Psalm 27 Thinking and praying over the following verses: You have said, “Seek My face.” My heart says to You, “Your face, LORD, do I seek.” Hide not Your face from me. (vv. 8-9a) As I ponder, clearly I am not asking to see the Lord’s face, but I am asking for a deepening of …
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March 19 / Psalm 26
Psalm 26 A couple of small items come to mind quickly today. First is Kathy’s comment yesterday about David’s arrogance. With her comment in mind, it’s easy to read today’s Psalm and see an arrogant David. Twice he says he will walk in his integrity (vv. 1, 11). But don’t we all try to do …
March 18 / Psalm 25:12-22
Psalm 25:12-22 Continuing David’s lament… Both yesterday and today (vv. 8-10, 12-14) David goes off his first-person speaking directly to the Lord and moves to third-person reflections. In so doing he sets a balance for the Psalm – seven personal verses early and seven personal verses later (plus that “outlier” verse 22), with the two …
March 17 / Psalm 25:1-11
Psalm 25:1-11 You may have noticed that many Psalms have 22 verses – Psalm 25 today, Psalms 33, 34 later this month; Psalm 119 much later with 176 verses is actually 8 x 22. When you see a Psalm with 22 verses, it is typically the case that each verse begins with a different letter …
March 16 / Psalm 24
Psalm 24 I think context helps for us to understand or even embrace Psalm 24. I saw at least four contexts that helped me to look at the Psalm differently each time I read it. My first context was simple enough – all of us joining one another at church on Sunday mornings. Who may …
March 15 / Psalm 23
Psalm 23 Back to the Psalms! After a month and a half of Job – all of February and half of March – we now move back to the Psalms through March and all of April. Thank you, John, for your wonderful, enlightening leadership of Job. I can’t even begin to lead our group through …
March 2022 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Mar Job 29 25 02-Mar Job 30 31 03-Mar Job 31 40 04-Mar Job 32 22 05-Mar Job 33 33 06-Mar Job 34 37 07-Mar Job 35 16 08-Mar Job 36 33 09-Mar Job 37 24 10-Mar Job 38 41 11-Mar Job 39 30 12-Mar Job 40 32 13-Mar Job 41 26 …
February 1 / Job 1
The Lord gave Satan permission to afflict Job: “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not reach out and put your hand on him.” (v. 12a) So what did Satan do? He afflicted Job four different times – the Sabean attack, killing or stealing the oxen and the donkeys; fire from heaven destroying …
February 2022 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Feb Job 1 22 02-Feb Job 2 13 03-Feb Job 3 26 04-Feb Job 4 21 05-Feb Job 5 27 06-Feb Job 6 30 07-Feb Job 7 21 08-Feb Job 8 22 09-Feb Job 9 35 10-Feb Job 10 22 11-Feb Job 11 20 12-Feb Job 12 25 13-Feb Job 13 28 …
January 31 / Psalm 22:22-31
As Debbie posted two days ago, Psalm 22 ends with praise. It’s intriguing to imagine Jesus praying this portion of the psalm while He is dying on the cross. Maybe that’s a lesson – in the midst of the hardest hardships, maybe the best response is praising God for His goodness, for all that He …