We all are just sinners saved by grace - it is not of our own merit, and we are no better than any others. It is by His grace and mercy that we now believe into the Lord and that somehow we are still on His way, following Him and enjoying Him. Just … [Continue reading]
our repentance and confession marries God’s forgiveness to produce something for God’s building
This week in the morning revival we are coming to Psalm 51, a psalm of David's repentance to the Lord after he sinned with Bath-Sheba, the one who was the wife of Uriah. On this blog we shared concerning this more extensively in articles like, our … [Continue reading]
enjoying God in the house of God: beholding His beauty, tasting His goodness, and being saturated!
Today in the morning revival we are enjoying three main verses in the book of Psalms which show the sweet and lovely enjoyment of God in the house of God. Our God is so enjoyable! And He wants us to be in His house enjoying Him corporately - feasting … [Continue reading]
our daily enjoyment of Christ leads us to the continual enjoyment of God in the house of God!
There's a line through the Psalms which speaks about the enjoyment of God in the house of God - and this enjoyment is much richer than the enjoyment of God in an individual way. This is a crucial thought conveyed in Gen. 35:7, where we see a radical … [Continue reading]
praising Christ in the sweetness of His virtues and praising the church as the queen in her beauty
In Psalm 45 there is an extensive praising of Christ as the King and the church as the queen. The psalmist praises Christ in the sweetness of His virtues, especially in verse 8, "All Your garments smell of myrrh and aloes, of cassia; from palaces of … [Continue reading]
praising Christ as the King in His victory and in His kingdom; praise Christ for His awesome deeds!
Psalm 45 is a psalm praising Christ as the King in many aspects. On the one hand, Christ is "fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured upon Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever" (Psa. 45:2) - Christ is fair, He is lovely, grace comes … [Continue reading]
since we have an affectionate love for the Lord Jesus, our tongue is like the pen of a ready writer
... ready to write our love for Him and our praise to Him with our experience and enjoyment of Him according to all that He is! What an utterance! In the very first verse of Psalm 45 it says, "My heart overflows with a good matter; I speak what I … [Continue reading]