To some, denying ungodliness and worldly lust and living soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age is of nominal concern. For them, it is simply a hobby, not a holy obsession. Clearly, David was not of this mindset, for he writes: “Set…
In heaven there are no refrigerators with magnets. There are no filing cabinets with files in them. There are no “Post-It” notes. So, how can you illustrate the lingering, long-term effect on God that the prayer of a righteous man has? Send…
Because of our finite nature, every human has some things he knows and some things he does not know. When facing the vicious desires and evil intentions of the wicked as David did in Psalm 140, he found great comfort in what knowledge…
One of the greatest challenges of godly living is keeping the proper balance of abhorring evil while loving and praying for those who do evil. Only Jesus did this perfectly throughout His entire life. Send article as PDF
In worldly terms, those who serve the god of this world have every conceivable advantage over those seeking to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age. Like Goliath, the forces of evil have an imposing, intimidating presence. The godly’s defeat looks to…
From the days of Cain and Abel to the end of time, all who desire to live godly lives will suffer persecution and mistreatment from the ungodly. Psalms 140-144 are five psalms ascribed to David; each is written while he was in the…
David was a man after God’s own heart for many reasons, Psalm 139 illustrates two of them. Send article as PDF
Although David sought more thoughts of God in his life than the number of grains of sand on the earth, he was by no means “so heavenly minded that he was of no earthly good”. Send article as PDF
In a Newsweek article published over twenty years ago (March 3, 1997), there was a special report on “How a Child’s Brain Develops”. Although King David was not privy to any of this scientific research, he still marveled long ago: “For You formed…
One reason a wise father gives his children a curfew is because of the increase of evil done at night. As the apostle Paul observed, “those who get drunk are drunk at night” (1 Thessalonians 5:7). Thieves prefer doing their work in the…
