As we come to the last part of this Psalm the Psalmist continues to express how grateful he is to his God. This is an area of our life that we have to be careful about. When the struggles are over and life returns to normal there is a danger that we can be tempted […]
As we continue with the Psalmist’s decision to continually express his gratitude to his God, despite suffering the most difficult circumstances he did not stay there, he chose to bless the Lord. This a great challenge we face all the time, there is so much going on around us that we can forget how God […]
Now we come to the third part of this Psalm where the psalmist expresses his gratitude to God and his vow to praise God forever. It is so important to remember that in this psalm the psalmist made it very clear that although he had experienced a very severe circumstance his only answer was his […]
It is so encouraging to see the honesty of the Psalmist, he does not try to cover how he felt. But boldly comes to his God for help. As I have looked back over my life there have been times when I have tried to fix the situation by myself thinking that I could hide […]
As we continue with the Psalmist’s distress and cry to God for help we read in Verse 3 “The pains of death encompass me, and the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow “. In Old Testament times Sheol was the abode of the dead, however, this is not true […]
The title of this Psalm 116 is a “Song of thanksgiving for deliverance from death”. The writer of this Psalm is unknown but most commentators believe it was David who wrote this Psalm. If he did the bible does not record exactly an event that indicates a situation that was difficult to experience. The psalmist […]