Intermittent fasting (I.F.) might be one of the world’s most popular fitness trends today. Fasting entails eating little or nothing at all. The vast majority of diets focus on what you do or do not eat. I.F. focuses on when you eat. I started I.F. because I realized that I was having breakfast in the …
There’s something about fire Holy Spirit’s fabulous attire. Flames flickering hither and yon. There’s something about fire. Familiar to us all, Yet formidable, indomitable. Evoking danger, invoking desire. There’s something about fire. It warms our frames and cooks our food, Fuels tall tales as we gather around it, mesmerized, hypnotized. It purges forest floors, – …
Psalm 146-150 marks the grand finale of the psalms which crescendo in praise, upon mounting praise, upon high, high praise! A devotional on Psalm 146 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I …
A devotional of Psalm 126 1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. God’s restoration in our lives is as a dream. It seems unreal and inexplicable. Frequently it is hard to connect the dots of his favor. All we know is we were as those who slumber …
A devotional on Psalm 125 1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. I n psalms 89, 101, and 102 we studied the word ethan which means rock-solid and unshakable. Please revisit those wonderful devotionals. Immovable is your identity believer. Do you behave like it …
A devotional of Psalm 119:33-64 ה He 33 Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end. We saw yesterday that being in the Word learning the way requires discipline and strength. To follow it to the end, we must also grow in endurance. This is not a …
A devotional on Psalm 118 1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; because his mercy endures forever! Give thanks – yadah – to the Lord. That means throw, shoot, or cast the hand out as to launch a weapon; worship with extended hands; give thanks and praise; to confess sin. Yad …
A devo on Psalm 117 Guzik quotes Boice in stating that Martin Luther expounded this brief psalm into the following categories: (1) prophecy (the Gentiles will participate in gospel blessings), (2) revelation (the kingdom of Christ is not earthly and temporal but rather heavenly and eternal), (3) instruction (we are saved by faith alone and …
A devotional on Psalm115 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! The Lord has promised us abundant glory – kabod kabod – especially in glory. It’s doubled because it’s going to be good good! When God sets up …
A devotional on Psalm 114 1 When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3 The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. 5 What ails you, O sea, …