? Asaph’s complaint that the
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Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you. —Psalm 55:22 Is something troubling you or someone you love? Health gone bad? Marriage gone sour? Child gone haywire? Finances gone south? Hopes gone belly up? Whatever is bothering you isn’t a minor matter. If others think so, they’re mistaken. If
