The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures… – Psalm 23:1-2   REFERENCE Psalm 23:1-6. Just as green grasses provide food and nourishment for animals, the Word of God provides food and nourishment for us as believers. The Word of God is ever green, ever […]

Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Go, and come back, and tomorrow I will give it,’ when you have it with you. – Proverbs 3:28   REFERENCE Proverbs 3:27-28 If we leave our flesh to do what it wants, it would often procrastinate the good it knows to do; putting off till tomorrow what ought […]

But he said, “O my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever else You may send.” – Exodus 4:13   REFERENCE Exodus 4:1-16 God often will not do anything on earth without man’s cooperation. He takes one man and does amazing things through him; ordinary men of whom the world thinks nothing, and from […]

Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in.  Joshua 6:1 REFERENCE Joshua 6:1-20 When God brought out the Israelites from Egypt, He gave them the Promise Land which included Jericho and told them to go and possess the land flowing with milk and honey. Although […]

“…But the just shall live by his faith.”~ Habakkuk 2:4   REFERENCE Habakkuk 2:1-4  These are times when the journey of life seems uncertain and finishing seems unachievable. Your mind may be dominated by questions and you are wondering why things are the way they are, why things are not letting up or turning […]

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. – Psalm 1:1   REFERENCE Psalm 1:1. From our text, one can see the retrogressive influence of sin on an unwary man: ‘Walks in the counsel:’ Firstly, […]

“Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. Matthew 7:6 REFERENCE Matthew 7:6 Philistinism is a derogatory term that describes the ‘manners, habits, and character’ of a person who undervalues and despises art and […]

By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise shall be continually of You. – Psalm 71:6   REFERENCE Psalm 71:1-6.   In this 71st Psalm, the Psalmist expressed his abiding trust in God; confident that God would not put him to shame […]

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. – John 4:23-24    REFERENCE John 4:20-24 Worship means to regard with […]

All this has come upon us; but we have not forgotten You, nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.  Psalm 44:17 REFERENCE Psalm 44:9-20 The Psalmist here recounts the many trials that the people of Israel had experienced – they suffered defeat in battle, having gone in without His presence, they were plundered by […]