For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (Psalm 51:16-17 ESV) This is the greatest sacrifice that you can make for me, not the “burnt offerings” of busyness or works or religion, but a broken spirit and a contrite heart. The sacrifice of a broken spirit is not the same as a crushed spirit, it is one that is voluntarily broken open to allow my Holy Spirit to come in. It is indeed a breaking process, and…
In my light you see light…
Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and animals. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. (Psalms 36:5-9) My love and my faithfulness towards you truly reach to the heavens, it is without condition and it is unchanging for all eternity. Come this morning and…
Praise is your protection…
LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. (Psalms 8:1-2) It is the praise of even the weakest ones that establish a stronghold against your enemies. If the praise of children and infants can silence the foe and the avenger, what can mature praise accomplish? Every time that you worship me you are building a stronghold that cannot be breached. Open your life again to songs of praise and continue to worship me with soaking…
You are my image bearer…
So, God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” (Genesis 1: 27-28) I have made you for one purpose alone: to be in my image. That purpose remains no matter what people choose to do with their lives, and that purpose will be fulfilled in every person willing to embrace and follow Jesus, my living image and my living presence upon…