Once you realize that serving from love is better than serving from guilt or fear, your life will be energized spiritually…

You will do things (or not do them) because you love Jesus instead of being compelled (forced) to do them.

David's prayer ---- he asks simply to be heard by God.  He is acknowledging that God is the only source to whom he can turn to for help.  This is something we need to learn individually as we too often tell other people what we need—people who have no ability to help… God alone has the answers for whatever it is you are dealing with.

Every one of us is a slave to something—to sin or to righteousness.  That, according to Paul, is the only choice we have. ...

... Far too many of us continue in sin counting on God’s grace to bail us out.  This is how we come full-circle.  God knows your heart.  He really does.  All of it.

Ps.3 is a psalm of David. The theme of this psalm is God's faithfulness and ability to keep us safe no matter how dire the circumstances appear. This theme makes this psalm especially practical for us, as we all face difficult times. Like David, we need to learn to trust in God's sufficiency...