God knows what we think in our heart. So, what are we thinking? Are we honest without ourselves about what we think about our situation, circumstances, or even about God himself? See Psalm 53, The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,” They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good. Psalms 53:1 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.53.1.NASB We don’t do good, for as the verse says, there is no one who does good. We’re also in danger of being a fool if we start to think that God is not interested or concerned about what we are going through or dealing with. God…

Some people do evil things. We can get caught in their path at times and their actions influence what we are going through. How do we deal with people like that? The answer according to Psalm 52 is that we don’t. You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah. Psalms 52:3‭, ‬5 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.52.3-5.NASB God deals with people like that. He will address the evil that is in their hearts and shown through their actions.…

Do you have joy? Do you experience joy on a regular basis in the midst of all your circumstances? Psalm 51 says: Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. Psalms 51:12 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.51.12.NASB This Psalm is about repentance. Sin in our lives destroys our joy. We cannot experience all that God has for us while we are living sinfully. David sinned and he begged for God to forgive him and restore his joy. Do we need our joy restored? Do we have sin that is in the way of the joy? God wants to restore it if we will let Him.

Sone days are more difficult to get through than others. On some days, we feel on top of the world and other days, the world is sitting on us. God is still the same God even in the midst of this up snd down feeling. Read Psalm 50. Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.” Psalms 50:15 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.50.15.NASB We can call on him. He is there and He knows the difficulties that we are going through. He is able to rescue us from those difficult circumstances. He can walk with us through them. He is God. He is also…

Do we try to save others? Now, we are responsible for telling others about the saving grace of God, the actual decision to follow Him is solely the responsibility of that person, not us. Read Psalm 49. No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him- Psalms 49:7 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.49.7.NASB We cannot be good enough for another person. We cannot make a decision for another person. We cannot force them into the saving grace of Jesus Christ. But, we can encourage them. We can demonstrate for them what it looks like to follow Christ. We can love them and show them what…

God’s name is worthy of praise. All that he is and all that he does is holy and, therefore, worthy of praise. Are we praising God for who he is? See Psalm 48. As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. Psalms 48:10 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.48.10.NASB We are to praise God for all that he is and all that He does for He alone is worthy of praise. He us the one who is more worthy of praise than anything else in this world. He created everything anyway and the Creator is aleays more than the…

Why do we sing? Why do we raise our voices and lift up our hands? We sing because God is God and he is worthy of or praise. Read Psalm 47. For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with a skillful psalm. Psalms 47:7 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.47.7.NASB God is king of all the earth. He is lord over absolutely everything and as a result, he is worthy of all the praise and glory that we give him. He’s actually worth more than we can give him, but we can start with what we can give. Will we take time today to praise God for all that he…

Been in a tug of war battle lately? Many times we actually can spend or time in a tug of war battle with God overt who is going to be in control. Read psalm 46 “Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalms 46:10 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.46.10.NASB God reminds us that we need to stop getting so worked up about things. Stop striving. Stop fighting against him. Stop trying to take control. He is God. Do we allow him to be the one in charge and to do all the things that we typically anticipate that…

Do we love righteousness? I mean, do we really? We all know the right answer and feel obligated to give it when we get asked by people, but do we really love righteousness and desire it above everything? Or do we just know that is what we are supposed to want, but secretly desire sin instead? The psalmist reminds us that God loves righteousness in Psalm 45 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your fellows. Psalms 45:7 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.45.7.NASB God loves righteousness and desires it above all things. He also hates wickedness. If we truly did…

Who gets the credit? When something goes well or if it goes wrong, who do you give credit or blame to? Typically, if it goes well we take the credit and if it goes badly, we try to identify someone or something else that was the cause. Still, see what psalm 44 says. For by their own sword they did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, For You favored them. Psalms 44:3 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.44.3.NASB God was reminding the people that they had not been the ones who had done all the…