Author Archives: Jim Simoneau

Day 5:  Psalms 4:4-8             Psalm 4:4 Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah 5 Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD.             Stand in awe and sin not. Lord, may Your awesome presence fill me, amaze me, purify me, butContinue reading “Confession, Faith, and Peace”

Day 4:  Psalms 4:1-3             Psalm 4:1 To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!             Hear me when I call to You. O Lord,Continue reading “When Pressures Are Great”

Day 3:  Psalms 3:1-8             Psalm 3:1 A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me.              Lord, sometimes my enemies seem too great. They seem to be too many, too powerful for me.  King David, Your warrior king, found at times,Continue reading “When People Are Against Us”

Day 4: Psalms 2:1-12 Psalm 2:1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples plot in vain?             Lord, the nations fight against Your will and Your way. The prince of the power of the air has a strong stranglehold on them (Ephesians 2:2). But You, O Lord, are Creator of all (Isaiah 40:28), SustainerContinue reading “The Nations And Jesus”

Day 3: Psalm 1:3 – 6  He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does he prospers. Let me bear fruit in season, O Lord. You have given me some fruit, some evidence of grace inContinue reading “Fruit or No Fruit”

Day 2: Psalm 1:1b – 2 . . . Who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stands in the way of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scoffers. By Your favor, O Lord, help me not to walk or to live my life by the counsel, the advice, or theContinue reading “Learning to Think God Thoughts”

Day 1:  Psalms 1:1a He is favored by You, O Lord. He is honored and graced by You to live this life. O, Lord, You know me. Help me, by the power and grace of the resurrected Lord Jesus and the ministry Your Holy Spirit within me and by the force of my renewed will,Continue reading “Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the Man”

There is a lot of literature lately on EQ – Emotional Quotient. Some say it is a better predictor of success in life than IQ. I wonder that we should not develop a system that speaks of SQ – spiritual quotient that helps us by Christ’s grace be better prepared for eternity.  I do notContinue reading “Some Opening Thoughts”