Tag: psalm
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Bedtime Thoughts
3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,you have tested me, and you will find nothing–Psalm 17 The Hebrew word for ‘tried’ has a meaning of ‘examined.’ The word for ‘tested’ is linked to a goldsmith’s method of refining precious metals. The metal is heated to a high degree and the impurities…
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Read If Bitter
1How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?How long will you hide your face from me?2How long must I take counsel in my souland have sorrow in my heart all the day?How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 3Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep…
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Four Arrows for Your Self-Talk Quiver
Let’s take these line by line from Psalm 9:1-2. I used bold type for the verses. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart I need to respond to my situations with thanksgiving. Gratefulness is one of the best motivating attitudes. My whole inner person needs to be involved in this. This gratefulness influences…
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Indignant God
11God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.–Psalm 7 David spent Psalm 7 pondering man’s wickedness and God’s judgment. The word he used for indignant is a rare one and can mean ‘anger, curse, denounce, and abhor.’ Jesus showed indignation when he cleansed the temple (John 2). He was angry,…
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If All We Had Was Psalm 2
1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, 3“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” 4He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in…
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What Does God Inherit?
8Arise, O God, judge the earth;for you shall inherit all the nations!–Psalm 82 The psalms of David sometimes touch on personal trauma. You can tell David suffers from depression and anxiety. The psalms of Asaph, however, are full of national despair. The enemy nations are surrounding them. Threatening to destroy and overcome. The laments of…
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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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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…
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Alone in His Category
31For who is God, but the LORD?And who is a rock, except our God?–Psalm 18 Recent drama notwithstanding, there are people who enjoy the Oscars. And the most important moments are the big awards at the end. Best Director, Actor, Actress, and Best Picture. These are the ones that watchers wait for. And they perfectly illustrate…
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4 Powerful Depression Hacks
1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.2I will be glad and exult in you;I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.–Psalm 9 I battle depression and have for most of my adult life. And in my journey, the Bible has been such a blessing.…
Joel M Bradshaw 