As many of you may know, the Book of Psalms is traditionally divided into five sections or “books”, which mirror the five books of the Torah. Today’s passage is from Psalm 107 which is titled “Book Five” as it begins the final section of Psalms 107 – 150. Let’s not

In today’s passage, we witness David’s trust and surrender to the Lord as he cries out for the Lord’s help. Within the first 15 verses of Psalm 55, David shared his overwhelming distress with the Lord. Many theologians believe that David wrote Psalm 55 when his third son, Absalom, rebelled

Today, we are going to continue with Paul and a part of his message to the Romans. Despite the fact that Paul wrote this message approximately 1,970 years ago, we need to remember that the Word of God is alive; and by the work of the Holy Spirit, the Word

Friends, if you’ve been reading along these past couple of weeks, you know that I love digging into the original meaning of the Biblical text and seeking the Holy Spirit’s guidance to apply the meaning to my life (which is called Biblical hermeneutics). At the same time, and as I

Friends, when we find ourselves in difficult circumstances, I think we can all agree that it is often tough to see God’s bigger picture. I’m sure we’ve all gone through a time that felt terrible, but later we were able to see there were blessings in the midst of the

Years ago, in a devotion about Psalm 138, Pastor Mary quoted the first line I’m sharing with you from Thomas Merton’s “Thoughts in Solitude” (1956), page 33, and I want to reshare that line and a few more: “To be grateful is to recognize the love of God is everything