Tag: God
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Make This Your Psalm
2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,my steps had nearly slipped.–Psalm 73 Countless times when I journey with people, they utter some version of this complaint. “Why does God allow the wicked people to have it easier and make life harder for the ones who actually love Him?” Admit it, you’ve said something…
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Who Alone
18Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,who alone does wondrous things.–Psalm 72 Solomon wrote this one. Your understanding of this verse comes down to if you place anyone or anything else in Yahweh, the God of Israel’s category. The Hebrew word Solomon used occurs about a dozen times in the Old Testament. Here are a…
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Continued and Increasing
14But I will hope continuallyand will praise you yet more and more.–Psalm 71 Another anonymous psalm with a great line. But this person was going through something extremely difficult. And he uttered a perspective that for many would sound impossible. THE CONTINUAL HOPE. You have seen God’s faithfulness in the past. He is faithful in…
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The Desperate Prayer
16Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good;according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.17Hide not your face from your servant,for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.18Draw near to my soul, redeem me;ransom me because of my enemies!–Psalm 69 Another great psalm left generic and unspecific by the Holy Spirit for…
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Do You Carry a Burden?
19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.–Psalm 68 David carried burdens. At one time, he ran from a tyrant king that wanted to kill him. David even had opportunities to kill this king and be free of the burden, but refused to touch the one God had made king.…
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Gather ‘Round and Listen!
16Come and hear, all you who fear God,and I will tell what he has done for my soul.17I cried to him with my mouth,and high praise was on my tongue.18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,the Lord would not have listened.19But truly God has listened;he has attended to the voice of my prayer.–Psalm 66 We…
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Predestination, David Style
1Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion,and to you shall vows be performed.2O you who hear prayer,to you shall all flesh come.3When iniquities prevail against me,you atone for our transgressions.4Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts!We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness…
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Dry and Weary
1O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;my soul thirsts for you;my flesh faints for you,as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.–Psalm 63 I remember the most thirsty I have every been. It was during football practice ‘hell week’ in the hot August sun. We were in full…
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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…
Joel M Bradshaw 