Daily Devotions

Psa. 109:1-5 Do not keep silent, O God of my praise!  For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.  They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.  In return for…

Psa. 61:1-4 Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.  From the end of the earth I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.  For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower from the enemy.  I will abide in…

Psa. 42:1-3 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.  My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.  When shall I come and appear before God?  My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” I…

Psa. 17:1-3 Hear a just cause, O Lord, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips.  Let my vindication come from Your presence; let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.  You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried…

Psa. 14:1-4 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”  They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.  The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God.  They have all turned aside, they…

1 Chr. 29:20 Then David said to the whole assembly, “Praise the Lord your God.”  So they all praised the Lord, the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the Lord and the king. A commission is a personal directive to an individual or a group.  It is a command, not a…

1 Chr. 29:18-19 Lord, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you.  And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, statutes and decrees and to do everything to build the palatial…

1 Chr. 29:16-17 Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you.  I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity.  All these things I have given willingly and…

1 Chr. 29:15 We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors.  Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. The neighborhood where I spent much of my childhood was pretty diverse, but most of us still had pretty similar lifestyles.  I would not have counted my friends or…

1 Chr. 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this.  Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. He did not start out life wealthy.  When he had little, he gave little.  When he had…