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.” As we discussed yesterday, for David “the house of the LORD” was the very presence of God on earth.  With that…

Psalm 26, verse 8 “I love the house where You live, O LORD, the place where Your glory dwells.” Of course, when David was writing this psalm he was speaking of the tabernacle (and prophetically of the temple which would be built by his son, Solomon). For David, this was the very dwelling place, the presence of God on earth. When I prayed this…

Here’s how I started my day this morning, praying from Psalm 25:4-5, 7, 11, 16a & 18b. (Maybe after you read it, you can pray it too). “Show me Your ways, teach me Your paths. (THANK YOU that You are and will continue to do so as I seek You) for You are God, my Savior and my hope is in You…

Psalm 54:4 is a great way to start our day with praise, “Surely God is my help.  The LORD is the One Who sustains me.”  And the psalm closes with these words, “I will praise Your Name, O LORD, for it is good.” (Verse 6b) Will you pause, right now and offer Your praise to Him?  Perhaps offer a prayer as simple as this, “I praise Your Name,…

Today we come to another one of “my favorite psalms”: Psalm 23.  In our Praying Through the Names of God group on Wednesday evenings, one of the Names we will be praying in Jehovah – Rohi  which is Hebrew for The Lord My Shepherd.  Here is my prayer that I prayed this morning praying through this beautiful Name of the LORD from Psalm 23: “I praise  Your Name,…

Psalm 22 is one of the famous “Messianic Psalms.” Many of the verses describe Jesus Christ’s experience on the cross.  (see verses 6-8, 12-18) but today I choose other verses.  Verses 9-10, “You brought me out of the womb; You made me trust in You, even at my mother’s breast.  From birth I was cast upon You, from my mothers’ womb You have been my God.”  Those of…

Psalm 19  Since we had an entire sermon on this psalm recently, allow me to simply share from a prayer in my journal this morning.  “Thank You LORD for Your Word / the Bible.  It is “perfect” (verse 7a).  It does “revive my soul.” (verse 7b).  It does “give joy to my heart.” (verse 8b).  By Your Word, “I am warned and You keep me from evil and in keeping / obeying it I trust, one day,…

Day 18 Psalm 18  I’ve told you before, Psalm 18 is one of my very favorite psalms.  Verse 1, “I love You, O LORD, my strength.” Has become a prayer I pray several times every day. It’s the only verse of the Bible I know in three languages, English, Spanish and Mandarin.  And then verse 2 has so many Names / Titles for the LORD: “The LORD is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer.  My…

Psalm 17  In my Bible I have written two notes in the column of  this psalm: Verse 3b  “I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.”  Next to it I wrote, “My goal!”  Proverbs has a lot to say about our mouth and our words.  Probably James put it best in the New Testament, “All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being…

Psalm 16  As I read this psalm there were three verses where David’s words were also my words of praise.  I prayed/praised them right back to the LORD.  Why don’t you go ahead and do the same.  “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.  Lord You have assigned me my portion and my cup; You have made my…