Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here. These weekly, Bible-based meditation podcasts, give you the skills to carve out space, experience Peace, and grow your relationship with God. Praying this episode richly blesses you.   Shâbach This is our second week exploring the seven Hebrew words for paise in the Old Testament. Last week we looked at the idea of raising our hands in praise to God. This week we're meditating on the word Shâbach, which means to raise our voices; to shout praises to...

Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here. These weekly, Bible-based meditation podcasts, give you the skills to carve out space, experience Peace, and grow your relationship with God. Praying this episode richly blesses you. Yâdâh In the Hebrew there are seven different words that are translated to the word “praise” in English. We are taking the next 7 weeks to meditate on each one of these different words. Understanding each of these will help expand our ability to praise God, entering into His...

Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here. These weekly, Bible-based meditation podcasts, give you the skills to carve out space, experience Peace, and grow your relationship with God. Praying this episode richly blesses you. A Life of Worship Worship is so much more than singing songs on Sunday. Worship is our response to being in the presence of God, seeing Him for who He truly is, receiving His love and giving our love ion return. This episode starts our new series on Worship; coming in to the...

Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here These weekly, Bible-based meditation podcasts, give you the skills to carve out space, experience Peace, and grow your relationship with God. Praying this episode richly blesses you. This episode starts our new series on Worship; coming in to the awe of how great God is. What does it look like to worship the Lord with gladness? To enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise.   Bible Verses and Notes  For God is Spirit, so those who worship...

Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here. These weekly, Bible-based meditation podcasts, give you the skills to carve out space, experience Peace, and grow your relationship with God. Praying this episode richly blesses you.   *** Special Announcements *** Many things around here have been under construction lately, as we migrate nearly everything over to a new online system. We thank you for your patience during all of this. Feel free to send an email to [email protected] if you're...

  Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here. These weekly, Bible-based meditation podcasts, give you the skills to carve out space, experience Peace, and grow your relationship with God. Praying this episode richly blesses you.   Bible Verses and Notes   The name of the Lord is blessed and lifted high! For his marvellous miracle of mercy protected me when I was overwhelmed by my enemies. I spoke hastily when I said, “The Lord has deserted me.” For in truth, you did hear my prayer and came to...

Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here. These weekly, Bible-based meditation podcasts, give you the skills to carve out space, experience Peace, and grow your relationship with God. Praying this episode richly blesses you.   Bible Verses and Notes So hide all your beloved ones in the sheltered, secret place before your face. Overshadow them with your glory-presence. Keep them from these accusations, the brutal insults of evil men. Tuck them safely away in the tabernacle where you dwell. -...

Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here. These weekly, Bible-based meditation podcasts, give you the skills to carve out space, experience Peace, and grow your relationship with God. Praying this episode richly blesses you. Bible Verses and Notes Jesus died on the cross so that we can walk in His love and acceptance. When the love of God comes in, shame has to go! As I call upon you, let my shame and disgrace be replaced by your favor once again. But let shame and disgrace fall instead upon the...

God’s face is a metaphor for his living presence. May His smile bless us with His love, mercy, grace and salvation. I’m desperate, Lord! I throw myself upon you, for you alone are my God! My life, my every moment, my destiny—it’s all in your hands. So I know you can deliver me from those who persecute me relentlessly. Smile on me, your servant. Let your undying love and glorious grace save me from all this gloom.- Psalms 31:14-16 TPT The Lord make his face shine upon you- Numbers 6:25a...

Shine on us with Your love, mercy, grace and salvation.

There will be hard things in your life. Jesus promised there would be. Who do we turn to when we have no more strength to face life’s challenges? O Lord, help me again! Keep showing me such mercy. For I am in anguish, always in tears, and I’m worn out with weeping. I’m becoming old because of grief; my health is broken. I’m exhausted! My life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing and sadness. Because of all these troubles, I have no more strength. My inner being is so weak and frail....

Come and meet God in your sorrow.

Welcome to week 4 of our meditation through Psalm 31 God is drawing you into a beautiful place of freedom. We don’t have to suffer any longer from the yoke of slavery. We have been set free! In mercy you have seen my troubles, and you have cared for me; even during this crisis in my soul I will be radiant with joy, filled with praise for your love and mercy. You have kept me from being conquered by my enemy; you broke open the way to bring me to freedom, into a beautiful, broad place. -...

Suffer no longer from the yoke of slavery.

No matter our level of faith in Him, God remains perfectly faithful. Into your hands I now entrust my spirit. O Lord, the God of faithfulness,you have rescued and redeemed me.I despise these deceptive illusions,all this pretense and nonsense,for I worship only you. - Psalm 31:5-6 TPT It is a trustworthy statement:For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him;If we endure, we will also reign with Him;If we deny Him, He also will deny us;If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He...

He is faithful no matter what we may believe.

The same God who delivered the Israelites from the Egyptians, is the same God who delivers you from trouble. Where does God wants to be your rock, your deliverer? For you are my high fortress, where I’m kept safe.You are to me a stronghold of salvation.When you deliver me out of this peril,it will bring glory to your name.As you guide me forth I’ll be kept safefrom the hidden snares of the enemy—the secret traps that lie before me—for you have become my rock of strength.- Psalm 31:3-4 TPT ...

Stand upon the rock of strength.

Welcome to the first episode of our series on Psalm 31. It’s been a few years since we’ve meditated on an individual Psalm, and it feels good to be back here doing so. Over the next several weeks we will focus on a few verses at a time. Enjoy! I trust you, Lord, to be my hiding place. Don’t let me down. Don’t let my enemies bring me to shame. Come and rescue me, for you are the only God who always does what is right. Rescue me quickly when I cry out to you. At the sound of my prayer may your...

Where is your hiding place?

God does not lead us into temptation, He delivers us from evil. Better than any earthly father, His desires for us are always good beyond all imagination. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.- Psalms 18:2 NASB I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.- Psalms 34:4 NASB 1995 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from...

And do not bring us into temptation,
 but deliver us from the evil one.

Peter asked Jesus if he was expected to forgive someone up to seven times. How did Jesus reply? Not just seven, “but up to seventy times seven.” Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.- Matthew 18:21-22. NASB 1995 For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you...

How many times should I forgive someone?