Tag: trust
What Trusting God Looks Like – Psalms 70+71
In our Wednesday Bible study this past week, the issue of trust came up. One of the participants asked why certain people didn't believe the gospel. That led to a brief discussion on why people also don't trust the LORD. Lack of belief and trust among non-believers is a matter…
A Mindset of Faith – Psalms 61-63
Back in Psalms 23+24 we talked about mindset. We talked about how the way we think – the mindset that dominates our thinking – directly impacts the way we live. It directly impacts how we view the world and interact with it. Today's study takes this mindset idea a step…
Regardless… God – Psalms 58-60
We have this idiom, "It is what it is." It's a pragmatic way to say that we accept the way things are because we are powerless to to anything about them. But there's a better way than pragmatism. Instead of 'it is what it is', how about 'God is who…
What Trusting God Looks Like – Psalms 55-57
Throughout our study of psalms over the last several months, I have gone of my way to encourage you to trust the LORD; to trust God and let him do his thing. But earlier this week, while I was going through my morning reading, God challenged me with a simple…
Lots of Reasons to Praise – Psalms 32+33
This week is Thanksgiving week. Need a reason to be thankful? Psalms 32+33 give us 10 reasons; perhaps more depending on how you read them. Regardless, we of all people should be grateful. And our gratitude should be seen by others as we offer daily praise to our God and…
Praise Instead of Pity – Psalms 30+31
As counselors, the most difficult people pastors have to work with are those mired in self-pity. The rebels don't last long because they don't want to be helped. Those who do truly want help and respond positively reap the benefits of doing so. But the person mired in self-pity is…
Devotion: A Humble Heart Can Trust the Scriptures
I Cor. 2:12-16 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but…
Everybody Believes in Something – Jn. 5:32-48
Do you remember Frank Zappa? He was a spaced-out musician, writer, and artist known for the bizarre. My guess is that he wasn’t a Christian believer. But even he was capable of demonstrating wisdom from time to time. As a case in point, Zappa once said, “Everybody believes in something…