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I was reading II Chronicles 2 this week and got inspired, the first verse says that Solomon was determined to build a house for the Lord, he asked God to allow him to do what his father David desired to do but couldn’t. When God released hi…

How do you praise God? From what emotions does your praise come? David tells us in Psalms 63:5, “I will praise Him with joyful lips.” Joy is not the same thing as happiness. Happiness means that I need something to “happen” to make me happy. Not e…

Psalms 63:5 says, “My soul shall be satisfied.” This entire Psalm is about the joy that the fellowship of the Lord brings to one’s life. As David makes this statement, he is telling us that God alone has satisfied him. We live in a world where many …

Last month, I competed in my gym’s annual ironman competition. Now before you call me a liar or get impressed, they give us a month to complete the ironman verses the insane people who can achieve it in 1 day or less. If you don’t know what it takes to…

Today, I am going to continue to look at Psalms 63 and in particular verse 4. Here David says, “I will praise you as long as I live.” I other words, “as long as there is breath in my body, I will praise you.” David understood that his real life purp…

I’ve often counseled people to strive to be life-long learners. I really believe that we all should continue to learn, grow and stretch ourselves in our particular field and especially in His Word. Well, after completing my doctorate a few years ago I’ve really stunk it up on the continual learner thing. Yeah, I’ve been […]

In Psalms 63:3, David prays to God and says, “Your Lovingkindness is BETTER than life.” Wow! What a statment. In other words, without God’s love life isn’t worth living. There is nothing in this life better than God’s love toward us. The Bible tea…