Category Archives: Discipleship

A Steadfast Spirit

Posted on April 21, 2015 by wamplerp

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is … Continue reading →

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Panting for Water

Posted on April 18, 2015 by wamplerp

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day … Continue reading →

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God’s Voice over Mighty Waters

Posted on April 11, 2015 by wamplerp

Ascribe to the Lord , you heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. The voice of the Lord is over … Continue reading →

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Gates and Doors

Posted on April 10, 2015 by wamplerp

The earth is the Lord ’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters. Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord ? … Continue reading →

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Quiet Waters

Posted on April 9, 2015 by wamplerp

This verse suggests the road to true soul refreshment comes only after 1) recognizing and following the shepherd; 2) allowing the shepherd to provide for our needs so that we “lack nothing”; 3) accepting the shepherd’s direction to “lie down in green pastures”; and 4) trusting the Shepherd to provide the quiet water we need when we need it. Continue reading →

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Unfailing Love

Posted on April 3, 2015 by wamplerp

Lord , do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Have mercy on me, Lord , for I am faint; heal me, Lord , for my bones are in agony. My soul is in deep … Continue reading →

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Counting Clouds

Posted on March 29, 2015 by wamplerp

Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt? Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs? Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you … Continue reading →

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Frozen

Posted on March 26, 2015 by wamplerp

At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.   Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.   He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends … Continue reading →

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Showers Fall on Mankind

Posted on March 25, 2015 by wamplerp

How great is God—beyond our understanding!  The number of his years is past finding out.He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams ;   the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on … Continue reading →

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Clouds so High Above You

Posted on March 24, 2015 by wamplerp

Then Elihu said: “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’  Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?’  I would like to reply to … Continue reading →

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