Category Psalms

Table Prayer

Psalm 106:1b From little on, I remember our family saying the common table prayer before our meals. Part of that prayer is from Psalm 106 verse 6: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his mercy endures forever.…

A Blessed Life

Psalm 107:1 “I don’t believe in God but he must believe in me.” A friend of mine told me that a couple of times. He was an atheist and didn’t believe in God and at first I didn’t understand what…

Comfort in Depression

Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook Psalm 43:5 Recent research has revealed that 1.5%, 3.3 million people in the United States each year, are diagnosed with depression. 13% of the population is on antidepressant medication. Obviously depression is a…

God is our Ruler

Psalm 2:4-6 Who did you vote for in the last election? Now that’s a question that can get you into a heated debate. People have such strong opinions about who should be the President of the United States and who…

Family Devotions

Romans 1:16, Psalm 119:105 As a kid growing up I remember every evening my parents sitting down with us as a family at suppertime and after we got finished eating we would spend a little time in God’s Word. Reading…

Are you lonely?

Psalm 139:7 I’ve been surprised with how lonely life can feel. And you don’t have to be on some deserted island to experience it. Probably one of the loneliest parts of my life was when I was working in Western…

Why are we so busy?

Psalm 127:1-2 As a family sometimes our schedule can get crazy. We think about all the things we have to do: pick up Billy from school, drop off Johnny at soccer practice, bring Susie to ballet, and rush home for…

The Guilt of Sin

Psalm 32:5 I was having something like a pillow fight with my younger brother and sister we’d done it many times but this was different this time when I hit my sister in the back of the head, she pitched…

The Blessing of Children

Psalm 127:3-5 Back when I was in the military, one of my supervisors, a retired Air Force man, one day he was passing around a picture of him and his family. And I almost fell to my chair when I…