Tag: heart
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A Focused Remembrance
11I will remember the deeds of the LORD;yes, I will remember your wonders of old.12I will ponder all your work,and meditate on your mighty deeds.–Psalm 77 Our guy Asaph back with another great one! At times in this psalm, he seemed to feel that God was working against him. At other times, he seemed to communicate…
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The Insomnia Psalm
16Yours is the day, yours also the night;you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.–Psalm 74 Asaph followed his masterful Psalm 73 with another great one. Here, the nation was facing a scoffing enemy, and Asaph was calling on God to take care of business. Towards the end of the psalm, Asaph turned into…
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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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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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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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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…
Joel M Bradshaw 