For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. Psalm 63:7 NASB Help – Psalm 63 seems to be filled with emotional contradictions. It begins with an agonizing plea. God is absent. The psalmist is in deep distress. We expect the lines to continue with yearning for connection, perhaps…
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NASB Help– The verb is an old friend, in fact, so old that it takes us back to the first “helper.”…
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Psalm 28:7 NASB Helped – So you’re up against it. That old feeling of helplessness, abandonment, anxiety, fear, worthlessness is back again. You thought you’d overcome it, but then something happened. Something you didn’t expect, weren’t prepared for. And suddenly you’re that little…
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow-citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, Ephesians 2:19 NASB Fellow-citizens – This word is sumpolitai. You can see the combination of sum and polites – literally “together with a citizen.” It is also translated “fellow-workers.” That is important because this…
For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says “Do not fear, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 NASB Help – It takes a long time to get to the place where we ask for help. We often know we need help but there is something in us that continues…
O Israel, you are destroyed, but your help is in Me! Hosea 13:9 Help – One of the most important themes of Scripture is the sovereignty over the history of men. This is a significant part of the Exodus drama. The prophets consistently proclaim God’s total control of the affairs of all men, righteous or…
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back, and tomorrow I will give,” when you have it by you. Proverbs 3:28 Neighbor – The scribe asked, “Who is my neighbor?” Yeshua answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. But we will miss some of the impact of this parable if we don’t…
A really great thing happened today. I opened the mail and there was a check from Eddie, a reader. What’s great about it is this: it was exactly the same amount that I sent last week to Kelly, another reader. It’s a God thing. I sent the money without knowing anything about Eddie’s contribution. He…
My friend, Amy Gomes, has been a beacon of light for disabled kids for many years. I have known about her efforts in the Ukraine, so I asked her to write about what she is doing so that all of you would know. What she isn’t telling you is that she has personally added debt…
“In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength.” But you were not willing. Isaiah 30:15 Repentance and Rest – “But I gotta’ do something!” That’s the approach we naturally take when it comes to crisis. We want action! Something’s got to happen. After all, if we just…
