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What Can We Give to God?

Psalm 29:2 “Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” God is entitled to our worship and our praise. We should give Him glory not because just because we want to, because He asks for it, but because it is due Him. His name is [...]

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God is the Strength of Our Lives

Psalm 27:1 “The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid.” The love David has for the Lord is far beyond what most people experience.  He does not just trust in the Lord for eternal salvation; he revels [...]

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What More Could You Want?

Psalm 23:1 “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Much of the commercial world is built on the instinctive desire of man to want things.  Even if we don’t need things, advertisers appeal to our wants. The writer of Psalm 23 has gotten to a place that most people want to get to [...]

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What Will It Take to Satisfy Us?

Psalm 17:15 “As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.” The author of this psalm contrasts His own desires with the desires of his enemies.  His enemies… Oppressed him and compassed him Speak proudly Are greedy of prey like a lion He seeks [...]

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Where are the Godly and Faithful Men?

Psalm 12:1-2 “Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.” David is talking about an age-old problem – the lack of godly and faithful men.  He is praying [...]

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The Blessed Man

Psalm 1:1-2 “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” I don’t know about you, but [...]

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The Value of Job’s Trials

No one can deny that Job went through incredible trials in his life losing all of his children and everything that belonged to him.  But what came out of his trails.  Was anything good accomplished through it?  I am not suggesting that this list includes everything, but here are a few good things that I [...]

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Only One Opinion Matters

Job 36:1-2 “Elihu also proceeded, and said, Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.” Elihu is the youngest of Job’s friends and the last to speak.  Because he held his tongue and spoke last, he feels that he is the most humble, most spiritual, and [...]

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Things Don’t Always Work Out the Way We Want Them To

Job 29:1-2 “Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;” In this chapter, Job bemoaned the fact that things changed in his life.  He regreted that his circumstances have changed.  He wanted things to go back to the way they were. [...]

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The Source of Wisdom

Job 10:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. In this chapter, Job is talking about how rare wisdom is.  He talks about how silver and gold and other precious stones, though very rare, can be mined from the earth, yet [...]

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