Devotions from March 2022

Passage Read: Psalm 7-10 Meditation Verses: 9:19-20 Lord, if You were to arise and judge the nations, who could stand? There is no one righteous, not even one. But You have sent Your Son to pay the penalty of all those who trust in Him.

Passage Read: Psalm 11-14 Meditation Verses: 14:2-4 The wicked endure and prosper and overcome the righteous. They do as they please on the earth and get away with much evil. Yet they are heaping up condemnation for themselves. They eat the righteous like bread, the…

Passage Read: Psalm 15-18 Meditation Verses: 17:2-6 David had confidence to invite God's judgment on him because he was sure that he walked faithfully in the Lord's ways. He did not fear the Lord's judgment, but rather was confident that the Lord would hear his…

Passage Read: Psalm 19-22 Meditation Verses: 22:21-22 When God delivers, when God answers prayer, He deserves to be praised for it. It is not merely that other believers need to know that He answers prayer, but that He deserves credit for saving His child! His…

Passage Read: Psalm 23-26 Meditation Verses: 25:8-10 Because the Lord is good, so He teaches sinners the way they should go. But of course, only those who are meek and humble will accept His guidance and actually follow in His ways. Only they receive and…

Passage Read: Psalm 27-30 Meditation Verses: 27:1-3 Ah, but I am afraid of these things, because I fear pain! David trusted that the Lord would deliver him, and he'd seen it many times. He fought against armies for the Lord and for His people, and…

Passage Read: Psalm 31-34 Meditation Verse: 34:21 Those who hate the righteous shall become guilty. The Lord will hold them accountable for all they did to the righteous in their hatred of them. He will charge them with sin if they do not repent. It…

Passage Read: Psalm 35-38 Meditation Verses: 37:10-13 There wicked seems to get anything they want. They seem to get away with all kinds of evil, whatever their heart desires. So it is tempting to envy them, to consider joining in with them and enjoy their…

Passage Read: Psalm 39-42 Meditation Verses: 42:9-11 It is not unusual for the oppressed to feel forsaken, especially when mocked for his faith in God. When his oppressors continually ask, where is your God, as they abuse the believer, it is no wonder that the…

Passage Read: Psalm 43-46 Meditation Verse: 44:22 The psalmist says that the people have done no wrong, yet they are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. They have been faithful to the Lord, but still they are given over to death all the day. Like…

Passage Read: Psalm 51-54 Meditation Verse: 51:13 This psalm is an amazingly full picture of true repentance. There is the shame over sin and the desire to be disciplined, that he might be cleansed of the sin, cleansed so that it doesn't come back. There…

Passage Read: Psalm 55-58 Meditation Verses: 56:4-6 What can the wicked do to me? They can pervert my words and say I said something I didn't say. They can watch me continually, looking for when I slip up, so that they can point it out…

Passage Read: Psalm 59-62 Meditation Verses: 59:11-13 It is interesting that David asks God to show no mercy to his enemies, to anyone plotting evil. Yet he does not want them wiped from the face of the earth, but humbled and broken, caught in their…

Passage Read: Psalm 63-66 Meditation Verses: 63:1-3 David wrote this while hiding from Saul in the wilderness of Judah. He was under continual threat, and there was no temple yet, only the Tabernacle, which he couldn't visit during this time. Yet he saw the Lord…

Passage Read: Psalm 67-70 Meditation Verses: 67:1-2 Lord, there are a variety of views on this campus about what everyone needs for growth and encouragement, and I am the least and newest of those voices. Is this a case where wisdom is proved right by…

Passage Read: Psalm 47-50 Meditation Verses: 50:16-20 There are those who think they belong to the Lord, because they speak His Word over themselves. They know some of His sayings and claim His promises for themselves. But they care nothing for His commands, they hear…