Hurry with your answer, GOD! I’m nearly at the end of my rope. Don’t turn away; don’t ignore me! That would be certain death. If you wake me each morning with the sound of your loving voice, I’ll go to sleep each night trusting in you. Point out the road I must travel; I’m all […]
In God
When I get really afraid I come to you in trust.I’m proud to praise God; fearless now, I trust in God. What can mere mortals do? Psalm 56:4 – The Message How do you do at the height of your troubles? David had no hesitation to say, when I get really afraid, I trust God. His life was […]
Salvation
Sing to God a brand-new song.He’s made a world of wonders!He rolled up his sleeves,He set things right.God made history with salvation,He showed the world what he could do.He remembered to love us, a bonusTo his dear family, Israel—indefatigable love.The whole earth comes to attention.Look—God’s work of salvation! Shout your praises to God, everybody!Let loose and sing! Strike up […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Skies
I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewellery, Moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way? Psalm 8:3-4 MSG The text is now to be used as the basis of the […]
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 (5) For his anger.—Literally, “For a moment (is) in […]
A safe place to hide
God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him.We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in sea storm and earthquake,Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God-of-Angel-Armies protects us. Psalm 46 v 1-3 The Message Bible The best things always come […]
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see – how good God is.Blessed are you who run to him. Psalm 34 v 8 The Message As Matthew Henry puts it, “God never said seek me in vain!” By taste and light we make new discoveries. Taste is the earliest sensation that we get […]
Pure Heart
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51 v 10 Pure means to be clean, blameless, unstained from guilt. Biblically your heart is where your thoughts, desires, sense of purpose, will, understanding, and character reside. So being pure in heart involves having a singleness of heart […]
Prayer – Entering His courts
Let us come before him with thanksgivingand extol him with music and song. Psalm 95:2 New International Version – UK (NIVUK) Worship is showing reverence and adoration for whatever deity you follow. The challenge for us today is to spot God amongst the worship of money, sex and power. Which is why in prayer we […]