What is prayer? The most basic answer says that prayer is talking to God. Sometimes we talk to God through singing. Sometimes...
What is your glory? What is it that you value most in life? What is the thing about you that people are most likely to praise? Again I ask: What is your glory...
Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities— for his anger flares up in an instant. But what joy...
We live in a society of mockers. People who mock consider themselves better than others. They do not enter into serious engagement...
Each week, millions of Christians throughout the world gather together in order to offer praise to God.
Perhaps one of my least favorite parts of being a pastor is hearing people’s complaints. During my sixteen-year tenure as Senior Pastor...
The bulk of Psalm 144 deals with David's role as king. He praises God for the help God has given him and he asks for more of it.
In Psalm 141, David wrestles with his own temptation to do what's wrong.
Psalm 139 begins with David’s acknowledgement that God has “examined” his heart.
At first glance, Psalm 136 is a psalm of thanksgiving.
Lift up holy hands in prayer, and praise the LORD. Psalms 134:2 Although I usually use the Psalms as the basis for...
In the late 1970s, I first heard a praise song that greatly affected my understanding of worship. It began: “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised.” Though I didn’t realize it...
Today is Mother's Day in the United States. This means that many of us will get together with our mothers to celebrate their lives and thank them for their faithfulness. Those of us...
Psalm 126 begins with a joyful remembrance of a time when God "brought back his exiles to Jerusalem" (126:1).
“You’re surrounded!” This phrase brings back memories of my childhood. On Saturday afternoons, I’d watch cop-and-robber movies on our black-and-white Motorola television. Inevitably, at some point...
Psalm 124 offers a stirring word of encouragement.
Growing up in the church, I always heard the opening verses of Psalm 121 as an invitation to gaze upon the mountains...
I am tired of living among people who hate peace. Psalm 120:6 Psalm 120 begins on a positive note: “I took my...
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Who was an important mentor in your life?
