“This is a Messianic psalm where the psalmist is contemplating the covenant that God made with David. It is a beautiful psalm that expresses God’s faithfulness and unfailing promises.”

“… sometimes we focus on what we don’t have or what we wish we had and lose sight of how fortunate we really are by comparison to the rest of the world.”

“As a prison Chaplain I am in the business of mending men. Every day I work with broken men who are wounded, hurt, angry, and frustrated by life and the bad choices they have made that have cost them so much.”

“I wasn’t raised in church, so whenever I heard someone say that you had to believe on Jesus in order to be saved and go to heaven, I didn’t understand why God made that the criteria for getting there.”

“While it is certainly true that this verse teaches God’s unconditional love toward sinners, that is not the point that the Apostle Paul is making in this chapter. “

“No doubt all of us have experienced at one time or another hope deferred sickening our heart (Prov. 13:12). It’s not a fun thing to experience. No one wants that to happen, but when it does, how should we handle it?”

“I was completely charmed by her (she was so bubbly and friendly) …that is until she asked me if I knew Jesus and invited me to her church. Then things turned awkward.”

“God doesn’t do good things for us because we will do what is right. No, He does good because He is good, even if we don’t do what is right! “

“Wait! Jesus, the Son of God, could do no mighty work there??? What happened?! Jesus was performing signs, wonders and miracles in chapters 4 and 5 of Mark’s gospel but we get to chapter 6 and He is only able to see a few sick people healed???”