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PSALM 84 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they will still be praising You (Ps. 84:4). The Bible’s emphasis on the community aspect of the Christian life is undeniable. The church is not simply a collage of individuals who act independently of one another. It is a building (1 Cor. 3:9), a body … Continue reading “WORSHIPING TOGETHER”

REVELATION 21 “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall he His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God” (Rev. 21:3). When we contemplate heaven, we often wonder “What will I look like?” “What age will I be?” “Will I know anyone?” … Continue reading “A LOOK AT HEAVEN”

PSALM 81 “There shall be no foreign god among you; nor shall you worship any foreign god. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt” (Ps. 81:9–10). Today we return to our study of the Psalms. In Psalm 81:8 God declares that He is the God of Israel, … Continue reading “I AM YAHWEH”

2 TIMOTHY 4 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith (2 Tim. 4:7). When Paul faced death, he possessed a great assurance of his eternal life with God—an assurance that was anchored in faith as he put his hope in a risen Savior. Paul’s confidence rested … Continue reading “DYING IN FAITH”

2 CORINTHIANS 1 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ (2 Cor. 1:5). A common prayer in the face of suffering is that God miraculously deliver us from our pain. Is this kind of prayer wrong? While it is certainly not wrong to pray that God … Continue reading “EXPECTING MIRACLES”

PSALM 80 Look down from heaven and see, and visit this vine and the vineyard which Your right hand has planted (Ps. 80:14b–15a). Psalm 80 describes God’s people as a vine and a vineyard. This metaphor of the church extends into the New Testament where the root of the vine is Christ (Rom. 11:18), and … Continue reading “A VINE OUT OF EGYPT”

HEBREWS 13 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through His own blood (Heb. 13:12 niv). Sometimes God calls certain people to suffer and perhaps even to die. We discover this truth in the lives of at least three people in Scripture: Job, the blind man in John … Continue reading “SUFFERING: A VOCATION”

PSALM 77 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing … (Psalm 77:2). In John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, he writes of an incident when the main character, Christian, is trapped in a dark castle, held in chains by a dreadful giant. The castle … Continue reading “COMFORT IN PRAYER”

PSALM 78 For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children (Psalm 78:5). The training of our children is an important mandate established by God in the Scriptures. God chose Abraham to be a father of a … Continue reading “TRAINING OUR CHILDREN”

PSALM 79 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those who are around us (Psalm 79:4). Persecution against the church is ultimately rebellion against God. When someone wrongly criticizes the church or individual members, that person opposes the very glory of God. Therefore, because the natural man is at … Continue reading “PREPARING FOR PERSECUTION”