…our very identity is as those loved by God…. We are to love as those who have been loved, are loved, and will always be loved.– Stanley D. Gale in A Vine-Ripened Life
Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today? Use those words to talk to the Lord.
Here are some good thoughts from Donald Whitney:
Here are three recent posts related to religious liberty:
Washington Florist Loses Discrimination Case – Bonnie Pritchett (World)
Submit to the New Sexual Orthodoxy or Risk Losing Everything – Denny Burk
Will Trump Defend Religious Liberty Against the LGBT Agenda? – Joe Carter (TGC)
Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today? Use those words to talk to the Lord.
The more light we have, the more we see our own sinfulness; the nearer we get to heaven, the more we are clothed with humility. – J. C. Ryle
(31-40) Read 38:15. Again and again in these psalms, we are encouraged to wait on the Lord. What do you think that means? Give an example of when you have had to wait upon the Lord.
For what situations in your life today do you need to wait upon the Lord?
In the following verses, what words further describe what this waiting should look like? Or not look like? How do each of these ideas apply to your current life situation?
31:24 –
33:20-22 –
37:7-9, 34 –
39:7 –
40:1 –
(31-40) What are we encouraged to do again and again in these verses: 31:6,14-15; 32:10, 33:21, 37:3,5; 40:3-4? How is this related to waiting?
(31-40) What incentives does God give us to wait upon Him (33:20, 38:15, 40:1)?
What further incentives do we find in 31:19, 34:8, 36:7-9?
How do these incentives encourage you to wait on the Lord in your current life situation?
(31-40) Which verse(s) or psalm especially speaks to you, and why?
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
A Simple Way to Pray Every Day – Nick Aufenkamp (DG)
The problem of our prayerlessness is not simply with our smartphones or schedules. The problem is with our hearts. So, if we really want to grow in our prayer life, we must take aim at something much deeper than surface distractions: our most inward affections and desires.
Pride Is Poisoning Your Happiness – Jonathon Woodyard (DG)
But how do we lean away from pride and toward humility? There are a number of strategies for the fight, but let me focus on just one: consider fighting pride with pleasure.
How Much Entertainment Is Too Much? – Tim Challies
It is good for us to consider the place of entertainment in the Christian life. What is the purpose of entertainment? How much is enough? How much is too much?
Boring Church Services Changed My Life – Daniel Darling (CT)
Because somewhere in your congregation are children singing words they don’t know, listening to Scripture they don’t understand, and fighting sleep during a sermon that doesn’t hold their interest. They don’t realize it yet, but the Spirit of God is pressing the gospel message, through yet another “boring” church service, deep within their hearts.
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day!
See Jesus teaching by the sea
Calling Levi to follow
See Levi throwing a party
So Jesus his friends will know
See Jesus with sinners eating
And hear the proud Pharisees
Hear Jesus to sinners calling
Sinners just like you and me
Tell me the story of Jesus
Write on my heart ev’ry word
Tell me the story most precious
That I might live what I’ve heard
(Some words by Fanny Crosby, to the tune of “Tell Me the Story of Jesus”)
Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today? Use those words to talk to the Lord.
Brian J. Mikul 