Category: Daily Devotion

  Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me! Psalm 70:1 – As I read this verse, I can’t help but think of this line from my favorite series Lord of the Rings. One of the main characters, a wizard named Gandalf, is chastised for being late, and his…

  Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my…

  Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God! Psalm 68:35 – “Awesome” is the perfect way to describe the God described within this psalm. We see a God who is more powerful than any force that comes against…

  The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear him! Psalm 67:6-7 – This short psalm does wonders to help us know our purpose in life and how to find the blessings God gives. The image we’re given in…

  …you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. Psalm 66:12 – One of my memory verses has been Isaiah 43:1-3, and it touches on much the same idea that this psalm speaks about. In Isaiah the Lord…

  You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it. Psalm 65:9 – As I write this devotion I’m in the middle of a preaching series on the story of the woman and the well…

  They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, “Who can see them?” Psalm 64:5 – David as he writes dwells on the reality that there were many who wanted him gone. This group we’ll call his enemies plotted in secret ways to destroy and take David out. David…

  O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 – From the notation prior to the start of this psalm, this was either written during, or at least looking…

  Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God, and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work. Psalm 62:11-12 – Throughout his years the psalm writer David had many encounters with the Lord. He had seen the Lord move repeatedly…

  Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Psalm 61:4 – In his time of need, David knew where to turn. It was the place David had turned to many times within his life and each time this shelter had never come up short to…