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Psalm 24 – Daily Bread from the Psalms
Daily Bread: Thoughts & Prayers from the Psalms ~ Psalm 24 ~ “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. “ ~John 1:1-4 Everything rightly belongs to the Lord. That means the whole of the earth. Seas, and lands, and animals, and the skies. And, everyone who has ever lived on this earth belongs to Him as well. Why? Because we are HIS creation. Who is this One to whom…
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Psalm 15 – Daily Bread from the Psalms
Daily Bread: Thoughts and Prayers from the Psalms ~Psalm 15~ Do what’s right. Speak truth. Be kind. Simple words of wisdom to live by. As David prayed the words of this Psalm to the Lord, I picture him contemplating his own close communion with God. David’s words echo the cry of his heart to rest from the craziness and evil of the world around him (see his previous Psalms!), and find himself living in another reality- the green pastures of the Presence of God. He rehearses his commitment to live out the kindness of the Lord before man all the days of his life. I pray we find ourselves with the same…
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Daily Bread from the Psalms (Psalm 13)
Daily Bread: Thoughts and Prayers from the Psalms ~ Psalm 13 ~ Despair. Do you ever wrestle with that? Sorrow has a way of clouding our vision. Do feelings about your difficult circumstances ever overwhelm the truth that you know? As we read in Psalm 10 this week, it is quite easy to take our focus off Jesus when we are facing hard times. Those feelings of doubt, discouragement, and sadness can creep in and cause our faith to shudder. Don’t beat yourself up too much though. You aren’t alone in doing this. Remember Peter and the whole walking on water story (Matthew 14:22-34)? And in today’s Psalm, David is right…
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