God’s Word For Today

Text: Psalm 36:1-12 1 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. 3 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. 4 He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evi...

Text: Psalm 35:22-28 22 You have seen, O LORD; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me! 23 Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord! 24 Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me! 25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our heart's desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.” 26 Let them be...

Kindly open your Bible and read the following passages: Text: Psalm 34:1-22  ------------------------------------------------------------- THE LORD REDEEMS   It is a commitment of David to bless God at all times, no matter what the situation is. “I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad....

Text: Psalm 33:1-22 (ESV)   Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. 2 Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! 3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. 4 For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. 5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is ful...

God’s Word for Today 15 Aug 2023 -Psa 32:1-11 ESV THE BLESSING OF GOD’S FORGIVENESS For David, the blessed man is one who is forgiven by God. [see v.1]. A righteous and upright standing before the Lord should only be the cause of our rejoicing and gladness. Everything can be bought with money but not peace and gladness of heart. David has everything but guilt was eating him up. He testified; “3 Fo...

God’s Word for Today 14 Aug 2023 -Psa 31:1-24 ESV FOR YOU ARE MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESS David expressed his complete trust in God, who is always righteous. [Gen 18:25] God is an impregnable ‘Rock’ and ‘Fortress’ to him, unto whom David pleads for protection urgently.  In many instances, he was under attack (1 Sam 23:25 and 2 Sam 21:15). These are situations that made him physically and emotionally e...

Text: Psalm 30:1-12 1 I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me. 2 O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. 3 O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. 4 Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. 5 For his anger is but f...

Text: Psalm 29:1-11 1 Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness. 3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters. 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. 5 The voice of the LORD brea...

Text: Psalm 28:1-10 (ESV)   To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary. 3 Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in the...

Text: Psalm 27:1-14 (ESV)   1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. 3 Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. 4 One thing have I asked o...

God’s Word for Today 8 Aug 2023 Vindicate me, O LORD,     for I have walked in my integrity,     and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. 2 Prove me, O LORD, and try me;     test my heart and my mind. 3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes,     and I walk in your faithfulness. 4 I do not sit with men of falsehood,     nor do I consort with hypocrites. 5 I hate the assembly of evildoer...

God’s Word for Today 7 Aug 2023 -Psa 25:1-22 ESV MAKE ME TO KNOW YOUR WAYS, O LORD David ‘lift up his soul’ unto the Lord, signifying this prayer as an intense one. He prayed with great confidence.[v.3] He faces a perilous situation so he asked the Lord to preserve him from disgrace, either inflicted by his enemies.[v.2-3], even from his own failings. “The troubles of my heart are enlarged;     br...

Text: Psalm 24:1-10 1 The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, 2 for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. 3 Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. 5 He will...

Text: Psalm 23:1-6 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table befor...

Text: Psalm 22:1-11 (ESV) 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 4 In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. 5 To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted...

Text: Psalm 21:1-13   O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults! 2 You have given him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah 3 For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head. 4 He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever. 5 His glory is great through yo...

God’s Word for Today 1 Aug 2023 May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!     May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! 2 May he send you help from the sanctuary     and give you support from Zion! 3 May he remember all your offerings     and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah 4 May he grant you your heart's desire     and fulfill all your plans 5 May we shout for joy over...

God’s Word for Today 31 July 2023 The heavens declare the glory of God,     and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech,     and night to night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech, nor are there words,     whose voice is not heard. 4 Their voice goes out through all the earth,     and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, 5    ...

Text: Psalm 18:30-50 30 This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. 31 For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?— 32 the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless. 33 He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. 34 He trains my hands for war, so that my arms...

Text: Psalm 18:20-29 20 The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me. 23 I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt. 24 So the LORD has rewarded me accor...

Text: Psalm 18:1-19 (ESV)   I love you, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. 4 The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me; 5 the cords of Sheol ent...

Text: Psalm 17:8-15 (ESV)   8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, 9 from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. 10 They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly. 11 They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground. 12 He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in a...

God’s Word for Today 25 July 2023 -Psa 16:1-11 ESV YOU ARE MY LORD David had found God as his refuge. That is, God is his shelter, from threats or disasters as a tower or cave.  The English versions may read ‘I said to the Lord” but in Hebrew it is ‘You said to the Lord”, in which the ‘You’ David refers as the Messiah. David is the author of this psalm but he is writing as the prayer of the Messia...

God’s Word for Today 24 July 2023 O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent?     Who shall dwell on your holy hill? 2 He who walks blamelessly and does what is right     and speaks truth in his heart; 3 who does not slander with his tongue     and does no evil to his neighbor,     nor takes up a reproach against his friend; 4 in whose eyes a vile person is despised,     but who honors those who fear...

Text: Psalm 14:1-7 1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. 2 The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. 3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. 4 Have they no knowledge, all the...