We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Many Christians feel defeated in their prayer lives. To pray even five-to-seven minutes seems like and eternity, and their minds wander much of that time. 'I guess it's me,' many conclude. 'I'm just a second-rate Christian.' No, if you are indwelt by the Holy Spirit and generally seeking to live in obedience to God's Word, then the problem likely isn't you, but your method... Let the words of Scripture be the words of your prayers... By praying through a passage of Scripture, you'll find yourself praying about most of 'the same old things,' but in brand new ways. You'll likely be able to turn to any part of the Bible and pray through it.
Donald S. Whitney

Not only is disinterested morality (doing good “for its own sake”) impossible; it is undesirable. That is, it is unbiblical because it would mean that the better a man became the harder it would be for him to act morally. The closer he came to true goodness the more naturally and happily he would do what is good. A good man in Scripture is not the man who dislikes doing good but toughs it out for the sake of duty. A good man loves kindness (Mic. 6:8) and delights in the law of the Lord (Ps. 1:2) and the will of the Lord (Ps. 40:8). But how shall such a man do an act of kindness disinterestedly? The better the man, the more joy in obedience.
John Piper

    • Bible – hebrew – תנ ך עברי מודרני תְהִלִּים 58

    Posted on

    תְהִלִּים 58
    ◀
    ▶
    58
    1 למנצח אל תשחת לדוד מכתם האמנם אלם צדק תדברון מישרים תשפטו בני אדם׃
    2 אף בלב עולת תפעלון בארץ חמס ידיכם תפלסון׃
    3 זרו רשעים מרחם תעו מבטן דברי כזב׃
    4 חמת למו כדמות חמת נחש כמו פתן חרש יאטם אזנו׃
    5 אשר לא ישמע לקול מלחשים חובר חברים מחכם׃
    6 אלהים הרס שנימו בפימו מלתעות כפירים נתץ יהוה׃
    7 ימאסו כמו מים יתהלכו למו ידרך חצו כמו יתמללו׃
    8 כמו שבלול תמס יהלך נפל אשת בל חזו שמש׃
    9 בטרם יבינו סירתיכם אטד כמו חי כמו חרון ישערנו׃
    10 ישמח צדיק כי חזה נקם פעמיו ירחץ בדם הרשע׃
    11 ויאמר אדם אך פרי לצדיק אך יש אלהים שפטים בארץ׃
    ◀
    ☰
    ▶

    <.htm>

    Related Articles: