Category Archives: Worship

Hope in the LORD

As I reflect on this week, there have been great moments of joy and happiness and other moments of mundane tasks that could almost sweep away that joy and happiness. It simply reminded me of how much can happen within a week and how much of that change can affect us either positively or negatively.Continue reading “Hope in the LORD”

A Song of Ascents

The Psalms are such a rich and diverse book! This week, I was immersed in the “Songs of Ascents”. These are psalms that were sang during the climb to Jerusalem as people were going to the house of the LORD to worship as ordained by God. I imagine them to have been sung in oneContinue reading “A Song of Ascents”

The Benefits of the Word

Throughout the Bible, we are told that God’s word is good for our souls. It brings us life, it revives us, it blesses us, it purifies us, in other words, it is vital for the Christian. We ought to give ourselves to it. Many Psalms tell us that the one who obeys or walks accordingContinue reading “The Benefits of the Word”

A Framework for Repentance

The diversity of the Psalms truly makes them one of the books of the Bible that are applicable to most aspects if not all aspects of life. In general, psalms are songs of praise and worship, but they are also prayers and supplications to the LORD. In my continuous reading, I stumbled upon a type ofContinue reading “A Framework for Repentance”

The nature of God

This morning, I was reading the Verse of the Day from the YouVersion Bible app which was taken from Isaiah, and it said “…learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.” (Isaiah 1:17). This is the desire of God for the world He created, He wantsContinue reading “The nature of God”

A call to tenacity

As I spend time reading the Psalms, I am quite struck by the fact that the psalmist knowingly or unknowingly teaches a fundamental lesson about not giving up: being tenacious. How do I see that, you ask? Simply from the repetition of the songs and the themes that they express. It is as though theContinue reading “A call to tenacity”