The Importance of Not Hearing / Psalm 27 – “My Stronghold”
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
“I knew a woman who taught a Bible class in a church in which the primary language of the people was foreign to her. She couldn’t understand what they were saying. One day someone told her, “The people here are talking badly about you. Why don’t you learn the language, so you’ll know what they’re saying?” She replied, “Well, what I know now is that I’m being blessed ministering here. Why should I lose that blessing by focusing on gossip?” Philippians 4:8 says, “Finally brethren whatever is true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good repute…, dwell on these things.” Thus, we must be selective about what we think about and dwell on. God commands us to “Dwell on what is good.” Therefore, you have to choose to not dwell on gossip or what is bad. If you focus on that, you will lose your peace. Be careful what you dwell on because you become what you behold. If you want to become beautiful, then behold the beauty of the Lord. In other words, behold God. For, in the end, all that is not of God won’t matter anyway. “
From Message #1187 – Midnight Grace
Scripture: Psalm 27:4
TODAY’S MISSION – Today, actively turn your thoughts away from what is bad – and fill your mind with what is God.
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“The LORD is my light and my salvation – whom should I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life — of whom shall I be afraid? … I have asked one thing from the LORD; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the LORD and seeking Him in His temple… I am certain that I will see the LORD’s goodness in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be courageous and let your heart be strong. Wait for the LORD.” Psalm 27
A Davidic Psalm, indeed David had a heart for the Lord!