DAY 9 - Honest PrayerMatthew 6:5-8You have to be honest to pray your pain until it’s praise. Jesus urges us to be honest when he teaches about prayer. Don’t pray to get attention or put on a show. Don...  Read More

DAY 8 - The TurnPsalm 10:12-18Our songwriter prays his pain but makes a turn in v.12: “Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.” He calls on God to get up and do something! H...  Read More

DAY 7 - Handling HurtPsalm 10:7-11Psalm 10 wrestles with the question that holds a lot of people back from faith: if God exists, why do we suffer? It’s the so-called problem of evil. You’ve probably f...  Read More

DAY 1 - Why, God?Psalm 10:1-6We all ask “why?” It’s how we learn, but sometimes we ask “why” about things more emotionally explosive: Why am I sick? Why did he walk out on me? Why am I here? Sometimes...  Read More

DAY 5 - I Love You, LordPsalm 8:3-6“I love you” is easy to say when you already know you’re loved. What would adoration look like in your life? How can you more easily say, “I love you, Lord?”Think ab...  Read More

DAY 4 - A Little Lower Than…Psalm 8:3-6It’s natural to look at the bigness of the ocean or a mountain and feel small. Psalm 8 seems headed that way in v.4, but throws a curve in v.5: “You have made [u...  Read More

DAY 3 - Glory in the HeavensPsalm 19:1-6Psalm 8 says, “You have set your glory in the heavens.” Everything between here and v.8 is “I love you because…” He uses a Hebrew poetry pattern, repeating idea...  Read More

DAY 2 - I Love You Because…Psalm 8 Psalm 8 is a psalm of praise. Praise psalms teach us to say, “I love you, God!” You can feel the songwriter’s love oozing off the page!“O LORD, our Lord, how majesti...  Read More

DAY 1 - Honest PrayersPsalm 8:1Sometimes you can sing what you can’t say. In the 2010 film, The King’s Speech, King George VI learns to overcome his stutter by singing what he wants to say. This unusu...  Read More

NEW DEVO!Our new devotional (devo) begins Monday, April 15. It publishes every morning, Monday-Friday, around 5 am. This devo takes you deeper into our Sunday morning message series, Psalms: A  Prayer...  Read More

DAY 9 - Can You Change?Colossians 3:3Because Jesus is alive and in charge, we have new power. We have this new power through God’s Holy Spirit to live a new life, to change for the better.But can we r...  Read More

DAY 8 - Our EnemiesColossians 3:1-5 Because Jesus is alive and in charge, we have new power. We have power to overcome temptation and sin, to live a new life. The apostle Paul says, “You have been rai...  Read More