Tag Archive | "Psalms"
Devotional,PsJ
Psalm 77 tells us why we labor through parts of Numbers, Leviticus, and why we read through the Gospels, even though it is familiar ground. Psalm 77 is a desert psalm. The psalmist is in pain…sleepless, fearful, and wresting with an absent God. Wow. We read there so that in the desert we will remember [...]
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I read a book a little while back called, “why Smart People do Dumb things” by Mortimer Feinberg. The basic premise is that many very intelligent people, who are gifted with business sense, or political acumen, also possess a fatal flaw to which they are blind. Their wold comes crashing down when they do something [...]
Devotional,PsJ
Psalm 44 keeps it real, and it is a tough psalm to read. Verses 1-3:You showed up in the times of our forefathers, in power and glory Verses 4-8: I trust in You, not in myself, nor in a great army. Verses 9-16: We are getting hammered, we are getting persecuted, but You have not [...]
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Reading these three passages together, there is only one thing to talk about, temptation to sin! when i began to read the Exodus reading, I thought how cool to write about Oholiab and Bezalel, guys that God created with great gifts of craftsmanship, guys who’s skills had probably been honed in slavery and oppression. But [...]
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While reading for today i came across this devotional…thought it was pretty good…from Burtkettinger.com Psalm 32 is one of the seven Penitential Psalms, the best know of which is no doubt Psalm 51. It seems likely that David wrote Psalm 51 in response to his encounter with Nathan who exposed his sin with Bathsheba and [...]
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Talked with Pastor John yesterday about the readings. He asked me, “Have you seen how often the word refuge appears?” I see it, and I hope you do too. It will appear 13 times in the first 37 psalms. Psalm 7:1 O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; What does it mean [...]