Are you troubled? Have you lost your courage to press on? Let Ps 138 comfort you. For as we consider his steadfast love and faithfulness, we will say with David, “my strength of soul you have increased.” And in time, his rescue will come. We can be sure of it, for his name and word must be exalted over all things.
Read MoreSo let’s say it together. Let’s say it together twenty six times. Or how every many times it takes for the truth to grab our hearts and thanks and praise explode out of our hearts. Let us praise the Lord together, “for his steadfast love endures forever.”
Read MorePsalm 89 is a psalm for when everything is falling apart. God doesn’t seem trustworthy as his promises are unambiguously unfulfilled. If action speaks louder than words, then God’s actions (or inactions) are louder than the words of his promises. This is the kind of existential crisis that can shake us to our core. Do you have a plan when you are in such a time and place? What will you do when your world begins to fall apart?
Read MoreJust what exactly is the “normal” or “ideal” Christian life? Some say that the Christian life is lived most fully when God’s presence and favor are felt close at hand, the heart brims over with joyful praise, and we conquer all our enemies, be they our besetting sins or our enemies. It all sounds so wonderful.
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