• Watch

•  Psalm 3:8 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.   Tornado Watch had been issued in some southern states beyond the border. Residents were advised to prepare and evacuate. Some residents may ignore the warning and suffer terrible consequences. Natural calamities ... [read more]

 

• Deliver 

• Psalm 3:7 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God!   Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.  In his prayer, King David expressed his need for help from God. Psalm chapter 3 is believed to be his prayer when his relatives and former officials had conspired with his son Absalom ... [read more]

 

• Assail 

• Psalm 3:6 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.  Someone advised, “The battle is won even before it begins!” When facing a challenge, it could either be victory or defeat. As believers of Christ, we have to rely upon the Lord to overcome challenges in life. We can... [read more]

 

• Sustain

• Psalm 3:5 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.  More than a decade ago, we travelled to East Asia as family when we heard God’s call for international missions. We only have $300 as pocket money for ourselves. Our mission contact proposed that we should delay our tr... [read more]

 

• Advocate

• Psalm 3:4 4 I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Many politicians are more concerned of getting votes so that whatever is popular, they readily give their support without much consideration of possible consequences. They want to belong to the majority, so to say. ... [read more]

 

• Frustrate

• Psalm 3:3 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.  Psalm 3 was King David’s prayer when his son Absalom tried but miserably failed to grab the throne. When King David and his trusted soldiers and their families fled Jerusalem, he sent his confidant Husha... [read more]

 

• Confidant

•   Psalm 3:2  2 Many are saying of me, “God will   not deliver him.”              King David had personally proven that kingship attracts different levels of problems as compared to his life as simple shepherd. Aside from other nations attacking Israel, Israelite leaders, relatives, friends and e... [read more]

 

• Unprovoked

• Psalm 3:1 1Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!  One could be very careful, but it is reality that anytime, unprovoked bloodsheds may occur. One popular actor was charged with involuntary manslaughter for holding a gun that killed a person. Another person was also charged wit... [read more]

 

• Prostrate 

•  Psalm 2:11 12Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.                     Moses testified before the Israelites in Deuteronomy 9:18-21, 18Then once again I fell prostrate before ... [read more]

 

• O f f e r

• Psalm 2:11 11Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling.                        A TV show featured a Talent Manager. He was offered to part-own with a rival showbiz company. He was also required to bring with him the actors and actresses under his care. When other employees l... [read more]

 

• Warning

• Psalm 2:10 10 Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. It is an aspiration of many to become rulers, but not everyone is fit to rule. What qualifies a ruler? Some individuals force or manipulate situations to become rulers. There are rulers who are legally elected. And... [read more]

 

• Break

• Psalm 2:9   9You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery. In a video, a man was shown how he breaks a huge rock. He drilled several small holes on the side of the rock from top to bottom; he inserted pointed iron mason chisel in each of the small holes, th... [read more]