Category: Bible Reading
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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…
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When Trouble Comes – Psalm 9
I’ve never known how it feels to be one of our foster children, heartbroken because of separation from their birth families and living with people who don’t feel their brokenness the way they do. But right now, in the struggles I’m dealing with today, I need a place of refuge. I need a safe place to hide. I need to be…
