by Jonathan Nale | Nov 15, 2025 | Church
We have talked before about the “new immediacy”, which is meant that the past is irrelevant and the future is too long to wait for, and so, all that matters is the now. The urgency of the present pushes upon us and to the point that there is an entire sub-culture that...
by Jonathan Nale | Nov 14, 2025 | Church
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. 3 Though an army encamp against me, my...
by Jonathan Nale | Nov 13, 2025 | Church
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 4 These...
by Jonathan Nale | Nov 12, 2025 | Church
May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him. 2 May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God. 3 But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful. 4 Sing...
by Jonathan Nale | Nov 11, 2025 | Church
I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. The word “waited” is used 47 times in the OT and 17 times in Psalms. It means waiting with a deep longing…so there is a deep sense of intimacy in David’s mind and heart as he waits for the Lord....
by Jonathan Nale | Nov 10, 2025 | Church
Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you! 2 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call! 3 For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. 4 My heart is struck...
