Seeking God’s Heart: 2022 Daily Devotions

Seeking God’s Heart: 2022 Daily Devotions

July 9

Psalm 51 Continued… Psalm 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to ...

July 8

Psalm 51 Continued… Psalm 51:5-6 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Surely ...

July 7

Psalm 51 Continued… Psalm 51:1-2 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great ...

July 6

Psalm 51 Continued… Psalm 51:3-4 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you ...

July 5

Psalm 51 Psalm 51 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion ...

July 4

Psalm 41 Continued… Psalm 41:13 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and ...

July 3

Psalm 41 Continued… Psalm 41:10-12 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me; raise me up, that I may repay ...

July 2

Psalm 41 Continued… Psalm 41:4-9 I said, "O Lord, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against ...

July 1

Psalm 41 Continued… Psalm 41:1-3 Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times ...

June 30

Psalm 41 Psalm 41 Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of ...

June 29

Psalm 40 Continued… Psalm 40:14-17 May all who seek to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may ...

June 28

Psalm 40 Continued… Psalm 40:11-13 Do not withhold your mercy from me, O Lord; may your love and your truth ...

June 27

Psalm 40 Continued… Psalm 40:6-10 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced; burnt offerings ...

June 26

Psalm 40 Continued… Psalm 40:1-5 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He ...

June 25

Psalm 40 Psalm 40 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted ...

June 24

Psalm 39 Continued… One of the paradoxical dilemmas believers face is living in an alien world, ever aware that it ...

June 23

Psalm 39 Continued… Psalm 39:12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to ...

June 22

Psalm 39 Continued… Psalm 39:4-6 Show me, O Lord, my life's end and the number of my days; let me ...

June 21

Psalm 39 Continued… This Psalm shares a lot of resemblances to Psalm 38. There are a number of shared topics ...

June 20

Psalm 39 Psalm 39 I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put ...

June 19

Psalm 38 Continued… If God disciplines his children – and David in our Psalm clearly thinks he does – what ...

June 18

Psalm 38 Continued… Psalm 38:1-4 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath ...

June 17

Psalm 38 Continued… Psalm 38:1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath ...

June 16

Psalm 38 Continued… Psalm 38 keys in to a common theme in the ancient Near East, which explains sin as ...

June 15

Psalm 38 Psalm 38 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. For ...

June 14

Psalm 37 Continued… One of my favorite movies is the 1995 movie, Braveheart. The film is the story of the ...

June 13

Psalm 37 Continued… As stated before, this Psalm wrestles with an important question related to the seeming success of the ...

June 12

Psalm 37 Continued… Psalm 37:11 But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace. In the sermon on ...

June 11

Psalm 37 Continued… Psalm 37 is a wisdom Psalm that David composed pondering the question, that many of us also ...

June 10

Psalm 37 Psalm 37 Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; for ...

June 9

Psalm 36 Continued… I think as we read this Psalm it is important for us to keep God’s HESED Love ...

June 8

Psalm 36 Continued… Psalm 36:10-12 Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart ...

June 7

Psalm 36 Continued… Psalm 36:5-9 Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness ...

June 6

Psalm 36 Continued… Psalm 36:1-4 An oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no ...

June 5

Psalm 36 Psalm 36 An oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear ...

June 4

Psalm 35 Continued… In verses 11-16 David switches topic without warning. This section describes both the acts of the enemies ...

June 3

Psalm 35 Continued… In the first three verses of Psalm 35 David begins his pleas with military imagery. God is ...

June 2

Psalm 35 Continued… I want to address the tension that arises with the imprecatory Psalms. Curses against David’s enemies do ...

June 1

Psalm 35 Continued… Psalm 35 was quoted by Jesus while he was speaking to his disciples about when they receive ...

May 31

Psalm 35 Psalms 35 Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me ...

May 30

Psalm 34 Continued… Psalm 34:17-22 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their ...

May 29

Psalm 34 Continued… Psalm 34:11-16 Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord ...

May 28

Psalm 34 Continued… Psalm 34:6-10 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all ...

May 27

Psalm 34 Continued… Psalm 34:1-5 I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my ...

May 26

Psalm 34 Psalm 34:1-7 I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips ...

May 25

Psalm 32 Continued… In verses 8-10, David talks about the—The Wisdom of God. Here the Psalm shifts gears, warning the ...

May 24

Psalm 32 Continued… Psalm 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I ...

May 23

Psalm 32 Continued… Verses 3 and 4 are the opposite of 1 and 2, because they speak of the misery ...

May 22

Psalm 32 Continued… Psalm 32:1-2 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man ...

May 21

Psalm 32 Psalm 32:1-11 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose ...

May20

Psalm 31 Continued… Psalm 31:21-24 Praise be to the Lord, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I ...

May 19

Psalm 31 Continued… Psalm 31:16-20 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. Let me ...

May 18

Psalm 31 Continued… Psalm 31:11-15 Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am ...

May 17

Psalm 31 Continued… Psalm 31:6-10 I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the Lord. I will ...

May 16

Psalm 31 This Psalm is a prayerful petition of lament and trust. Over and over David is laying out his ...

May 15

Psalm 30 Continued… Psalm 30:10 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me; O Lord, be my help. This is ...

May 14

Psalm 30 Continued… Psalm 30:7 O Lord, when you favored me, you made my mountain stand firm; but when you ...

May 13

Psalm 30 Continued… Psalm 30:4 Sing to the Lord, you saints of his; praise his holy name. The NIV translates ...

May 12

Psalm 30 Continued… Psalm 30:1 I will exalt you, O Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and ...

May 11

Psalm 30 Psalm 30 I will exalt you, O Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did ...

May 10

Psalm 29 Continued… Psalm 29:8 The voice of the Lord shakes the desert; the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh ...

May 9

Psalm 29 Continued… Psalm 29:5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars ...

May 8

Psalm 29 Continued… Psalm 29:3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the ...

May 7

Psalm 29 Continued… Psalm 29:2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor ...

May 6

Psalm 29 Psalms 29 Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to ...

May 5

Psalm 28 Continued… Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I ...

May 4

Psalm 28 Continued… Psalm 28:5 Since they show no regard for the works of the Lord and what his hands ...

May 3

Psalm 28 Continued… Psalm 28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak ...

May 2

Psalm 28 Continued… Psalm 28:1 To you I call, O Lord my Rock; do not turn a deaf ear to ...

May 1

Psalm 28 Psalms 28:1-9 To you I call, O Lord my Rock; do not turn a deaf ear to me ...

April 30

Psalm 27 Continued… Psalm 27:6 Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle ...

April 29

Psalm 27 Continued… Psalm 27:4 One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may ...

April 28

Psalm 27 Continued… Psalm 27:2 When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my ...

April 27

Psalm 27 Continued… Psalms 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear? The Lord ...

April 26

Psalm 27 Psalm 27:1-14 The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear? The Lord is ...

April 25

Psalm 26 Continued... Psalm 26:9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with bloodthirsty men, “My ...

April 24

Psalm 26 Continued... Psalm 26:5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked. Here and ...

April 23

Psalm 26 Continued... Psalm 26:2 Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; “Vindicate me ...

April 22

Psalm 26 Continued... Psalm 26:1 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in ...

April 21

Psalm 26 Psalm 26:1-12 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the ...

April 20

Psalm 25 Continued… Psalm 25:11 For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great ...

April 19

Psalm 25 Continued… Psalms 25:6 Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. The ...

April 18

Psalm 25 Continued… The next two verses give us three basic principles of guidance: a) He was wanting to be ...

April 17

Psalm 25 Continued… Psalm 25:1-3 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my ...

April 16

Psalm 25 Psalm 25 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God ...

April 15

Psalm 24 Continued… Psalm 24:8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in ...

April 14

Psalm 24 Continued… Psalm 24:5 He will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God his Savior. Of course, ...

April 13

Psalm 24 Continued… Psalm 24:3 Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? ...

April 12

Psalm 24 Continued… Psalm 24:1 The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live ...

April 11

Psalm 24 Psalms 24 The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in ...

April 10

Psalm 23 continued… Psalms 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear ...

April 9

Psalm 23 Continued… Psalms 23:3a He restores my soul. Before he was a king, David was a shepherd. So, his ...

April 8

Psalm 23 Continued… Psalms 23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. Something ...

April 7

Psalm 23 Continued… Psalms 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. Living with the understanding ...

April 6

Psalm 23 This little psalm along with the Lord’s Prayer may be the most well-known passage in the Bible, and ...

April 5

Psalm 22 Continued… In verses 11-14 we see the feeling of loneliness and imposing threats looming in on our crucified ...

April 4

Psalm 22 Continued… Psalms 22:7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: The Jews used ...

April 3

Psalm 2 Continued… Psalms 22:3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. God ...

April 2

Psalm 22 Continued… This Psalm opens up with the plaintive and desperate cry of the poor, lone Man forsaken by ...

April 1

Psalm 22 This psalm is called the Psalm of the Cross. It has been given this name because it describes ...

March 31

Psalm 21 Continued… Is Psalm 21 a coronation Psalm? While it cannot be proved beyond question that some of the ...

March 30

Psalm 21 Continued… Psalms 21:10-13 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind. Though they plot ...

March 29

Psalm 21 Continued… Psalms 21:7-9 For the king trusts in the Lord; through the unfailing love of the Most High ...

March 28

Psalm 21 Continued… Psalms 21:3-6 You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his ...

March 27

Psalm 21 The contents of this psalm tells us that it looks far beyond David to great David’s greater Son ...

March 26

Psalm 20 Continued… Psalms 20:8-9 They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm ...

March 25

Psalm 20 Continued… In verses 6-9 the speaker is no longer the people but the king or a prophet. Psalms ...

March 24

Psalm 20 Continued… Verses 4 and 5: Unless a leader listens to God, his strategies and decisions will be based ...

March 23

Psalm 20 Continued… Verses 1-3: There can be no doubt that when war looms on the horizon people tend to ...

March 22

Psalm 20 Psalms 20:1-9 May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God ...

March 21

Psalm 19 Continued… Psalms 19:10 They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, ...

March 20

Psalm 19 Continued… Psalm 19:8 The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of ...

March 19

Psalm 19 Continued… The first part of this Psalm (verses 1-6) deals with what we call General Revelation. God has ...

March 18

Psalm 19 Continued… Psalms 19:1-6 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands ...

March 17

Psalm 19 We will study this psalm as if it consisted of 2 poems; the first poem is verses 1-6 ...

March 16

Psalm 18 Continued… Although this Psalm is longer, it contains essential truths for us as believers. We have to read ...

March 15

Psalm 18 Continued… Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help ...

March 14

Psalm 18 Continued… Psalms 18:3 I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from ...

March 13

Psalm 18 Continued… The Lord is my rock… The thought expressed by David here as well as in other parts ...

March 12

Psalm 18 Psalm 18 is the longest Psalm of David we will have studied thus far (it is 50 verses ...

March 11

Psalm 17 Continued… Psalms 17:13-15 Rise up, O Lord, confront them, bring them down; rescue me from the wicked by ...

March 10

Psalm 17 Continued… Psalms 17:10-12 They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance. They have tracked ...

March 9

Psalm 17 Continued… Psalms 17:6-9 I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me ...

March 8

Psalm 17 Continued… Psalms 17:1-5 Hear, O Lord, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer ...

March 7

Psalm 17 Psalms 17:1-15 Hear, O Lord, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer — ...

March 6

Psalm 16 Continued… Psalms 16:8-11 I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, ...

March 5

Psalm 16 Continued… Psalms 16:5-7 Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot ...

March 4

Psalm 16 Continued… Psalms 16:3-4 As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in ...

March 3

Psalm 16 Continued… Psalm 16:1-2 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. I said to the ...

March 2

Psalm 16 Psalms 16:1-11 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. I said to the Lord, ...

March 1

Psalm 15 Continued… Psalms 15:5 who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. ...

February 28

Psalm 15 Continued… Psalms 15:3-4 and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts ...

February 27

Psalm 15 Continued… We know a lot about David’s life. For instance, we know that he lusted after a woman, ...

February 26

Psalm 15 Continued… Psalms 15:1 Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? The ...

February 25

Psalm 15 Psalms 15 Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose ...

February 24

Psalm 14 Continued… Psalms 14:7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the ...

February 23

Psalm 14 Continued… Psalms 14:4-6 Will evildoers never learn — those who devour my people as men eat bread and ...

February 22

Psalm 14 Continued… Psalms 14:2-3 The Lord looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there ...

February 21

Psalm 14 Continued… Psalms 14:1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds ...

February 20

Psalm 14 Psalm 14 (a wisdom poem), along with its nearly identical twin Psalm 53, contains profound reflections on human ...

February 19

Psalm 13 Continued… Psalms 13:5-6 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will ...

February 18

Psalm 13 Continued… Psalms 13:3-4 Look on me and answer, O Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or ...

February 17

Psalm 13 Continued… Psalms 13:2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my ...

February 16

Psalm 13 Continued… Psalms 13:1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your ...

February 15

Psalm 13 Psalms 13: “How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face ...

February 14

Psalm 12 Continued… Psalms 12:7-8 says, “O Lord, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever ...

February 13

Psalm 12 Continued… Psalms 12:5-6 says, “’Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I ...

February 12

Psalm 12 Continued… Psalms 12:3-4 says, “May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue that says, ...

February 11

Psalm 12 Continued… Psalms 12:1-2 says, “Help, Lord, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among ...

February 10

Psalm 12 The opening words suggest that this psalm is an appeal for help during bad times when evil men ...

February 9

Psalm 11 Continued… David knew that God was on the throne in His holy temple in heaven (Hab. 2:20; Isa ...

February 8

Psalm 11 Continued… David asks that profound question in verse 3, “When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the ...

February 7

Psalm 11 Continued… David’s friends appear to have a timid nature, since they are worried about his safety. They urge ...

February 6

Psalm 11 Continued… David asks a question in verse 3, he says, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the ...

February 5

Psalm 11 It’s pretty obvious from reading through this psalm, that David is going through a rough patch again. His ...

February 4

Psalm 9 Continued… Now that David has praised God in the first part of the Psalm, he is now coming ...

February 3

Psalm 9 Continued… If you look at our world today, you’ll notice that earthly judges are imperfect. They can be ...

February 2

Psalm 9 Continued… In vs 3, David continues to praise God for being great, this time by referring to the ...

February 1

Psalm 9 Continued… In vs 2, David says, “I will be glad and rejoice in you!” This is another way ...

January 31

Psalm 9 The title of this Psalm says, “Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Righteous Judgments.” It’s a triumphant song ...

January 30

Psalm 8 Continued… One cannot read Psalm 8 without recalling the language and categories of creation in Genesis 1: The ...

January 29

Psalm 8 Continued… When we come to verse 4, we arrive at the heart of this Psalm. “What is man ...

January 28

Psalm 8 Continued… The latter part of Psalm 8:1 reads: “You have set your glory above the heavens.” He continues ...

January 27

Psalm 8 Continued… Psalms 8:2 reads, “From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your ...

January 26

Psalm 8 This is the only praise Psalm which is addressed entirely to the LORD. No call to worship like ...

January 25

Psalm 7 Continued… In the fall of 2021 we did a 14-week long study of the names of God at ...

January 24

Psalm 7 Continued… “O Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands — ...

January 23

Psalm 7 Continued… Psalm 7 opens with these words: “O Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and ...

January 22

Psalm 7 Continued… There are a lot of metaphors in David’s Psalms. This one, Psalm 7, is no exception. There ...

January 21

Psalm 7 Psalm 7 is seventeen verses long. Remember that these were songs, for the most part, and they were ...

January 20

Psalm 6 Continued… David writes in this psalm: “No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from ...

January 19

Psalm 6 Continued… As already noted, Psalm 6 was utilized even by the early church fathers as a psalm of ...

January 18

Psalm 6 Continued… The first four verses of Psalm 6 contain seven pleas from David to the Lord. They are ...

January 17

Psalm 6 Continued… Read Psalm 6 in entirety: “O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me ...

January 16

Psalm 6 It is not really known what context Psalm 6 comes from. Most scholars do not believe it is ...

January 15

Psalm 5 Continued… The final verse of this Psalm has a beautiful metaphor of God’s powerful covering over those he ...

January 14

Psalm 5 Continued… One of the inescapable images throughout this Psalm is the way David describes those who do evil ...

January 13

Psalm 5 Continued… Psalms 5:4, “You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot ...

January 12

Psalm 5 Continued… This Psalm, like the two previous we dealt with, deals with David’s enemies. Although contextually, this Psalm ...

January 11

Psalm 5 Although this Psalm does deal with David’s enemies, it is not in the context of the Absalom situation ...

January 10

Psalm 4 Continued… On April 4, 1864, in a letter to Albert Hodges, Abraham Lincoln wrote, “If God now wills ...

January 9

Psalm 4 Continued… There is a side of this Psalm (and many others) that I don’t want to quickly skip ...

January 8

Psalm 4 Continued… Psalm 4 introduces a critically important theological idea for us. It is the idea of covenant relationship ...

January 7

Psalm 4 Continued… The next three themes in Psalm 4 are this. By trusting in the Lord, David… 2) Confessed ...

January 6

Psalm 4 The next Psalm attributed to David is Psalm 4. Many scholars believe this Psalm to be connected to ...

January 5

Psalm 3 Continued… Psalm 3 is penned out of great personal tragedy and turmoil but it is also one where ...

January 4

Psalm 3 Continued… The first two verses of this Psalm may have recorded the lowest, dark moment, but it gets ...

January 3

Psalm 3 Continued… Fleeing from one’s own son must have been not only humiliating but terrible and heart wrenching as ...

January 2

Psalm 3 Psalm 3 was penned by David after his son, Absalom, rebelled and sought to take the kingdom from ...

January 1

The book of Psalms contain 150 different Psalms (songs). Of those, King David authored 73. This man of war who ...