Psalm 103: When you count your blessings
Ever wonder what life would be like without the Lord? If sins kept piling up on our shoulders? If life’s problems were pushing our faces into the dirt? If death…
Psalm 91: When God lifts you up on his lap
Her little hand swatted my newspaper aside. “Grandpa, I talking to you,” she said. My granddaughter wanted to climb up on my lap and tell me something important. I was…
Psalm 4: When you draw nearer to the end
Times were tough for King David. His son Absalom had started a civil war, trying to wrest the kingdom from his father. The rebel forces had even forced David to…
Psalm 42: When you ask, “Where is God when I’m hurting?”
Do you know any super Christians, believers whose faith never stumbles on the road of life? But what about when the washouts and rockslides occur? Then we find out just…
Psalm 32: When you need forgiveness
What kind of sinner are you? Do you consider yourself mildly sinful, at least not as bad as others? Or do you realize how serious each sin is and what…
Psalm 130: When rocks fall
“DANGER! Falling Rocks!” the sign said. We were traveling down a secondary road alongside a steep cliff in the mountains of Colorado. What should we do? Turn the car engine…
Midweek Bible class functions as family
“Let us not give up meeting together” (Hebrews 10:25 NIV84) is a directive that the Wednesday morning Bible class at Good Shepherd, West Bend, Wis., has taken to heart. Not…
The book of James: Waiting for Christ’s return
Christ is coming! That was the Old Testament believers’ great hope. He did come to lowly crib and cross to save the world. Christ is coming! That is the New…
The book of James: Active in using prayer
From Jesus comes an example of how to pray. On the mountaintops and in the Garden of Gethsemane, he prayed for strength to do his Father’s will. From Jesus also…