“I love the Lord, because He hears
My voice and my supplications.
Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.
The cords of death encompassed me
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
found distress and sorrow.
Then I called upon the name of the Lord...
Context: Those who are in Christ Jesus are those who, by faith in Jesus Christ, walk (in conduct, in practice) not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit, in obedience to God. And those who are in Christ Jesus are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh...
“I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;
Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will dwell securely.
For You will not abandon...
Some of the professers of faith in Jesus Christ were taking one another to court with lawsuits against one another, and they were wronging and defrauding their professed brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus. And so Paul was confronting them on these issues. And then he said to them:
“Or do...
155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.
160 The sum of Your word is truth,
And every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting.
161 Princes persecute me without cause,
But my heart stands in awe of Your words.
162 I rejoice at Your word,
As one who finds...
“Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.”
“The sum of Your word is truth,
And every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting.” (Psalm 119:155,160 NASB1995)
Who are the wicked in the eyes of God? They are all who live wickedly, in practice. They are liars...
“Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign...
“Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand...
“I will give You thanks with all my heart;
I will sing praises to You before the gods.
I will bow down toward Your holy temple
And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.
On the day I called, You answered me...
“O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.
Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.” (Jeremiah...
“And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, ‘If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it...
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that...
My Refuge and My Fortress
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust!’” (Psalm 91:1-2 NASB1995)
If we, who believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, dwell...
Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” ~ John 8:12
In Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025, a horrifying act of violence shook a peaceful demonstration meant to bring awareness to hostages...
“But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated. For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and...
“For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more. To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law; to...