Author: Tom Nicholas
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Psalm 7:14–16 Theme: Sin digs a pit. Grace changes who falls into it. We have finally come to David’s stark imagery: “Behold, the wicked travaileth with iniquity… He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.”Psalm 7:14–15 Sin always digs something.It always carves out a pit.And if left to…
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Psalm 7:11–13 Theme: God doesn’t judge you from a distance—He judges you through the lens of covenant love, fulfilled in His Son. There’s a turning point in Psalm 7 that nobody expects. We move from David pleading for examination…to God rising in fiery, emotional, covenant-driven defense: “God is a righteous judge,and a God who feels indignation…
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Psalm 7:10 Theme: Righteousness Is Not a Feeling — It’s Your Armor There comes a moment in Psalm 7 where David, worn from accusation, weary from the weight of his past, and trembling under the heat of Cush’s hostility, suddenly straightens his shoulders and declares: “My shield is with God, who saves the upright in…
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Psalm 7:6–9 Theme: The restored sinner boldly asks for judgment—not to escape it, but to pass it. There are moments in Scripture that should make us stop, look up, and whisper, “Wait… did David really just pray that?” This is one of them. “Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to my…
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Psalm 7:3–5 Theme: Confession is not groveling. It is the moment heaven declares you innocent again. There is a moment in Psalm 7 that should make every believer stop, gasp a little, and whisper, “Wait… can I really pray like that?” David, under the weight of accusations, turns his face toward God and says: “O LORD my…
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SERIES PREAMBLE We live in a world filled with voices—some external, some deeply internal—accusing, reminding, whispering, rehearsing what we’ve done. Many believers know what forgiveness is theologically, yet struggle to feel clean, confident, or worthy. We repent, yet still feel stained. We confess, yet still listen to the echoes of our past. Psalm 7 is God’s…
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Series Finale: Breaking Chains Together — When Faith Touches ShameScripture: John 21 : 15–17; Mark 5 : 34 If you’ve walked this week’s journey, you’ve seen how shame builds walls and how love breaks them down.We’ve met the people-pleaser, the hider, and the fighter.We’ve seen how faith trembles toward Jesus, how He stops for the hidden, and…
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Series: Breaking Chains Together — When Faith Touches ShameScripture: Mark 5 : 34; Isaiah 64 : 6 The woman in Mark 5 thought she needed her body healed.Jesus knew she needed her being restored. When He says, “Daughter, your faith has made you well,” He uses the Greek word sozo — the same word used for salvation.It means to rescue, to deliver, to…
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Series: Breaking Chains Together — When Faith Touches ShameScripture: Mark 5 : 30–34 Crowds push and pull around Him.Everyone wants something — a word, a healing, a sign.And yet, Jesus stops. One touch in a thousand has drawn His attention.Power has gone out from Him, and He turns, scanning faces. “Who touched Me?” The disciples are bewildered. “You…
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Series: Breaking Chains Together — When Faith Touches ShameScripture: 1 Samuel 18 : 6–12 There’s a kind of shame that doesn’t hide — it fights.It doesn’t disappear or appease; it controls, competes, and lashes out. This is the “against” shield.It’s the armor of perfectionists, performers, and controllers — the ones who learned that the safest way to never be…
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