Category: Psalms
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Bucket Lists
Psalm 71:17-18 “O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, Until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.” If you’re like me and have lived over…
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Delight!
Psalm 37:4 “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Do you ever think about the word “delight”? It’s used in the verse above from Psalm 37. Listen to C.H. Spurgeon’s thoughts on this word: “What is this delight? I have been thinking the word ‘delight’ over, and I cannot…
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
Psalm 68:5 “Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.” You know the saying, “out of sight, out of mind.” It’s the idea that it’s so easy to forget people who are not visible to us or present with us. For some reason, that saying came to mind as I…
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Righting the Ship
Psalm 146:9 “The way of the wicked He turns upside down” I love the way Psalm 146:9 is rendered in the New Kings James Version, which is the translation provided in the words above. It’s a statement of fact about the lives of those who have rejected God, here called, “the wicked.” It says that…
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On Earth as it is in Heaven
Psalm 103:1 “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!” The Christian life is filled with opportunities to glorify God. The fact that Jesus gave His life for us so that we can be forgiven of all our sins and live forever is an infinite grace that should…
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Jealousy
Psalm 48:14 “This is God, our God forever and ever.” The Bible tells us that God is a jealous God. In fact, one of His names is Jealous (Exodus 34:14). Doesn’t that seem strange? Usually, we think of jealousy in a negative sense. One of the dictionary definitions of this word is “feeling or showing…
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Divine Guidance
Psalm 32:8-9 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.” Life is full of decisions. Some are pretty inconsequential,…
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Looking Up
Psalm 59:9 “O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.” Have you ever been in a difficult and stressful situation that you saw no way out of? Perhaps you’re in such a situation right now? So, what should we do in such cases? What do we do when there…
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Overwhelmed?
Psalm 61:1-2 “Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” Have you ever been overwhelmed? It’s a feeling of not having enough to face the circumstances of life. It’s a feeling…
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Prayer: Active vs Passive Voice
Matthew 6:9-10 “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Psalm 143:10 “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God!” Do you know the difference between passive and active voice? In passive voice, the subject is being acted upon…
To Encourage You 