When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. Proverbs 10:19 It is hard to be wrong. Most of us prefer to think, “Right again,” while patting our own backs. Wrong words are easy to come by: To a friend already in a tough spot To a…
Read MoreThen I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. Daniel 9:3 A friend invited me to pray about a situation in her life. She felt the issue was big enough that she was going too fast. She had recently…
Read MoreDo not say, “I will repay evil”: wait for the LORD and He will deliver you. Proverbs 20:22 I love that picture of God looking down on our circumstances. He sees all that is completely out of our range of sight. As we look at it from a horizontal view, we see only what is…
Read MoreGive ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace. Psalm 86:6 It’s easy to get disgusted with ourselves for a repeated sin. In the moment, we swear we will never do this thing again. We forget that we have made the same promise hundreds of times before. It seems rational to…
Read MoreBut the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, Psalm 103:17 My maternal grandmother died when I was four. I don’t remember much about her. I was almost forty when I came to faith in Jesus Christ. Within a few…
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