“Hear my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me.” Ps 27:7 The church has many organizers but few agonizers; many who pay, but few who pray; many resters, but few wrestlers; many who are enterprising, but few who are interceding. A worldly Christian will stop praying and a praying Christian will stop worldliness. Tithes may build a church but tears will give it life. That is “the difference between the modern church and the early...
Prayer and the Scourges of God “Hear my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me.” Ps 27:7 “It is necessary that we should be subject, from first to last, to the scourges of God, in order that we may from the heart call on him; for our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray.” John Calvin God uses our prayers in the midst of our problems to manifest...
“Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.” Ps 27:6 “Just as singing is a natural effect of joy in the heart so it has also a natural power of rendering the heart joyful…There is nothing that so clears away for your prayers, nothing that so disperses dullness of heart, nothing that so purifies the soul from poor...
“But be sure that you always out rejoice your adversaries. If something is worth fighting for, it is worth rejoicing over. And the joy is essential in the battle, for nothing is worth fighting for that will not increase our everlasting joy in God.” John Piper “One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the...
Psalm 27:4 One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. We must not think worse of him or his ways for the hardships we meet with his service. There is enough in God to furnish us with matter of joy in the...
A Fortress of Faith The LORD is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life — of whom shall I be afraid? Ps 27:1 A believer is to be known not only for his peace and joy; but by his warfare in distress. Robert Murray McCheyne Introduction: If you are a Christian, you are engaged in war. The moment you placed your faith in Jesus, you became a soldier in the army of God....
My Testimony: An Introduction Psalm 27 is like a dear and trusted friend to me. If you have ever had someone stand by your side during a very dark and painful time in your life, you know what I mean. It started several years ago, when I changed my normal devotional pattern from going through the entire Bible in a year, to focusing on one passage of Scripture. For 365 days, I meditated on Psalm 27. Early in the morning, I...
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