Have you ever noticed that humans are storytellers? We’re story-telling people. We tell stories to our family during the holidays. When we leave work, we tell stories to our spouses about the day. We read...

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. (ESV)Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. (NIV) What was it like when you first...

Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. PSALM 51:11 (ESV)Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. PSALM 51:11 (NIV) There are many consequences when you...

 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. PSALM 51:9 (ESV)Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. PSALM 51:9 (NIV)  Today we’re taking a closer look at Psalm 51:9, where David writes, “Turn Your...

 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.  (ESV)Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. (NIV) If you stopped by my apartment on Friday...

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. Psalm 51:8 ESV Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Psalm 51:8 NIV Read Full...

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. - Psalm 51:7 ESV Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be...

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. - Psalm 51:6 ESVYet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place. -...

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. - Psalm 51:5 (ESV)Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. - Psalm 51:5...