Tag: God
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Lead Me Higher!
1Hear my cry, O God,listen to my prayer;2from the end of the earth I call to youwhen my heart is faint.Lead me to the rockthat is higher than I,3for you have been my refuge,a strong tower against the enemy.–Psalm 61 Here is another psalm where David was overwhelmed. And in his depression, anxiety and fear…
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Steadfast, Loving Strength
16But I will sing of your strength;I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.For you have been to me a fortressand a refuge in the day of my distress.17O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,for you, O God, are my fortress,the God who shows me steadfast love.–Psalm 59 This psalm…
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A Book and a Bottle
8You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle.Are they not in your book?–Psalm 56 This psalm came with a notation of when it was written. It was during this humorous episode of David’s life as a fugitive. 1 Samuel 21… 10That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish…
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Lament not Gossip
16But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. 17Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. 18He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage… …22Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you…–Psalm 55 Gripes come in many forms. Some…
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My Helper
4Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.–Psalm 54 Today’s psalm came with a notation in the text of when it was written. Here is the context. 1 Samuel 23… 14David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched…
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How to Turn Back to God
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.–Psalm 51 While his army was away at war, King David once stayed home. And some lonely night he saw a woman privately bathing. He desired her and being the king, he slept with her. Even though he…
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Two Basic Things
23The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”–Psalm 50 This was an angry psalm of rebuke. And God landed the plane with a little bit of hope and direction. We who study the Bible cling to those things. Here are…
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God, the Only Hope
7Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,8for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,9that he should live on forever and never see the pit.–Psalm 49 The general understanding was that after death, a person went to Sheol, the underworld, the grave, the place…
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A Mom’s Joy
1Clap your hands, all peoples!Shout to God with loud songs of joy!–Psalm 47 One of my earliest memories of my mother is her teaching me to clap my hands and singing a song of praise to God. I also have treasured memories of my wife doing the same thing with each of our children. There’s…
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Be Still
10“Be still, and know that I am God.I will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted in the earth!”–Psalm 46 When I go to a hospital visit I have two verses handy. I recently blogged about one of them. https://joelmbradshaw.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/have-theses-two-verses-at-the-ready/ Today’s verse is the other. In this short psalm, the nation is in trouble…
Joel M Bradshaw 