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The Psalms of Ascents are fourteen poems that depict the pilgrimage of faith for abeliever. As the spiritual child grows to maturity, his worship of God will change dramatically. He will begin to love God not for what He can give, but for who He is.

King David began to doubt God when his life was falling apart. Asaph began to doubt God when his world fell apart. Some of our doubts are rational. Many are emotional. But God can meet us at the point of our struggle so that we can find faith.

God never simply sees us as we are, but who we can become. When we place our hand in His, He guides us to greatness. Jacob, the Old Testament patriarch, was named "sneaky" by his father. But when He met God face to face, a cheater became a prince. Simple Simon became powerful Peter-anointed at Pentecost, performing miracles, shepherding souls, and ...

Psalm 32 and 51 are twin poems that describe David's prayer of brokenness and repentance. Psalm 32 paints a portrait of his emotional pain and how he became healed in the arms of his Heavenly Father.

King David experienced rejection, heartache, disappointment, and difficulty. How did He survive? When we study his prayers, we know he was deeply connected to God. Psalm 139 is a love letter between "the man after God's own heart" and his Heavenly Father.

God's love for us is completely unselfish. Christ modeled such sacrificial love while He was on earth. The apostle Paul paints a picture of agape love in 1 Corinthians 13 that we can apply to every relationship we have.

Christ's arms were outstretched to the weak, the poor, the despised and the unlovely. Matthew and John described the call of Christ to people who rejected Him.

Pride can cause us to miss God's blessing in our lives when we refuse to depend on Him. We must find our identity and value in Him.

Pride is an over-concern with self, self-condemnation, and selfishness. We must learn to express our needs in a healthy way.