You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the LORD your God. … Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD. Continue Reading “God’s Laws – 1”
Category: 2 Samuel
The Kindness of God – 1
Praise be to the Lord the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. Continue Reading “The Kindness of God – 1”
Easter Week – 20: Saturday Before Easter – Darkness 2
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness. Continue Reading “Easter Week – 20: Saturday Before Easter – Darkness 2”
A Different Strength
The joy of the Lord is your strength … The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace … Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always … The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. Continue Reading “A Different Strength”
The Lord is … 2
Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed. Continue Reading “The Lord is … 2”
God’s Desires – 1
Praise be to the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the LORD your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness. Continue Reading “God’s Desires – 1”
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer
As for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay. … Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. … When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. … LORD, my strong deliverer. Continue Reading “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer”
You are my strength … You God are my fortress
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior. … The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. Continue Reading “You are my strength … You God are my fortress”
Weeping may remain for a night but rejoicing comes in the morning
Those who go out weeping, will return with songs of joy. … For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. … No one should be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them. In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. … I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. Continue Reading “Weeping may remain for a night but rejoicing comes in the morning”
He was despised and rejected by mankind
He was … a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Continue Reading “He was despised and rejected by mankind”