Tag: hope
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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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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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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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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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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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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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David’s Hope, Our Hope
11As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!–Psalm 40 David proclaimed two key things here that we can hold onto as well. God doesn’t restrain mercy. We’ve all known people who way they will do something, but then add extra hoops…
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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…
Joel M Bradshaw 