Meditations on "Powerless"

…The Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child!

Some of us have had the experience of being homeless while we lived in our dysfunctional lifestyle.

Repentance involves reviewing the things we have done and admitting that we have not lived up to our own moral standard, let alone to God’s standard.

Each Sunday we normally reflect on a Psalm, which is a poem from God's word.

Disharmony in our family, addiction, poverty, loneliness or other conflicts may have been part of our story.

The following words from a Psalm by King David were written after he had allowed his lust for a woman to lead him down the path of sexual immorality and murder.

The writer of today’s Psalm is putting his faith in a righteous and faithful God, and He asks Him to listen to his cry for help.

As we remember service men and women who served our nation in times of war and other national troubles, it’s good to be mindful of words from the Bible that prompt us to remember God’s help in our time of need.

When we admitted we were powerless over our dependencies and our lives had become unmanageable we were, in a sense, like the man robbed and beaten in the parable of the good Samaritan.

The Bible makes it clear that God detests lying. Most of the time we did not speak the truth.

Before we were willing to admit that we were powerless over our dependencies and our lives were unmanageable, there may have been a time when we really wanted to do good but were unable to do so.

"Live and let live" is one of those slogans that encourages us to consider if our desire for control is becoming an issue we need to deal with.