Psalms

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“Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them all day long” (Psalm 119:97)

May 29, 2012

The Psalmist describes both his head and heart’s response to God’s Word. He loves the Word and thinks about it all day. Is your heart stirred by the Word? Does it capture your thinking?

“I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you” (Psalm 119:11)

May 23, 2012

How do you hide God’s Word in your heart? First believe it and receive it. Read, study and commit it to memory, so that it re-writes your thinking. When Jesus was tempted to sin (Matt. 4), He responded with Scripture. Memorize and repeat the Word to face today’s challenges.

“Praise the Lord, all you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth” (Psalm 117:1)

May 20, 2012

A call to worship to the whole earth. Certainly this includes your house. So, get up, wash up, dress up, and show up at church this morning! And don’t forget to bring your praise.

“Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness” (Psalm 115:1)

May 18, 2012

Who is the one who would reflect all the glory to God and keep none for themselves? Such a one God will lift up and use. There’s no telling what God will accomplish through one who refuses to take the credit, giving all glory to God.

“Help me, O Lord my God! Save me because of your unfailing love” (Psalm 109:26)

May 13, 2012

Hebrew – checed (kheh’-sed) love, lovingkindness, covenantal love. David prays for God’s salvation, not according to his own merit, but according to God’s checed love. God answers the prayer of one who prays this. Jesus, Son of David, Son of God, is the answer to David’s prayer.

“I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath!” (Psalm 104:33)

May 4, 2012

I praise God not because I wish to bargain with Him. I praise Him because He is God and worthy of my worship. Even when suffering and death cross my path, my heart is determined to praise Him. For He is God and there is no other. Today, I praise Him for letting me see my grandson Conner, if only for a moment. He was always Yours. Now we return him to You. Blessed be Your Name our LORD.

“Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a people not yet born will praise the Lord” (Psalm 102:18)

May 1, 2012

I’m glad Moses and the prophets wrote. I’m especially thankful that the apostles wrote. The Bible is the single most powerful reason for worldwide literacy. But much more than that, it is the wisdom of God and contains the Gospel by which we are saved. Are you passing the Book on to your children and grandchildren?

“Sing to the Lord; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves” (Psalm 96:2)

April 26, 2012

Plan for today: 1) Sing to the Lord. 2) Praise the Name of the Lord. 3) Proclaim the Gospel News that Jesus saves. 4) Repeat.

“Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, Lord” (Psalm 89:15)

April 21, 2012

Worship is not for us. It’s for the Lord. Yet, to those who answer the call to worship, God Himself inhabits their praise.

“Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am calling on you constantly” (Psalm 86:3)

April 17, 2012

David’s prayer is similar to the “Jesus Prayer:” — “Jesus, have mercy on me a sinner.” One of the simplest, yet most powerful prayers one can pray.