I remember this as I pour out my heart:
Psalm 42:4, HCSB
how I walked with many,
leading the festive procession to the house of God,
with joyful and thankful shouts.
God should be our greatest desire, and our time with His Church should be the reminder of His faithfulness and reason to celebrate His coming to us, pushing us to love Him even more.
My tears have been my food day and night,
Psalm 42:3, HCSB
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”
God should be our greatest desire, and this is a help when times are hard and people reject the gospel and mock us. We trust His faithfulness and await His return.
I thirst for God, the living God.
Psalm 42:2, HCSB
When can I come and appear before God?
God should be our greatest desire, and coming into His presence through reading the Bible, prayer, and being with the Church are the start. Our hope is eternity through Christ.
As a deer longs for streams of water,
Psalm 42:1, HCSB
so I long for You, God.
God should be our greatest desire, our help in our greatest need and our continual joy in all of life.
The Lord is near the brokenhearted; He saves those crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18, HCSB
With faith in Christ alone are we declared righteous, and our realization and sadness over our sin is what drives us to our Savior who lifts us from sin and shame.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.
Romans 8:18, HCSB
With faith in Christ alone are we declared righteous, and the world will try to suppress God’s righteousness. Yet, we have the blessed hope that Christ is making all things new and will make the struggles now appear insignificant, like the pain of childbirth and holding the newborn.
But let justice flow like water, and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.
Amos 5:24, HCSB
With faith in Christ alone are we declared righteous, Christ taking on God’s wrath for us so that justice was fulfilled and we receive His righteousness through the Holy Spirit.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
Matthew 6:33, HCSB
With faith in Christ alone we are declared righteous and sons and daughters of God. We seek His righteousness alone, infused by the indwelling Holy Spirit from the moment of faith.
As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
Psalm 103:13, HCSB
With faith in Christ alone are we declared righteous, from that moment we fear God’s wrath more than our sin, when we love God for who He is and all He has done more than our own desires.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9, HCSB
With faith in Christ alone are we declared righteous before God, when we are able to confess that we are sinners in need of His righteousness to attain eternal life.
a simple man of God 