The Psalmist proclaims that God gives his angels charge over us, to guard and protect us. It does not mean that bad things will never happen but that God is with us in the midst of it all. He helps us in our times of trial.
Open the gates that the Lord may enter. When I read this I immediately think of the gates on the farm I grew up...
The writer of James reminds us that we ask for things for the wrong reason. When we draw near to God and are more...
In Luke, we hear the parable of the tree which does not produce. The owner says cut it down, but the gardener asks that...