The Mind of Christ

Psalm 68:21 But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways. This Psalm is said to be the most difficult to understand and translate according to almost every commentator. So I’ll do my best to break it down in a manner that…

Psalm 86:15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. This psalm is awesome because David uses the Hebrew word Adonai (“Master or Lord”) 7 times in this Psalm.  This tells us who God is for us…here is…

Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. This Psalm starts off with the problem…why does the wicked seem to prosper and why does God allow it? It continues to talk about the “good life of the wicked which in…

Psalm 66:19 But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. This Psalm, according to the Greek translation of the Bible,  was to be read on Easter because it is a praise to God for the regeneration of the world through the Gentiles. I think…

Psalm 64:7 But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly This is an awesome Psalm…there is a prayer, a problem, and Prophecy!!! I love that David, the author, starts off and that is with a prayer. Often we only pray as a last resort. I was listening to a group…

Psalm 52:5 But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah David wrote Psalm 52 probably after Doeg the Edomite killed the priests of Nob. He committed a horrific sin, and was proud of it! David looks up…

Psalm 49:15 But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah This Psalm is written by the sons of Korah, the father of these 3 sons lead a revolution against Moses and Aaron. God takes out the father and we are left with some fascinating wisdom…

Psalm 18:31 For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? This Psalm of David has 3 main points we can hold close to our hearts just as David did. These truths that David writes about explain how God is ever present and and is faithful even when we sin.…

Ezra 9:9For we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection…