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March 4, 2026 — God’s Great Deliverance
“Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing praises to Your name” (Ps 18:49). Remember from the title that Psalm 18 is describing how a humble boy from Bethlehem, not raised to be a warrior but a shepherd, wasn’t only able to survive the relentless attacks of Saul, but also…
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March 4
CHRIST the VISITOR: “The Dayspring from on high has visited us” (Lk 1:78). More often than not, we find the Lord Jesus sitting by the seaside or visiting in the homes of the needy. Zachaeus, Simon, Matthew, the synagogue ruler, Mary and Martha—all had the honor of having the Lord in their house. He came…
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March 4 Petition Mission
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God” (Isa 41:10). Mark Guy Pearse tells a story he heard from two young men while visiting South Africa. They had three days’ holiday and decided to ride up-country. Entering a forest, they were startled by a terrible roar. “A lion,”…
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March 4
“When they saw the boldness of Peter and John…they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13). Queen Victoria had asked her chaplain if “‘one could be absolutely sure in this life of eternal safety?” He said he “knew of no way one could be absolutely sure.” John Townsend wrote the…
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March 3
It is a common argument, when discussing Isaiah 53 with a Jew, that the Servant of the Lord represents his suffering people, but Old Testament scholar Arnold Fruchtenbaum writes: “To interpret Isaiah 53 as speaking of Messiah is not non-Jewish. In fact, if we are to speak of the traditional Jewish interpretation, it would be…
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March 3, 2026 — Clean & Confident
Holy confidence is grounded in the promises of God and unleashes the power of God for us. So far in Psalm 18, we’ve seen a portrait of David’s Delight (vv 1-3) in the God who cares about him, then David’s Distress (vv 4-6) and the enemies attacking him, followed by David’s Defender (vv 7-15), confronting…