Archive for April 2024

Psa. 22:22-24 I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you. You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden…

Psa. 22:19-21 But you, Lord, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me. Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs. Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen. When we read through…

Psa. 22:16-18 Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet. All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment. She loved her father, but he could be a difficult man.  Perhaps he…

Psa. 22:12-15 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me. My mouth is dried up like…

Psa. 22:11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help. I remember being a child and asking my parents for a million things, but I never made my request from across the room.  The five-year-old me would have rushed right to the feet of mom, tugged…

Psa. 22:9-10 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast. From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. His favorite phrase was “I got this.”  In the workplace, he was the last person to ask for…

Psa. 22: 6-8 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. “He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.” No one wants…

Each of us has been there at one time or another.  Life brings a serious moment, and you cry out to God from the depths of your soul.  This is no simple request for a blessing.  The moment and the prayer are critical, but your posture in that prayer is more critical.  You might be…

Jn. 15:6-8 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.  If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.  By this my Father…