January 06, 2016
Psalm 119 is, in reality, one long prayer to God about the blessing, and study, and obedience to God through His Word. The writer is praying deeply and specifically, as he approaches God's Word. We should do the same.
It is impossible to understand God's Word without God's help! And just as understanding is impossible without God, so is obedience. We need HIM and so everyday we should come to God's Word with humble dependency, expressed in prayer.
Look at the PRAYERS and some of the PURPOSES/END RESULTS of the PRAYERS in Psalm 119:33-40.
PRAYER: vs. 33: Teach me…the way of Your statutes
PURPOSE: …and I shall observe it to the end
PRAYER: vs. 34: Give me understanding
PURPOSE: …that I may observe Your law and keep it with all my heart
PRAYER: vs. 35: Make me walk in the path of Your commandments vs. 36: Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to dishonest gain Vs. 37: turn away my eyes from looking at vanity
PURPOSE: …and revive me in Your ways
PRAYER: vs. 38: establish Your word to Your servant
PURPOSE: vs. 38: as that which produces reverence for You
The Bible is like no other book. It is alive because the Author is right beside us (within us actually), explaining and empowering us to live it out by His grace! Prayer and the Word are so synonymous that you cannot do one without the other. Bible reading is, in reality, nothing more nor less than communion with God and this communion changes our lives forever!
March 11, 2025
God knows what He is about. Always include in your request the greatest prayer—the prayer of surrender. “Lord, Your will be done.” This is the prayer, when humbly prayed, that will always be answered and yield the most valuable result from the God who loves us best ... even if the answer is hard.
March 05, 2025
Every created man or woman must make their choice. What will you do with God? Will you embrace or reject Him? Draw near or run away? Trust and serve Him or doubt God and serve yourself? This foundational choice determines everything.
March 04, 2025
As you evaluate your faith, is it “God and?” God and others. God and the world’s ideas. God and my best thoughts thrown in. God and some money. God and a clear path. Or simply: God. Are you vainly clinging to the idea that you need more than Him?
