Psalm 30 Brothers and sisters in Christ, It has been a couple weeks since I sent out a psalm study, but here is the next one. Psalm 30 is both a psalm of trust and a psalm that sets itself in a specific historical circumstance. It is a psalm that...

Psalm 29 Brothers and sisters in Christ, Have you ever stood and watched a thunderstorm and simply been amazed at the power? Have you felt thunder that shook the house? Have you seen lightning that surprised you with its suddenness? Psalm 29 is a chance to sit and be amazed...

Psalm 28 Brothers and sisters in Christ, Here is another of the psalms studies. This week we look at Psalm 28. It is a wonderful prayer for those experiencing despair. In Psalm 28 David moves from moments of despair, when he wonders why God is silent with him to rejoicing...

Psalm 27 Brothers and sisters in Christ, We are surrounded by difficulties: pandemic, wildfires, poor air quality, social unrest. Psalm 27 comes to us for times such as these. David in the psalm gives us perspective, hope, and confidence. Yet the psalm also recognizes the truth that faith and fear,...

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (ESV)

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep....

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. (ESV)

He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” (ESV)

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. (ESV)

When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. (ESV)