(Psalms 84:4)  How happy are those who reside in Your house, who praise You continually. Selah
:5  Happy are the people whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
:6  As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a source of springwater; even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.
:7  [...]

(Psalms 81:7)  Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Sounds like a bit of an oxymoron to me- ’secret place of thunder’. It’s normally tough to keep thunder a secret.
There is, though, a rumbling to the spirit [...]

Psalms 119:162  I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 
 So, Publisher’s Clearing House shows up at the front door with the cameras rolling and the monster check with your name on it. After having all that money given to you, you’ve got basically three options– you can just assume that it’s a [...]

Eze 37:28  “‘The nations will realize that I, GOD, make Israel holy when my holy place of worship is established at the center of their lives forever.’”
A friend from several states away recently introduced me to the music of someone who lives right here in the Austin area. Upon hearing this guy’s music and watching [...]

Psa 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

How strong and how loud is the call of the good things? [...]

Psa 84:2  My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
What is it about the courts of the Lord, and what is there to be so passionate about when thinking on the place where God lives? Aren’t we just supposed to [...]

Act 9:5  And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Act 9:6  And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the [...]

Act 9:22  But Saul was more filled with power, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus, proving that this One is the Christ.
You know, it’s so easy to get caught up with concerns about who is saying what about whom, and just how we’re being perceived by those that “really matter”. As soon as [...]

Luk 9:34  While he was babbling on like this, a light-radiant cloud enveloped them. As they found themselves buried in the cloud, they became deeply aware of God.
Luk 9:35  Then there was a voice out of the cloud: “This is my Son, the Chosen! Listen to him.”
Luk 9:36  When the sound of the voice died [...]

John 5:39  You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me.
John 5:40  But you are not willing to come to me to have life.
“Get a life.” “You need to just live a little.” “You haven’t even begun to live till you’ve tasted this stuff.”
What [...]