Yearly Devotions

 

Journey Through The Psalms

Alone. Afraid. Desperate.

Alone. Afraid. Desperate.

Psalm 142 A maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy. I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble. When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way....

Confrontation is Kindness

Confrontation is Kindness

Psalm 141:5-10   A psalm of David. Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness; let him rebuke me —that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers. Their rulers will be thrown down from the...

Set a Guard

Set a Guard

Psalm 141:1-4 A psalm of David. I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you. May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door...

The Day of the Battle

The Day of the Battle

Psalm 140:6-13  I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy. Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle. Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed. Those who surround me...

Dealing with Enemies

Dealing with Enemies

Psalm 140:1-5   For the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on...

Searchlight On My Heart

Searchlight On My Heart

Psalm 139:23-24   Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. In a time of personal reflection, the prophet Jeremiah wrote, “The heart is deceitful above all...