SCRIPTURE   Vs 1 "This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ ..." Vs 3 "... it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or any human court." Vs 4 " ... it is the Lord who judges me."   Vs 12 "When reviled, we bless; when persecuted,...

Scripture - 1 Corinthians 3:11 – For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Observation – Paul is writing this to correct division in the church at Corinth about where they place their foundation.  Some believers were wanting...

Journal 1 Cor 2 (all references are from the ESV; changes in punctuation are mine) Scripture: “And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.  For I DECIDED to know nothing among you except Jesus...

Journal Ps 72 (all references are from the ESV; changes in punctuation are mine) Scripture: “Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!  May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!  May he defend the cause...

Journal Ps 70-71 (all references are from the ESV; changes in punctuation are mine) Scripture: “Upon you I have leaned from BEFORE my birth; you are he who took me from my mother’s womb---My praise is continually of you. I have been as a portent (omen, sign) to many,...

SCRIPTURE Vs 1 "May God be gracious to us and bless us ..." Vs 2 "that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations." Vs 3 "Let all the peoples praise you!"   Vs 20 “Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer”   OBSERVATION...

Scripture Psalm 63:1 – O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water Observation David is crying out to God that his soul yearns for Him. David’s innermost being is so...