In the reading from Psalm 1 today, we are told that there is blessing for those who delight in God’s Word. “Blessed is the man who..his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” This year as you read through the Bible each day, remember what … More Where are you delighting in 2011?
Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he magnified himself against the Lord. Jeremiah 48:42 Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me! Psalm 35:26 WHO and HOW do YOU magnify? John … More WHO and HOW do YOU magnify?
Luke 20:41-44 But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David’s son? 42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, 43 until I make your enemies your footstool.’ 44 David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?” … More Jesus- David’s son or David’s Lord?
Part 3 of a commentary on Psalm 148-150 by Sam Storms, of Enjoying God Ministries: Fourth, and finally, there can be no mistaking the extravagant and exuberant nature of godly worship of God. It involves not only singing (149:1,5) but also dancing (149:3; 150:4) and a wide array of musical instrumentation (149:3; 150:3-5). Said Spurgeon: … More Sam Storms: “…the extravagant and exuberant nature of godly worship of God”
Psalm 144:1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; 2 he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me…… 9 I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a … More Kings Need God!
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. 11 For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble! John Piper, in a sermon, “How … More How to Argue with God…using Psalm 143 as an example
Spurgeon, in “The Treasury of David” A PSALM OF DAVID. The life of David wherein he comes in contact with Saul and Doeg is the best explanation of this Psalm; and surely there can be no reasonable doubt that David wrote it, and wrote it in the time of his exile and peril. The tremendous outburst … More Psalm 140 “Hot in language…cool in action”
Dr. Sam Storms, of Enjoying God Ministries: Psalm 139 is all about God, simply and solely. If that doesn’t interest you, I doubt that you’ll find it of much help in life. That it might not interest you is, of course, tragic. That it ought to interest you goes without saying. But let me say it anyway. Better still, … More All About God
Charles H. Spurgeon, in “The Treasury of David” In these days when new religions are daily excogitated, and new gods are set up, it is well to know how to act. Bitterness is forbidden, and controversy is apt to advertise the heresy; the very best method is to go on personally worshipping the Lord with … More Spurgeon: “Sacred Contagion”
Psalm 137:1-3 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows there we hung up our lyres. 3 For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” Charles H. Spurgeon comments: Better to hang … More Hanging our harps
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