Psalms 133-134 Dear RTB’ers, Only six verses today – not a lot to choose from! But for me one verse clearly stands out, Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! (v. 133:1) Unity is good and pleasant, but disunity brings bitterness and discord. Sadly, when I think of disunity, divisiveness, …
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September 17 / Psalm 132
Psalm 132 Dear RTB’ers, Hello from Nitra, SK! Carol and I are at our new home in Slovakia for the next three months. I have long tried to get my comments posted before 9:00 am each day. I should have little trouble doing that for the rest of this year, since we are six hours …
September 16 / Psalms 130-131
Psalms 130-131 Dear RTB’ers, I am sitting in an airport in Brussels, Belgium, waiting for a connecting flight to Vienna, then on to Nitra, Slovakia where Carol and I will spend the next three months. I have left behind my Study Bible and our Search the Scriptures companion book, so I will be a bit …
September 15 / Psalms 127-129
Psalms 127-129 Dear RTB’ers, Since we began with Psalm 120 a few days ago we have been reading psalms with an introductory title, “A Song of Ascents”. That will continue for another five psalms. Scholars agree that these songs of ascents were likely sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem for one of the three annual …
September 14 / Psalms 124-126
Psalms 124-126 Dear RTB’ers, Yesterday’s word was “protection”. That same word jumped out at me today: If it had not been the LORD who was on our side… when people rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us up alive… Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be …
September 13 / Psalms 122-123
Psalms 122-123 Dear RTB’ers, Jerusalem. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. May peace be within your walls and prosperity within your palaces.” (vv. 122:6-7) Our world leaders have somehow managed peace in Jerusalem these days, although there is probably tension among the residents that we don’t see. We can’t …
September 12 / Psalms 120-121
Psalms 120-121 Dear RTB’ers, Yesterday’s word was deliverance; today it’s protection, almost every verse in Psalm 121. Two halves of the same coin…? In a sense, if we are not protected, we may need deliverance. So with both words we are appealing to God for His assistance. Carol and I tend to travel a lot …
September 11 / Psalm 119:153-176
Psalm 119:153-176 Dear RTB’ers, 9/11. Twenty-five years. So long ago, and yet, not so long… A day for us to remember and pray. Today we finish Psalm 119. A very different Psalm than any of the others. Twenty-two stanzas, eight verses each, with at least six of those eight synonyms (precepts, decrees, etc.) in each …
September 10 / Psalm 119:129-152
Psalm 119:129-152 Dear RTB’ers, I am a regular at our 12-step group, Freedom Road. There I have seen people who in their lives have lived through the following verse: Keep steady my steps according to Your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. (v. 133) Addiction is an iniquity that can overcome us. …
September 9 / Psalm 119:105-128
Psalm 119:105-128 Dear RTB’ers, How often have I had to say in my heart, “You are God, I am not.” I look at the world around me and see so many wrong things and I wonder, why doesn’t God act? Our psalmist must have had the same thoughts, It is time for the LORD to …