Author: Kathy Sheldon Davis
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Turning Sadness to Praise – Psalm 13
“How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?” (Psalm 13:1-2 ESV). Notice the “how long” question is never answered. I think that’s because what he really wants…
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The Power of God’s Words – Psalm 12
How important is God’s word? I like simple answers best. From Genesis 1 we read he spoke, and it came to be. His words have the power to create fireballs in the sky and cause microorganisms to swim. Minerals and elements, which he spoke into existence, come alive. In the book of John we learn…
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What Does God Hate? – Psalm 11
I don’t remember seeing a reference to God having a soul before. That’s one concept that caught my attention in Psalm 11. Another one is his extreme dislike of wickedness and violence. “The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence his soul hates” (Psalm 11:5 NIV). It’s disturbing to think of…
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No More Terror – Psalm 10
“Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, ‘He won’t call me to account’? But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless” (Psalm 10:13-14 NIV). The dictionary I…
