God is good, a hiding place in tough times. He recognises and welcomes anyone looking for help, No matter how desperate the trouble. But cosy islands of escape He wipes right off the map. No one gets away from God. Why waste time conniving against God ? He’s putting an end to all such scheming. […]
Sing
All you saints! Sing your hearts out to God ! Thank him to his face! He gets angry once in a while, but across a lifetime there is only love. The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter. Psalm 30:5 MSG The great things the Lord has done for us, […]
The One and Only
Attention, Israel! God , our God! God the one and only! Deuteronomy 6:4 MSG These two verses are styled by our Lord “the first and great commandment” in the Law. The first words of the Talmud concern the hours when this form should be recited in daily morning or evening prayer—“Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our […]
Worry
Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up. Proverbs 12:25 MSG Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop.—But, as this is not favourable to the spiritual life, we have warnings against excessive anxiety (Matthew 6:34), and exhortations to cast all our care upon God (1Peter 5:7; Psalm 37:5) as a religious […]
Exile
“This exile is just like the days of Noah for me: I promised then that the waters of Noah would never again flood the earth. I’m promising now no more anger, no more dressing you down. For even if the mountains walk away and the hills fall to pieces, My love won’t walk away from […]
God
Thank God ! Call out his Name! Tell the whole world who he is and what he’s done! Sing to him! Play songs for him! Broadcast all his wonders! Revel in his holy Name, God -seekers, be jubilant! Study God and his strength, seek his presence day and night; Remember all the wonders he performed, […]
Father God
Still, God , you are our Father. We’re the clay and you’re our potter: All of us are what you made us. Don’t be too angry with us, O God . Don’t keep a permanent account of wrongdoing. Keep in mind, please, we are your people—all of us. Your holy cities are all ghost towns: […]
Tired or Weary
Why would you ever complain, O Jacob, or, whine, Israel, saying, “ God has lost track of me. He doesn’t care what happens to me”? Don’t you know anything? Haven’t you been listening? God doesn’t come and go. God lasts. He’s Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn’t get tired out, doesn’t […]
I know that God lives
“If only my words were written in a book— better yet, chiselled in stone! Still, I know that God lives—the One who gives me back my life— and eventually he’ll take his stand on earth. And I’ll see him—even though I get skinned alive!— see God myself, with my very own eyes. Oh, how I […]
Keep lifting
Hallelujah! You who serve GOD, praise GOD! Just to speak his name is praise! Just to remember GOD is a blessing— now and tomorrow and always. From east to west, from dawn to dusk, keep lifting all your praises to GOD! Psalm 113:3 MSG God ought to receive every praise that due his name but […]
Don’t muzzle an ox
Don’t muzzle an ox while it is threshing. Deuteronomy 25 v 4 I’m not just sounding off because I’m irritated. This is all written in the scriptural law. Moses wrote, “Don’t muzzle an ox to keep it from eating the grain when it’s threshing.” Do you think Moses’ primary concern was the care of farm […]
Teach me to do your will
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! Psalm 143:10 – ESV Think of this as your go to verse for when you are in trouble. We need the Spirit’s counsel in every situation but even more so when things get bad. And […]