Psalm 1:4 “The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.” God desires that His children think His thoughts. The first three verses of Psalm 1 reveal that He will bless those who meditate on His Word daily. The Bible is God’s thoughts to us. It is His Word… Read More »
Psalm 1:3 “And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” Yesterday, I talked about how and why meditation is so necessary to receiving God’s blessing. It is also essential to… Read More »
Psalm 1:2 “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” There are many ideas out there about how to be blessed. Some of the strongest blessings are related to the Word of God. The above verse is a clear example of this principle.… Read More »
Psalm 1:1 “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” In the first chapter of the Psalms, God, through David, reveals the kind of person He wants to bless. These blessings are not necessarily earthly… Read More »
Psalm 63:7,8 “Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.” In the midst of his trials, David proclaimed that God had been his help all along. God never forsook him or proved Himself unfaithful. He kept… Read More »
Genesis 13:14 “And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward.” When Abraham’s and Lot’s cattle became too many for them to live together, Abraham gave Lot the first choice of… Read More »
Joshua 1:8 “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” Not long ago, the business… Read More »
Psalm 16:11 “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” There is a real difference between what the world calls happiness and Biblical joy. Some Christians think they are the same thing. Happiness is largely based on circumstances. When… Read More »
II Chronicles 17:3-5a “And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand.”… Read More »