meditate on You in the night watches, 7 For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing But notice David doesn't ask for any sort of physical restoration.

He notices that they have no pains; they are not in trouble as other men. He begins to notice that although their lives look secure, God has set them in slippery places.

. -- Deuteronomy 7:7-8 (NIV) 7  The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you Notice how the short passage we read from Deuteronomy demonstrates God's sovereignty in saving Israel

Now it is certain that Jesus Christ did not prescribe his sacraments for us in vain, since he works in Go back and page through these early chapters of the gospels and notice how often Jesus is trying to

His most effective strategy is to lull his prey to sleep with worldly distractions and anxieties.

Since everybody relates to God in one way or another, everybody is religious. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ 29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring Paul as he took in the sights in Athens - he was the one with the greatly distressed look on his face since It didn't take long for the locals, a group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers, to take notice of him

Every Friday here in this space we read a Psalm (and many of our churches sing them often), and the book But this book of Ecclesiastes often flies under the radar escaping notice - yet it has so much to say Ecclesiastes has a reputation for being dour and pessimistic, since it so clearly points out the seeming

grace is stronger than we are, we're reminded of the basic truth that God's people have been reciting since Notice here that as Moses prepares Israel to move in that he mentions nothing about the hard work or

your name I will lift up my hands. 5  I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. 7  Because you are my help, I sing We’ve noticed often these last weeks that life can feel like a long walk through a valley darkened by But in Psalm 63, David sings of a far more pleasant shadow - the shadow of God’s wings.   Because you are my help, he writes, I sing in the shadow  of your wings.

could happen, but also undoubtedly would happen; but with respect to God it cannot possibly happen, since Notice that throughout this psalm, David doesn't call you to deny the reality that you see around you