Tag: heart
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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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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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The Depression Psalm
11Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.-Psalm 42 We don’t know much about the sons of Korah, but they were clearly depressed. Psalm 42 is my goto depression psalm. Take a look at…
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Prayer Tension
1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me… 21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!–Psalm 38 Psalm 38 was a rough time…
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Align Those Desires
4Delight yourself in the LORD,and he will give you the desires of your heart.–Psalm 37 We live in a world that encourages us to follow our hearts, to recognize our passions and let them lead us in our choices. We are told to find out what brings us most pleasure and pursue that thing. Just focus…
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Your Go-to Move
1I will bless the LORD at all times;his praise shall continually be in my mouth.2My soul makes its boast in the LORD;let the humble hear and be glad.3Oh, magnify the LORD with me,and let us exalt his name together!–Psalm 34 When you play sports, you have a move or a skill that you get good at. You make that your…
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Waiting on the Inside
20Our soul waits for the LORD;he is our help and our shield.21For our heart is glad in him,because we trust in his holy name.22Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,even as we hope in you.–Psalm 33 We don’t know who wrote Psalm 33. We don’t know exactly what they were going through. But these verses…
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Have Theses Two Verses at the Ready
14But I trust in you, O LORD;I say, “You are my God.”15My times are in your hand;rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!–Psalm 31 When I go on hospital visits, these are one of the two main verses I have with me (Psalm 46:10 being the other). They are a great…
Joel M Bradshaw 