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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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Daily Bread from the Psalms (Psalm 12)
Daily Bread: Thoughts and Prayers from the Psalms ~Psalm 12~ Praying through the Psalms- If you have been praying through the Psalms with me, there have probably been portions or promises that have BURST in your heart as you have read or prayed them. For me today, it was the declaration that “the words of the LORD are flawless !” FLAWLESS !! What a comfort it is to know that on His words we can STAND solidly with all assurance and confidence. We can read the words of these Psalms and declare them as our own! Psalm 12- Psalm 12 was also a reminder to me about the importance of hiding…
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Daily Bread from the Psalms (Psalm 11)
Daily Bread: Thoughts and Prayers from the Psalms ~ Psalm 11 ~ Things are shaking !! In this world and in our lives. Sometimes the ground doesn’t feel very solid. So what can we do about it? Run to the LORD! For we are receiving a Kingdom that CANNOT be shaken! It’s foundation is solid and we can stand on it with confidence! All His promises are Yes! and Amen! We can run to Him and we WILL see His face ! Let’s pray Psalm 11 all together today! That we will see His kingdom come on earth like it is in heaven. WHAT can the righteous do When the FOUNDATIONS…
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Daily Bread from the Psalms (Psalm 10)
Daily Bread: Thoughts and Prayers from the Psalms ~ Psalm 10 ~ Have you ever prayed with your whole heart and heard… nothing? Yep. Me too. It feels like God has forgotten. Like God does not hear. Maybe like God is not there at all. It can really shake your faith. This is when we need to pray TRUTH! Psalm 10 is a fantastic prayer for walking through a time like this. I wrote about one experience I had that took me years to understand. You can read about how God was answering my prayers all along when I thought maybe He had abandoned me. (Mercy! When God is Silent) ARISE,…
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Daily Bread from the Psalms (Psalm 9)
Daily Bread From the Psalms Psalm 9 Are you feeling pressed on every side? Are you frustrated by the wickedness that seems to just multiply all around? Feeling helpless to do anything about it? SING! Praise God! Remember His Name and His Faithfulness! Those who trust in the Lord will never be ashamed! I will PRAISE You LORD With all my heart ! I will TELL Of all your wonders I will BE GLAD & REJOICE In YOU And I will SING Praises to you ! Though wickedness rages on You are on your throne! You are known by your JUSTICE You will judge the world in RIGHTEOUSNESS You are the LORD…