The Introverted Evangelist

Selah Saturday - Psalms 145 : " For your kingdom is an  everlasting kingdom . You rule throughout all generations.  The LORD always keeps his promises ; he is gracious in all he does. The LORD helps the fallen and lifts those bent beneath their loads. The eyes of all look to you in hope; you give them their food as they need it. When you open your hand,  you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing . The LORD is righteous in everything he does; he is filled with kindness.  The LORD is close to all  who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth ." (Psalms 145:13-18) For all You've done this week, my Lord, I will pause and reflect...  Selah ... How gracious You've been. Oh how Your kind Heart has been revealed to me.  Your generous Spirit overwhelms me . I am in awe. You're so good, my God. You're so good, and  I praise You with all that I am . I will worship You for all that You are... You are the merciful, righteous, and gloriou...

I've Tasted and Seen the Light of Your Delivering Love: "The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles." (Psalms 34:17) You hear my cry of distress, my cry out of this crushing confusion. You hear me, O God, You listen and You light the way that leads to freedom. You will deliver me from this disquietude. You have delivered me. You have delivered me from the snares of darkness. The menacing snarl of misery, this burden, has been broken off. You lift me from desolation and place me on Your path of peace and never-dimming light - true light which the darkness around can never overshadow. "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." (John 1:4-5) Cast away these shadows that hold me hostage. Carry me into the promises of these tomorrows You have planned for me. I know in You there's always hope, a hope so close I can almost taste it. Re...

Nothing Compares: "No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2) Our God is a rock and refuge for us. No other foundation will last. Blessed is the man who builds his hope and faith on the Rock of the Lord, for when storms rise, he shall be protected by the Almighty. "Who among the gods is like you, Lord? Who is like you – majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?" (Exodus 15:11) Asaph, a levite and a musician in David's time, wrote twelve of the psalms in the book of Psalms. Asaph wrote the famous Psalms 73, in which we see a complete repentance, realisation of iniquity, and a complete declaration of devotion to the Lord. Verse one professes of God's goodness to those who have a pure heart (and this is true, and thankfully now, in A.D. years after Jesus has come and cleansed us once and for all, we have a pure and righteous heart through faith). Then Asaph admits it, he had sl...