O Lord, do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you. (Psalm 125:4) What if members of an orchestra determined their own pitch? Rather than tuning to Concert A, they use their own subjective tuning fork? What would that sound like? Just imagine. We live in a world where the…

What if the Lord had not been on our side? Let all Israel repeat: What if the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us? They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger. The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us. Yes, the raging waters of…

The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. (Psalm 121:7,8) When our oldest child was three months old, I purchased a ticket to fly with her from the Toronto area, where we were living, to Minnesota…

“O Lord, listen to my cry; give me the discerning mind you promised.” (Psalm 119:169) Today we echo the prayer that David prayed for a decisive mind. God’s Word is able to renew, restore, and transform our minds, healing the damage that our sin and trauma have caused. With His Word in our minds and…

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