I love watching movies that bring out fear in me. I love the suspense, I love the action, and I love the unknown. I love getting scared and the fear that builds up as the music builds to let you know SOMETHING is about to happen! What I love most about these kinds of movies? They aren’t my life. The truth? I struggle enough with … Continue reading Confronting Fears
Psalm 116 is a personal psalm of thanksgiving. As the psalmist is either in, or just through a time of trial and fear, they declare that the God who delivers ALWAYS delivers. And for that…they will praise him! Continue reading Psalm 116: A Personal Psalm of Thanksgiving
Psalm 111 is an “acrostic” mini psalm that encourages the believer to know God in all the ways knowing knows…including Fear. Continue reading Psalm 111: A Psalm of Loving Fear
What does it mean to have “fear” as part of your worship of God? To many people, yours truly included, “fear” and “worship” just don’t seem to go together. But should they? Psalm 95 encourages us to find space for that. Continue reading Psalm 95: A Psalm of “Fearing” the Lord
Psalm 93 is one of 6 that falls under this “enthronement” header where they simply declare who God is. It’s a short psalm but is extremely effective in relaying the thoughts of the psalmist and inviting us to understand them and find our own “thoughts” on the power and strength of God. Continue reading Psalm 93: A Psalm of Power and Awe
Do me a favor and please read Psalm 67. I love how this psalm is simple and to the point. It’s a psalm of blessings that I can see giving to a friend as we depart, a psalm of blessings that would work wonderfully to close out a worship service, because it’s a psalm of blessings of hopeful praise and a simple psalm of thankful … Continue reading Psalm 67: A Petitional-Psalm of Blessings
Do me a favor and please read Psalm 59. Our psalm today is one that is very similar to psalms 57-58 where there is a request/petition to be delivered from some type of enemy – and while we don’t know WHO the enemy is many speculate that it is some foreign adversary – but again, this is purely speculation. And so really what we need … Continue reading Psalm 59: A Psalm of Protection
