Category: Daily Devotion

  For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life. Psalm 35:7 – I learned today that this sort of psalm is called an “Imprecatory” psalm, which means it’s a psalm where the writer is pleading for God to defeat the enemies of His people. David clearly is pleading…

  I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 – While many of the psalms don’t have any sort of description about the psalm, when they do be sure to take note of them for it helps in understanding the fullness of the message. The description for…

  Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Psalm 33:1 – As I read this psalm, I can’t help but be challenged in my posture of worship. How often am I truly shouting my praise? Not meaning I’m standing in church screaming at the top of my lungs, but is…

For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭32‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ – Within these two verses we see David experiencing something that we too may be familiar…

Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God. Psalm 31:5 – While we can find many psalms alluded to or quoted in other parts of scripture, Psalm 31 is among the most recited in scripture. Jonah, Jeremiah, Paul, Stephen, and even Jesus Himself speaks of this psalm in their recorded…

O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. Psalm 30:2 – Being a part of a church family means you are connected to a bunch of people’s lives. So when the seasons for illness comes around, you hear of so many that are feeling the effects of the illness. I’ve lost count…

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. Psalm 29:2 – This morning I had the blessing of studying Hebrews 3 with our deacons at church. In the chapter we see Jesus lifted to a very high place of honor. That Jesus was to be thought of as higher than even…

The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed. Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever. Psalm 28:8-9 – As we begin this psalm, the nature of David’s words are more of the crying out for help type rather than the praising that we see…

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! Psalm 27:13-14 – As you read though this psalm, likely you noticed a change in its nature halfway through. It began with confidence and praise, declaring…

My foot stands on level ground; in the great assembly I will bless the Lord. Psalm 26:12 – While this old hymn certainly wasn’t written during the time of King David, I believe David would have boldly sang it if he knew the words. “On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.” What…