Tag: psalms
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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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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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The Lighthouse
3Send out your light and your truth;let them lead me…–Psalm 43 If you were sailing under the stars and saw the lighthouse, you would have two great blessings. The first blessing would be light. Light illuminates the darkness. The second blessing would be clarity. You now would know where the rocky coastline was and could…
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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…
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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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Under His Wings
7How precious is your steadfast love, O God!The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.–Psalm 36 I want to take you on a little journey this morning through one of my favorite books of the Bible, Ruth. A man once left Bethlehem with his wife and two sons to look for…
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David’s Struggle
22You have seen, O LORD; be not silent!O Lord, be not far from me!23Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication,for my cause, my God and my Lord!24Vindicate me, O LORD, my God,according to your righteousness,and let them not rejoice over me!25Let them not say in their hearts,“Aha, our heart’s desire!”Let them not say, “We have swallowed him…
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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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