Posts Tagged with "Psalms"

"All who have known the enveloping pressure of a dark mood can be grateful for the candor of this fellow-sufferer, but also for his courage." Derek Kidner "On a calm, trouble free-day, the answer to the questions in verses 7-9 would be obvious, but, in this apparently prolonged period of soul-destroying adversity, the psalmist can ask the questions but, on the basis of ex...

"There is an infectious delight and touching gratitude about this psalm" Derek Kidner "A blessed declaration every believer ought to be able to declare without the slightest hesitationIt is a great thing to say 'I love the Lord', for the sweetest of all graces and the surest of all evidences of salvation is love." Charles Spurgeon "Prayer is putting our needs into words....

"Restore to me the joy of your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways and sinners will return to you." Psalm 51:12-13 "David said to Nathan, 'I have sinned against the Lord.' And Nathan said to David, 'The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.'" 2 Samuel 12:13 "Evil tastes good, but evil always leads to naus...

"The Psalmist does not ascend into the chair to dispute after the manner of the Philosophers, and to deliver his discourse in a style of studied oratory; but, as if he had escaped from hell, he proclaims with a loud voice, and with impassioned feeling, that he had obtained the victory." -John Calvin "There were crowns for the reprobates and crosses for the elect. Strange ...

This post is based on C.J. Mahaney's sermon, A New Year's Resolution, given on January 1, 2016. During this time of New Year's resolutions, Sunday's sermon reminded us that there is "one thing" that we should set our hearts on accomplishing this year: to gaze upon the beauty and majesty of God. Read Psalm 27:1-6. In verse 3, David says, "Though an army encamp against me...