Inward “I pondered the direction of my life and I turned to follow your laws.” Psalm 119:59 NLT Any type of conversion or repentant experience has to start with something. A person doesn’t just decide one day to change; there is usually some motivating factor. What leads a person to desire change for themselves? The [...]
“It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.” Psalm 119:71 NIV Instruction Every day we are learning. We learn from past experiences, we learn from what others teach us (erroneously or not), we learn from what we read, what we watch, what we absorb through various means of [...]
“When will you comfort me?” Psalm 119:82 NLT Expectation “I look to the Lord for help. I wait confidently for God to save me, and my God will certainly hear me.” Micah 7:7 I can’t think of anything much worse than getting the silent treatment, especially getting the silent treatment from God. Sometimes our afflictions [...]
“Before I was afflicted I went astray.” Psalm 119:67 NIV Preparation What types of events might you find yourself preparing for? Perhaps it’s a musical performance, teaching a class, taking a test, promoting a product, making a speech, or running in a marathon. At one time or another we have all experienced a time of [...]
“Those who wander from your commands are cursed.” Psalm 119:21 NLT Idols and Adultery “Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak lies against me. They do not cry out to me from their hearts, but wail [...]
“I consider all your precepts right.” Psalm 119:128 NIV Opinions What do you think about the word of God? It matters. What you think about the word of God will translate in to how you live the word of God. In some areas of spirituality our opinions really don’t matter. For instance, what we think [...]
“Righteous are you, O Lord, and your laws are right. The statutes you have laid down are righteous.” Psalm 119:137-138 NIV Balancing Act II As important as it is to stay balanced through our studies in the word of God, it is also important to stay balanced in our everyday life. When we are unbalanced [...]
“Your instructions are more valuable to me than millions in gold and silver.” Psalm 119:72 NLT Calculated How interesting. I find myself sitting to write and here I am talking about wealth and riches and what really matters in life when my husband has barely worked for the past two weeks. I just finished a [...]
