Author: Josephine Yu

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM  129 “Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.  But the Lord is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked” (Psalm 129:3-4) In this Psalm the Psalmist described personal suffering by using the picture of plowing.  People were oppressing him and plowing his back like a… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (3/6/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM 128 “Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways.  You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.  Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.  Thus is the man blessed… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (3/5/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM 127 “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain.  Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.  In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat – for he grants sleep to those he loves” (Psalm 127:1-2) “Sons are a… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (3/4/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM 126 “The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy” (Psalm 126:322) “Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy./  He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him” (Psalm 126:5-6) This song is a… Continue reading Our Daily Verse (3/3/21)

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM 125 “Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever” (Psalm 125:1) “Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart” (Psalm 125:4) WHY IS GOD BEING DESCRIBED LIKE THE MOUNTAINS SURROUNDING JERUSALEM? Mountain is stable.  It endures… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (3/2/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM 124 “Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth” (Psalm 124:8) The emphasis of this Psalm is “GOD IS ON OUR SIDE“.  The Psalmist compared their  enemies to ferocious lions who would attack and swallow them alive.  He was describing how the enemies can engulf them… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (3/1/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM 123 “I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven.  As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (2/28/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM 122 “I rejoice with those who said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord” (Psalm 122:1)” “For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say ‘Peace be within you,.  For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your prosperity” (Psalm 122:8-9)… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (2/27/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM 121    “I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from?  My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth” (Psalm 121:1-2) “The Lord watches over you – the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you day… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (2/26/21)[:zh]Our[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM 120 “I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me.  Save me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues” (Psalm 120:1-2) The Psalmist was in a situation where people around him had lying lips and deceitful tongues.  He wanted peace but they were for war.  So, he cried… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (2/25/21)[:]