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Psalm 36 – Daily Bread From the Psalms
Daily Bread:Thoughts & Prayers from the Psalms ~ Psalm 36 ~ Have you ever driven through a rugged mountain pass? Or looked up from the bottom of the Grand Canyon? Or watched a big storm blow in across the ocean? There is something almost magnetic that grabs our souls as we experience the grandeur of nature, and therefore our own smallness in it. We know instinctively the power of the winds and the waters. Without a single word from these inanimate parts of creation, we respect them. We watch in awe as they demonstrate their sheer power on this earth. Yet there are so many who have a healthy reverence…
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Psalm 35 – Daily Bread From the Psalms
Daily Bread: Thoughts & Prayers from the Psalms ~ Psalm 35 ~ Who is like you, O LORD ? You, who says to our SOULS “I am your SALVATION.” Our hearts cry out to YOU. We shout to you against the injustice and oppression and wickedness and slander and mocking. CONTEND, O LORD ! You have surely SEEN these things. Don’t be SILENT. Don’t be far away. AWAKE! ARISE! VINDICATE in your RIGHTEOUSNESS ! We will SHOUT for JOY & GLADNESS and say, ‘Who is like you ? The LORD be EXALTED ! He who DELIGHTS in the well being of His servant.’ Who says to our SOULS I am…
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Psalm 34 – Daily Bread From the Psalms
Daily Bread: Thoughts & Prayers from the Psalms ~ Psalm 34 ~ Are you afflicted? Poor in spirit? Troubled? Take heart! The eyes of the LORD are on you! Come with me and let’s “taste and see” just how GOOD the Lord is! This is David’s exhortation to all who would sing this Psalm along with him. Psalm 34 was written by David when he was in quite a bind. Saul wanted to kill him, and David was on the run. He escaped and hid where no one would ever think to look. What is the least likely place you could think of for David to go? Yep. He…
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Psalm 33 – Daily Bread From the Psalms
Daily Bread: Thoughts & Prayers from the Psalms ~ Psalm 33 ~ “For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.” ~Colossians 1:16 ALL things have been created THROUGH Him, and FOR Him! Did you catch that?! That means me…and you…and our kids…and their kids…and your nice neighbor…and your not-so-nice neighbor…and the pompous politician…and the angry news anchor…and the angsty teenager…and the addict…and the abuser… and well, you get the picture. For “from heaven the LORD looks down and sees ALL mankind; from His dwelling…
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Psalm 32 – Daily Bread From the Psalms
Daily Bread: Thoughts & Prayers from the Psalms ~ Psalm 32 ~ Today we will begin with the end. Psalm 32 finishes with these words… “Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; Sing, all you who are upright in heart!” I have to say that by the time you read Psalm 32, you will be REJOICING and SINGING, and your heart will absolutely be GLAD! WHY ? This Psalm is packed with GOOD NEWS! Do you want to be happy? I mean deeply, now and eternally happy? Within the first three verses, David tells us how we can be blessed. He also goes on to warn us what he…
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